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Procurement consultancy contracts

UK public sector · 83 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
83
Last 12 months
Median contract
£95k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£305m
75 of 78 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
62
Suppliers
58

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most procurement consultancy contracts took 25% of them (21 of 83).
  • The median contract, £95k, is 19% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 21, or 25% of the total.

Who buys procurement consultancy

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

  1. 1Financial Conduct Authority6 contracts
  2. 2Highways England4 contracts
  3. 3Homes England3 contracts
  4. 4NHS Business Services Authority2 contracts
  5. 5DERBY CITY COUNCIL2 contracts
  6. 6DFT OPERATOR LIMITED2 contracts
  7. 7London Borough of Lewisham2 contracts
  8. 8Restoration And Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd2 contracts
  9. 9Wirral Council1 contract
  10. 10Red Kite Learning Trust1 contract

Top procurement consultancy contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Efficio5 contracts
  2. 2Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP5 contracts
  3. 34C associates limited4 contracts
  4. 4Capita4 contracts
  5. 5Castlefield Recruitment3 contracts
  6. 6Pagabo2 contracts
  7. 7Gardiner & Theobald2 contracts
  8. 8Deloitte2 contracts
  9. 9Campden Bri (Chipping Campden) Ltd2 contracts
  10. 10Consultancy+2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

15Q4 2025*19Q1 202628Q2 202621Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 82 · Scotland 1

London21North East11Yorkshire and The Humber9West Midlands7South East7South West5North West3East Midlands1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated18

What is included

Procurement consultants who advise on how the buyer should buy and run tenders or provide procurement capacity for it: procurement approach and category strategy, framework and category opportunities, tender preparation, market engagement and evaluation, formal development partner procurements and procurement business partnering.

  • Procurement approach advice for a new programme or business model
  • Framework and category opportunity analysis
  • Supplier relationship management and negotiation insight
  • Procurement support for delivering capital schemes
  • Procurement services for a housing development programme
  • Procurement business partnering for a corporate team
  • Development partner procurement run as a formal tender process

What is not included

  • Commercial advice on a single contract, including PFI (see Commercial, contract management and PFI advice)
  • Property-led development partner selection and site marketing (see Development appraisal)
  • Employer's agent and pre-contract services on construction projects (see Employers agent)
  • Energy purchasing advice (see Energy procurement and utility management)
  • Leisure operator procurement support from leisure consultants (see Sport and leisure facility strategy, options and operator procurement advice)
  • Financial evaluation of bids by a project's financial adviser (see Corporate finance, project finance and transaction advice)
  • Procurement legal advice (see Legal)
  • Technology procurement advice (see it software (it.advice.technology procurement commercial))
  • Spend analytics tools (see it software (it.data.procurement spend analytics))
  • Temporary procurement staff (see Recruitment & HR)

Often bought by the same buyers