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Managed print services contracts

UK public sector · 179 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
179
Last 12 months
Median contract
£112k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£49.1m
174 of 179 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
129
Suppliers
51

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most managed print services contracts took 51% of them (91 of 179).
  • The median contract, £112k, is close to the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 41, or 23% of the total.

Who buys managed print services

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

  1. 1Kent County Council27 contracts
  2. 2UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)5 contracts
  3. 3University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation5 contracts
  4. 4Ministry of Defence3 contracts
  5. 5NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit3 contracts
  6. 6Ministry of Justice3 contracts
  7. 7East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  8. 8Waythrough2 contracts
  9. 9Lincolnshire Police2 contracts
  10. 10Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency2 contracts

Top managed print services contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ricoh26 contracts
  2. 2Kyocera Document Solutions17 contracts
  3. 3Canon17 contracts
  4. 4Sharp Business Systems16 contracts
  5. 5Konica Minolta15 contracts
  6. 6Xerox (UK) Limited7 contracts
  7. 7Toshiba TEC UK Imaging Systems Ltd5 contracts
  8. 8Agilico5 contracts
  9. 9Aurora Managed Services4 contracts
  10. 10VISION GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

24Q4 2025*56Q1 202637Q2 202662Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 162 · Scotland 10 · Wales 7

South East41Yorkshire and The Humber20South West17East of England13West Midlands12North East10North West8London8Wales6Scotland6East Midlands5UK-wide or not stated33

What is included

Supply, lease, maintenance and management of office printers, multifunction devices and document scanners, including managed print services, print management software, consumables and cost-per-page servicing.

  • Office printers and multifunction devices, bought or leased
  • Managed print services with cost-per-page servicing
  • Print management and secure release software
  • Document scanners
  • Consumables, maintenance and support

What is not included

  • Hybrid mail and print-and-post outsourcing -> it.ent.hybrid-mail
  • Bulk scanning bureaux -> it.ent.records-scanning-storage
  • Receipt printers and barcode scanners in tills -> it.ent.epos-retail-catering
  • Break/fix of a mixed estate that includes printers -> it.hw.hardware-maintenance
  • Commercial printing and reprographics output -> not IT
  • Access-control card printers -> not IT (physical security)

Often bought by the same buyers