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Removals contracts

UK public sector · 71 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
71
Last 12 months
Median contract
£113k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£22.2m
65 of 67 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
60
Suppliers
50

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most removals contracts took 30% of them (21 of 71).
  • The median contract, £113k, is close to the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
  • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) awarded 7% of the removals contracts (5 of 71).

Who buys removals

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

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)5 contracts
  2. 2Highways England3 contracts
  3. 3Hastings Borough Council2 contracts
  4. 4Government Property Agency2 contracts
  5. 5RYKNELD HOMES LIMITED2 contracts
  6. 6NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership2 contracts
  7. 7Central Bedfordshire Council2 contracts
  8. 8Westminster City Council1 contract
  9. 9London Borough of Southwark1 contract
  10. 10Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1 contract

Top removals contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Harrow Green Limited5 contracts
  2. 2Restore5 contracts
  3. 3Johnsons 18715 contracts
  4. 4Martins Removal Services4 contracts
  5. 5CROWN WORKSPACE LIMITED3 contracts
  6. 6Kwikshift European Transportation and Logistics3 contracts
  7. 7easyStorage2 contracts
  8. 8Clockwork Removals Limited2 contracts
  9. 9Doree Bonner International2 contracts
  10. 10Space Solutions2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

23Q4 2025*9Q1 202625Q2 202614Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 56 · Scotland 10 · Wales 5

Scotland10London9East of England7East Midlands6South East6South West5West Midlands4North West3Yorkshire and The Humber3Wales3North East2UK-wide or not stated13

What is included

Packing and moving possessions, furniture and equipment between buildings for households, tenants and organisations, including decants, office and laboratory relocations, storage bundled with the move, reinstallation and disposal of redundant items.

  • Office moves between premises
  • Business moves between university buildings
  • Laboratory equipment removals
  • Hospital and community site furniture and equipment moves
  • Ad hoc removal and warehouse storage for council services
  • Office furniture storage, installation and disposal management
  • Removals and relocation frameworks
  • Tenant downsizing and decant removals
  • Removal and warehouse storage of homeless households' belongings
  • Packing and redelivery

What is not included

  • Employee relocation packages (trn.freight.staff-and-international-relocation)
  • Hazardous chemical and gas moves (trn.freight.dangerous-goods-transport)
  • Fine art and museum object moves (trn.freight.fine-art-and-museum-logistics)
  • Storage with no removal (trn.freight.warehousing-and-distribution)
  • Internal moves and porterage within one building or campus (cln.softfm.porterage-internal-moves)
  • Void and house clearance (cln.spec.void-property-cleaning-and-clearance)
  • Office furniture supply (another industry: office-admin)

Often bought by the same buyers