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Plumbing contracts

UK public sector · 58 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
58
Last 12 months
Median contract
£84k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£9.0m
50 of 51 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
44
Suppliers
50

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most plumbing contracts took 21% of them (12 of 58).
  • The median contract, £84k, is 39% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 16, or 28% of the total.

Who buys plumbing

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

  1. 1Hampshire County Council5 contracts
  2. 2London Borough of Wandsworth3 contracts
  3. 3The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust3 contracts
  4. 4Construction Industry Training Board3 contracts
  5. 5The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust2 contracts
  6. 6East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust2 contracts
  7. 7Portsmouth City Council2 contracts
  8. 8NHS Property Services Limited2 contracts
  9. 9Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust1 contract
  10. 10Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council1 contract

Top plumbing contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1T Brown Group Ltd3 contracts
  2. 2Bruce Towers and Sons Limited3 contracts
  3. 3CLOSOMAT LIMITED2 contracts
  4. 4Acorn MPS2 contracts
  5. 5D.S.R. MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED2 contracts
  6. 6Lancashire Gas Services Limited1 contract
  7. 7Longley Group1 contract
  8. 8JP Developers Ltd1 contract
  9. 9Midland Engineering (UK) LTD1 contract
  10. 10Clarkes Mechanical Limited1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

10Q4 2025*14Q1 202617Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 56 · Scotland 2

South East16North East6North West5West Midlands5East of England5London5Yorkshire and The Humber4South West4Scotland2East Midlands1UK-wide or not stated5

What is included

Installation, repair and maintenance of hot and cold water services, pipework, sanitaryware, showers, soil stacks and above-ground drainage in buildings.

  • Reactive plumbing repairs
  • Hot and cold water services
  • Pipework planned and reactive maintenance
  • Soil stack and water riser replacement
  • Clinical sinks and sanitaryware
  • Shower replacement
  • Hand wash and dryer units in public toilets

What is not included

  • Legionella control and water hygiene remedials (con.mech.water-hygiene)
  • Washroom refurbishment projects (con.build.washroom-refurbishment)
  • Kitchen and bathroom replacement in homes (con.repair.kitchen-bathroom-replacement)
  • Below-ground drainage (con.civils.estate-drainage)
  • Plumbing merchant supply (con.site.plumbing-heating-supply)
  • Washroom hygiene services (cln.hyg.washroom-hygiene-services)
  • Booster sets and building pumps (con.mech.pumps-booster-sets)

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