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LED retrofit contracts

UK public sector · 127 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
127
Last 12 months
Median contract
£98k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£29.5m
118 of 122 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
86
Suppliers
102

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most LED retrofit contracts took 12% of them (15 of 127).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 48% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £98k, is 30% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 24, or 19% of the total.

Who buys LED retrofit

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)7 contracts
  2. 2Hampshire County Council7 contracts
  3. 3City of London Corporation3 contracts
  4. 4North Tyneside Council3 contracts
  5. 5Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  6. 6BANK OF ENGLAND3 contracts
  7. 7University of Bedfordshire3 contracts
  8. 8Department for Transport2 contracts
  9. 9Bath & North East Somerset Council2 contracts
  10. 10Stevenage Borough Council2 contracts

Top LED retrofit contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1CLC Group3 contracts
  2. 2HACEL LIGHTING LIMITED3 contracts
  3. 3HILLSIDE ELECTRICAL (SOUTHERN) LIMITED3 contracts
  4. 4Global Resilience Services3 contracts
  5. 5Bojen Electrical Ltd3 contracts
  6. 6EES Group2 contracts
  7. 7Push the Button Ltd2 contracts
  8. 8Niblock (Builders) Ltd2 contracts
  9. 9Energy Conservation Solutions Limited2 contracts
  10. 10STAGE ELECTRICS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

33Q4 2025*44Q1 202627Q2 202623Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 114 · Wales 7 · Scotland 6

South East24London19East of England13South West13West Midlands10Yorkshire and The Humber9North East6East Midlands6Wales6North West5Scotland2UK-wide or not stated14

What is included

Replacement and upgrade of internal and communal building lighting, mainly to LED luminaires with controls, including supply of fittings and lighting components.

  • LED luminaire replacement
  • Lighting upgrade and improvement works
  • Communal area lighting in housing blocks
  • Presence-detection lighting schemes
  • Supply of LED fittings and lighting components

What is not included

  • Emergency escape lighting (con.elec.emergency-lighting)
  • External, campus and sports lighting (con.elec.external-lighting)
  • Festive lighting (con.civils.festive-lighting)
  • Street lighting on the adopted highway (con.civils.street-lighting)
  • Rewires that include lighting (con.elec.electrical-installation-and-repairs)
  • Lighting control systems bought without luminaire works (con.mech.building-management-systems)
  • Lamps and fittings bought from a wholesaler without installation (con.site.electrical-wholesale)

Often bought by the same buyers