Procurement law tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
59 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Procurement law contracts ,
59 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest procurement law contracts awarded
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Mills & Reeve won the most procurement law contracts
DLA Piper won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mills & Reeve London · See every contract | 8 | £864k | 8 | ||
| 2 | DLA Piper South East · See every contract | 7 | £2.9m | 5 | ||
| 3 | Sharpe Pritchard East of England · SME · See every contract | 6 | £609k | 5 | ||
| 4 | Burges Salmon London · See every contract | 5 | £545k | 5 | ||
| 5 | Anthony Collins Solicitors West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 4 | £135k | 3 | ||
| 6joint | TLT LLP Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 3 | £570k | 3 | ||
| 6joint | Addleshaw Goddard South West · See every contract | 3 | £388k | 3 | ||
| 6joint | Freeths East Midlands · See every contract | 3 | £105k | 3 | ||
| 6joint | Pinsent Masons LLP North West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £90k | 3 | ||
| 10joint | Bird & Bird West Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £502k | 2 |
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Councils award 46% of procurement law contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
11 buyers bought procurement law more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many procurement law contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many procurement law contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey County Council | 3 | £2m |
| 2 | Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | £920k |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire County Council | 3 | £222k |
| 4 | Financial Conduct Authority | 3 | £186k |
| 5 | Portsmouth City Council | 3 | £85k |
| 6 | Public Services Delivery Scotland | 2 | £1.1m |
| 7 | Department for Transport | 2 | £675k |
| 8 | DFT OPERATOR LIMITED | 2 | £127k |
| 9 | Wolverhampton City Council | 2 | £90k |
| 10 | Ministry of Defence | 2 | £65k |
Half of procurement law contracts are worth less than £72k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 62% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Surrey County CouncilDLA Piper · 20 Feb 2026
- Civil Nuclear ConstabularyWeightmans · 5 Oct 2026
- Public Services Delivery ScotlandWinner not published · 7 Jan 2026
- Surrey County CouncilDLA Piper · 23 Feb 2026
- PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITEDDevonshires Solicitors · 1 Mar 2026
- Kent Fire & Rescue ServiceDLA Piper · 3 Mar 2026
- Department for Work and PensionsTLT LLP · 29 Apr 2025
- Walsall Council e-TenderingBird & Bird · 11 Aug 2026
- Department for Work and PensionsMills & Reeve · 14 Jul 2025
- Public Services Delivery ScotlandWinner not published · 6 Aug 2026
The South East awards the most procurement law contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 11 | £3.8m |
| London | 10 | £895k |
| West Midlands | 7 | £712k |
| East of England | 5 | £322k |
| North West | 4 | £820k |
| South West | 3 | £141k |
| Scotland | 3 | £1.2m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 1 | £20k |
| East Midlands | 1 | £20k |
| Wales | 1 | Not published |
| North East | 0 | Not published |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
- 62%
of the money is in the 10 biggest procurement law contracts.
Of 54 contracts with a published value. - 21%
of procurement law contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 48 award notices.
Questions
How many procurement law contracts does the UK public sector award?
59 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 43 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector procurement law contract worth?
The median is £72k, and 74% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector procurement law contracts?
Mills & Reeve won the most (8). DLA Piper won the most by value (£2.9m).
Which buyers award the most procurement law contracts?
Councils award 46% of them.
What is included
Legal advice to run a compliant public procurement under the Procurement Act 2023, the Public Contracts Regulations or equivalent rules, including procedure design, drafting of tender and contract documents and legal support through to contract award.
- Procurement law advice under PA23 and the Public Contracts Regulations
- Legal design of a procurement strategy and procedure
- Drafting tender and contract document suites for a procurement
- Legal support through a specific procurement to contract completion
- Defence of procurement challenges, standstill correspondence and procurement litigation
What is not included
- Procurement of a developer or regeneration partner (leg.prop.regeneration-and-development)
- Procurement of a PFI or PPP delivery partner (leg.com.pfi-ppp-and-project-finance)
- Contract drafting not tied to a procurement (leg.com.commercial-contracts)
- Procurement consultancy and tender running without legal advice (csl.prog.procurement-exercise-support)
- Technology procurement advice from IT consultancies (it.advice.technology-procurement-commercial)
- E-procurement and contract management software (it.ent.e-procurement-contract-management)