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LOLER inspection contracts

UK public sector · 66 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
66
Last 12 months
Median contract
£155k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£35.9m
48 of 51 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
52
Suppliers
38

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most LOLER inspection contracts took 55% of them (36 of 66).
  • The median contract, £155k, is close to the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • Nuclear Restoration Services awarded 5% of the LOLER inspection contracts (3 of 66).

Who buys LOLER inspection

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

  1. 1Nuclear Restoration Services3 contracts
  2. 2UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)3 contracts
  3. 3YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED2 contracts
  4. 4University of Glasgow2 contracts
  5. 5London Borough of Hounslow2 contracts
  6. 6Hull City Council2 contracts
  7. 7The Riverside Group2 contracts
  8. 8NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership2 contracts
  9. 9Citizen Housing2 contracts
  10. 10Bromford Flagship LiveWest Limited2 contracts

Top LOLER inspection contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Zurich20 contracts
  2. 2Risk Management Partners7 contracts
  3. 3British Engineering Services5 contracts
  4. 4Mand5 contracts
  5. 5Arthur J. Gallagher4 contracts
  6. 6Towergate Insurance4 contracts
  7. 7Marsh4 contracts
  8. 8Bureau Veritas3 contracts
  9. 9Allianz3 contracts
  10. 10Maven Public Sector3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

10Q4 2025*19Q1 202623Q2 202614Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 58 · Scotland 4 · Wales 3 · Northern Ireland 1

North West9London7South East7South West6East Midlands5North East4Yorkshire and The Humber4Scotland4West Midlands3East of England3Wales3Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated10

What is included

Statutory thorough examination of lifts, lifting equipment, pressure systems, LEV and work equipment under LOLER, PSSR and PUWER, often bought with engineering insurance.

  • Engineering insurance with an inspection programme
  • LOLER thorough examination of lifts, stairlifts and access equipment bought on its own
  • PSSR written schemes and examinations
  • LEV and PUWER inspections within an insurance programme

What is not included

  • Lift maintenance contracts that include LOLER (con.lifts.passenger-goods-lifts, con.lifts.stairlifts-access-lifts)
  • LEV testing bought on its own (con.mech.lev-fume-extraction)
  • Multi-discipline compliance programmes with remedials (con.me.statutory-compliance)
  • Servicing and repair of pressure plant (con.mech.commercial-heating-plant, con.mech.compressed-air)

Often bought by the same buyers