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Sd-wan contracts

UK public sector · 123 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
123
Last 12 months
Median contract
£226k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£202m
113 of 118 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
95
Suppliers
64

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most sd-wan contracts took 40% of them (49 of 123).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £226k, is 2.1 times the median across it & software contracts (£110k).

Who buys sd-wan

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

  1. 1NYNET PUBLIC SECTOR LIMITED9 contracts
  2. 2Ministry of Defence4 contracts
  3. 3Home Office3 contracts
  4. 4Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service3 contracts
  5. 5London Ambulance Service NHS Trust3 contracts
  6. 6NHS North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)2 contracts
  7. 7East Riding of Yorkshire Council2 contracts
  8. 8Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council2 contracts
  9. 9Cumberland Council2 contracts
  10. 10UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)2 contracts

Top sd-wan contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1BT22 contracts
  2. 2Virgin Media Business8 contracts
  3. 3CityFibre7 contracts
  4. 4Vodafone6 contracts
  5. 5Virgin Media O26 contracts
  6. 6Jisc6 contracts
  7. 7Exponential-e4 contracts
  8. 8Capita3 contracts
  9. 9Syntura3 contracts
  10. 10CLOUD GATEWAY LIMITED3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

28Q4 2025*27Q1 202639Q2 202628Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 110 · Scotland 7 · Wales 6

Yorkshire and The Humber18London18South West12North East9North West9West Midlands9East Midlands7Scotland7South East6Wales5East of England2UK-wide or not stated21

What is included

Private data connectivity that links a buyer's own sites, data centres and cloud, bought as circuits, SD-WAN or a managed WAN. Includes connections to public sector networks such as PSN and regional public services networks.

  • WAN and SD-WAN services
  • Site-to-site circuits and leased lines between own sites
  • Access lines (SOGEA, ADSL, fibre) bought within a WAN contract
  • Full fibre networks connecting council and school sites
  • Network as a service (NaaS) linking data centres and public cloud
  • PSN, HSCN and regional public services network connections
  • WAN upgrades and circuit migrations
  • Managed broadband networks for groups of schools

What is not included

  • Internet access for a site with no private WAN -> it.tel.internet-access-and-broadband
  • Subsidised gigabit network build for the public -> it.tel.gigabit-broadband-build
  • One outsourced contract that also runs LAN, voice and a NOC -> it.tel.integrated-managed-network-services
  • Switches and routers bought as hardware -> it.tel.lan-and-wifi-equipment
  • Firewalls and network security -> another family: cyber security

Often bought by the same buyers