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Measuring Footfall - A New Solution
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Yorkshire and the Humber · 34-month contract
Held by Visitor Insights Limited
People counting tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
220 people counting tenders and contracts, 48 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
- Awarded a month£140k
- Contracts a month2.1
- Won by SMEs60%
- Renewing in 6 months9
- Frameworks and DPSs1
People counting contracts
Tap a region to see its contracts. Pick as many as you like.
51 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest people counting contracts awarded
- Awarded15 Oct 2026Footfall Monitoring - Ormskirk Town CentreWest Lancashire Borough Council · North WestWon by Place Informatics Ltd
- Awarded29 Sep 2026Footfall Counting System Support & Hosting (Libraries)Bath & North East Somerset Council · South WestWon by Axiomatic Technology Ltd£7k
- Awarded20 Sep 2026Person count City Hall - Maintenance & DashboardBristol City Council · South WestWon by FM:Systems£65k
- Awarded10 Sep 2026Provision of Visitor Counting SolutionNational Galleries of Scotland · ScotlandWon by Nexbib Solutions Limited£54k
- Awarded7 Sep 2026The Provision of People Counting System for Riverside Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery MuseumGlasgow Life · ScotlandWon by Bridge Systems Ltd£28k
- Awarded31 Aug 2026Footfall Counting at The Square Shopping Centre CamberleySurrey Heath Borough Council · South EastWon by Shoppertrak Limited£70k
- Awarded31 Jul 2026Provision of Open Space Room Sensors and Utilisation StudiesNHS Property Services LimitedWon by Softcat£750k
- Awarded23 Jun 2026EDC/2026/4428 - Town Centre Footfall Equipment & MonitoringEast Dunbartonshire Council · ScotlandWon by Traffic technology£25k
- Awarded19 Jun 2026The provision of a Footfall and Consumer Insights PlatformWest Oxfordshire District Council · South EastWon by Place Informatics Ltd£54k
- Awarded10 Jun 20261053EVTCI - Data ThistleLeicester City Council · East MidlandsWon by Phylum Forge Ltd£33k
- Awarded8 Jun 2026Ceiling Mounted Utilisation SensorsSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · LondonWon by Internal Communications Network Ltd£82k
- Awarded2 Jun 2026Automatic Passenger Count System Maintenance & LicensingXC Trains Limited · North EastWon by Journeo£936k
- Awarded26 May 2026Torbay Footfall Behaviour Insight PlatformTorbay Council · South WestWon by Huq Industries
- Awarded13 May 2026Enumeration of Leicester City Pride Festival monitoringLeicestershire County Council · East MidlandsWon by Streetwise Services Ltd£5k
- Awarded1 May 2026Planon CAFM Room occupancyUniversity of Sunderland · North EastWon by Planon Ltd£338k
- Awarded31 Mar 2026MRI SoftwareNorth Kesteven District Council · East MidlandsWon by MRI Software
- Awarded30 Mar 2026Place960 Market Towns Monitoring ProjectDerbyshire County Council · East MidlandsWon by VivaCity£221k
- Awarded27 Mar 2026Extension to Occupancy Monitoring ServiceHM Revenue & Customs · LondonWon by FM:Systems£181k
- Awarded20 Mar 2026Provision of Utilisation Sensor Technology and Associated Services (NHSPS Utilisation Programme)NHS Property Services LimitedWon by Softcat£2m
- Awarded5 Mar 2026PAHT - Cisco Spaces Premier Subscription - Kao ParkThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · East of EnglandWon by Softcat£160k
- Awarded5 Mar 2026PAHT - Cisco Spaces Premier Subscription - Core TransformationThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust · East of EnglandWon by Softcat£1m
- Awarded3 Mar 2026PKC13252 Digital Vision Solution and ServicesPerth & Kinross Council · ScotlandWon by BT£100k
- Awarded25 Feb 2026Hosting and Support for the Occupeye Sensor SystemAneurin Bevan University Health Board · WalesWon by FM:Systems£27k
- Awarded9 Jan 2026Footfall data collection and reporting servicesLeeds City Council · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by MRI Software£41k
- Awarded7 Jan 2026LabStats licencesCoventry University · West MidlandsWon by Softcat£66k
- Awarded25 Sep 2025Footfall monitoringSouth Kesteven District Council · East MidlandsWon by Visitor Insights Limited£47k
- Awarded18 Sep 2025Award of Contract for Experience Bodmin – Footfall Data/HUQCornwall Council · South WestWon by Huq Industries
- Awarded17 Sep 2025LCWIP Sensor SubscriptionLeicestershire County Council · East MidlandsWon by VivaCity£70k
- Awarded30 Aug 2025Space Utilisation SensorsUniversity of Wolverhampton · West MidlandsWon by SmartViz£384k
- Awarded11 Aug 2025Proposal to implement Starling Technologies in the Deane Road 'Education corridor'Transport for Greater Manchester · North WestWon by Starling Technologies Ltd£26k
Where to bid
Where people counting tenders are run
In-Tend3 50%
Delta eSourcing2 33%
Atamis1 17%
Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
Place Informatics Ltd won the most people counting contracts
Softcat won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthCentral governmentEducationTransport and utilitiesOther buyers
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Place Informatics Ltd North West · SME · See every contract | 7 | £296k | 7 | ||
| 2 | Softcat East of England · See every contract | 6 | £5m | 3 | ||
| 3joint | FM:Systems London · SME · See every contract | 4 | £307k | 3 | ||
| 3joint | MRI Software Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 4 | £98k | 3 | ||
| 5joint | VivaCity East Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £409k | 3 | ||
| 5joint | Visitor Insights Limited West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 3 | £84k | 3 | ||
| 5joint | Nexbib Solutions Limited London · SME · See every contract | 3 | £54k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Huq Industries South West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £20k | 3 | ||
| 9joint | BT Scotland · See every contract | 2 | £94k | 2 | ||
| 9joint | Bibliotheca London · See every contract | 2 | Not published | 1 |
17 more people counting contractors ranked. See the full ranking →
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Who buys
Councils award 59% of people counting contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
6 buyers bought people counting more than once in the last 2 years
Each dot is a buyer, by how many people counting contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many people counting contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsNHS and healthCentral governmentEducationTransport and utilitiesOther buyers
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NHS Property Services Limited | 3 | £3.8m |
| 2 | The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | 2 | £1.2m |
| 3 | HM Revenue & Customs | 2 | £214k |
| 4 | Leeds City Council | 2 | £82k |
| 5 | Leicestershire County Council | 2 | £75k |
| 6 | London Borough of Merton | 2 | Not published |
| 7 | XC Trains Limited | 1 | £936k |
| 8 | University of Wolverhampton | 1 | £384k |
| 9 | University of Sunderland | 1 | £338k |
| 10 | Derbyshire County Council | 1 | £221k |
128 people counting contracts awarded since 2021
- 172021
- 192022
- 162023
- 272024
- 242025
- 252026 so far
Prices
Half of people counting contracts are worth less than £63k
CouncilsNHS and healthCentral governmentEducationTransport and utilitiesOther buyers
The 10 biggest people counting contracts
- NHS Property Services LimitedSoftcat · 20 Mar 2026
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustSoftcat · 5 Mar 2026
- NHS Property Services LimitedSoftcat · 18 Mar 2025
- XC Trains LimitedJourneo · 2 Jun 2026
- NHS Property Services LimitedSoftcat · 31 Jul 2026
- University of WolverhamptonSmartViz · 30 Aug 2025
- University of SunderlandPlanon Ltd · 1 May 2026
- Derbyshire County CouncilVivaCity · 30 Mar 2026
- Sheffield Hallam UniversityHubstar Systems Limited · 4 Mar 2025
- HM Revenue & CustomsFM:Systems · 27 Mar 2026
Renewing contracts
15 people counting contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months
9 in the next 6 months. The 3 ending soonest are shown in full.
Ends Jan 2027
Measuring Footfall - A new solution
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Yorkshire and the Humber · 34-month contract
Held by Visitor Insights Limited
Ends Feb 2027
R027 - Town Centre Footfall
Middlesbrough Council · North East · 25-month contract
Held by MRI Software
People counting contract for a councilNorth EastValue not statedEnds Feb 2027
People counting contract for a central government bodyUK-wide or not stated£100k to £1mEnds Mar 2027
People counting contract for an NHS bodyUK-wide or not stated£100k to £1mEnds Mar 2027
People counting contract for a councilSouth EastUnder £100kEnds Mar 2027
People counting contract for a central government bodyUK-wide or not stated£100k to £1mEnds Mar 2027
People counting contract for a councilEast MidlandsValue not statedEnds Mar 2027
Where and when
Where and when people counting contracts are awarded
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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The regions as a table
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 0 | 7 | £393k | £40k | VivaCity (2) | Leicestershire County Council (2) | 2 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 7 | £695k | £66k | Visitor Insights Limited (2) | – | 0 |
| London | 0 | 5 | £294k | £82k | Bibliotheca, Lyngsoe Systems and 1 more (2 each) | London Borough of Merton (2) | 0 |
| South West | 0 | 5 | £132k | £60k | Huq Industries (2) | – | 2 |
| Scotland | 0 | 5 | £337k | £54k | – | – | 0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 4 | £327k | £41k | MRI Software (2) | Leeds City Council (2) | 2 |
| North East | 0 | 3 | £1.3m | £338k | – | – | 2 |
| South East | 0 | 3 | £155k | £54k | – | – | 3 |
| North West | 0 | 2 | £26k | – | – | – | 0 |
| East of England | 0 | 2 | £1.2m | – | Softcat (2) | The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (2) | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | £27k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 1 |
Often bought with people counting
Key findings
- £140k a month
of people counting contracts awarded.
Typical contract £68k x 2.1 contracts a month, last 12 months. - 2.1
people counting contracts are awarded in a typical month.
51 contracts in the last 2 years. - 9
people counting contracts come up for renewal in the next 6 months.
Recurring contracts with a named supplier and a published end date before 4 May 2027. - 1
framework or DPS is running for people counting work.
0 open to join now. - 60%
of people counting contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 40 award notices.
How many people counting tenders and contracts are there?
| Last 12 months | Since November 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 48 | 220 |
| Contracts awarded | 25 | 114 |
25 people counting contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 19 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 44 buyers awarded people counting contracts to 27 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
Questions
How many people counting contracts does the UK public sector award?
51 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 44 public buyers.
How long are people counting tenders open for?
The median people counting tender is open for 25 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector people counting contract worth?
The median is £63k, and 84% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector people counting contracts?
Place Informatics Ltd won the most (7). Softcat won the most by value (£5m).
Which buyers award the most people counting contracts?
Councils award 59% of them.
How many people counting contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months?
15 contracts end and are likely to be re-let, the first on 1 January 2027. Another 7 ending are one-off work.
What is included
Sensors, cameras and platforms that count people in streets, venues and buildings and report footfall, desk and room occupancy and space use, with commissioning and support.
- Town centre and venue footfall counters and platforms
- Desk, room and building occupancy sensors
- Space utilisation analytics and reporting
What is not included
- Aggregated mobile-network mobility data (see Geodemographic data)
- Building management and lighting controls (see Building controls)
- Access control gates
- CCTV