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Minor building works contracts

UK public sector · 401 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
401
Last 12 months
Median contract
£130k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£319m
386 of 393 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
220
Suppliers
339

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most minor building works contracts took 7% of them (26 of 401).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter rose 17% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £130k, is close to the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 72, or 18% of the total.

Who buys minor building works

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

  1. 1NHS Property Services Limited26 contracts
  2. 2Hampshire County Council26 contracts
  3. 3Knowsley Council7 contracts
  4. 4Kent County Council6 contracts
  5. 5Westmorland and Furness Council6 contracts
  6. 6Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council6 contracts
  7. 7Somerset Council6 contracts
  8. 8Nottingham City Council5 contracts
  9. 9West Northamptonshire Council5 contracts
  10. 10Herefordshire Council5 contracts

Top minor building works contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lindum Group8 contracts
  2. 2B & M Clark (Builders) Limited6 contracts
  3. 32D Building Contractors Ltd4 contracts
  4. 4CLC Group4 contracts
  5. 5S C Joseph Ltd4 contracts
  6. 6TEW BROTHERS LIMITED4 contracts
  7. 7TCL Group3 contracts
  8. 8Arque Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9Snape Contracting Services Ltd3 contracts
  10. 10T&B (Contractors) Ltd3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

92Q4 2025*99Q1 202693Q2 2026116Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 355 · Wales 26 · Scotland 13 · Northern Ireland 7

South East72North West52London39South West35East Midlands33East of England32Wales26Yorkshire and The Humber25West Midlands23North East22Scotland11Northern Ireland7UK-wide or not stated24

What is included

Small building projects to existing buildings: single and first-floor extensions, localised alterations and remodelling, small replacement structures, and minor works frameworks or term contracts for small capital projects, usually let to local builders.

  • Classroom and school extensions
  • Kitchen, clinic room and office extensions
  • Clubhouse, scout hut and community building extensions
  • Extension combined with refurbishment of the existing building
  • Reception and entrance remodelling
  • Internal classroom and office floor alterations
  • Replacement of small garages and outbuildings
  • Cyclical minor improvement term contracts

What is not included

  • Whole-building refurbishment and conversion (con.build.refurbishment-remodelling)
  • Interior fit-out (con.build.interior-fit-out)
  • Adapted extensions for disabled occupants of homes (con.repair.disabled-adaptations)
  • Reactive and planned fabric repair contracts for non-housing buildings (con.repair.estate-fabric-repairs)
  • Repairs and small works to homes (con.repair.responsive-repairs)
  • Modular classrooms and portable buildings (con.build.modular-buildings)
  • Building contracts that do not say what is being built (con.build.general-building-works)

Often bought by the same buyers