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Stakeholder engagement contracts

UK public sector · 180 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
180
Last 12 months
Median contract
£60k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£24.4m
166 of 172 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
127
Suppliers
161

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most stakeholder engagement contracts took 8% of them (15 of 180).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter rose 28% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £60k, is 25% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • London had the most contracts: 48, or 27% of the total.

Who buys stakeholder engagement

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

  1. 1UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)8 contracts
  2. 2NHS England7 contracts
  3. 3Greater Manchester Combined Authority5 contracts
  4. 4Department of Health and Social Care4 contracts
  5. 5Westminster City Council4 contracts
  6. 6Natural England4 contracts
  7. 7Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3 contracts
  8. 8City of London Corporation3 contracts
  9. 9The Electoral Commission3 contracts
  10. 10Bassetlaw District Council3 contracts

Top stakeholder engagement contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ipsos5 contracts
  2. 2Community Research Limited3 contracts
  3. 3Opinion Research Services3 contracts
  4. 4Thinks Insight & Strategy2 contracts
  5. 5AECOM2 contracts
  6. 6Participation People2 contracts
  7. 7Hopkins Van Mil2 contracts
  8. 8Diabetes UK2 contracts
  9. 9HEALTHWATCH ESSEX LIMITED2 contracts
  10. 10MANCHESTER COMMUNITY CENTRAL2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

39Q4 2025*43Q1 202642Q2 202655Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 167 · Scotland 6 · Wales 6 · Northern Ireland 1

London48North West20Yorkshire and The Humber14South West13East of England10South East9West Midlands8North East7East Midlands6Wales6Scotland2Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated36

What is included

Designing and running consultation and engagement with residents, communities and stakeholders, from consultation exercises, workshops, co-production and standing panels to deliberative processes such as citizens' assemblies, juries and deliberative panels, with a findings report.

  • Statutory and scheme consultation exercises
  • Community and stakeholder engagement programmes
  • Facilitated workshops and co-production
  • Standing engagement panels and online communities
  • Consultation support services
  • Citizens' assemblies
  • Citizens' juries
  • Deliberative citizens' panels
  • Deliberative research on shared values

What is not included

  • Analysis of responses to a consultation (see Consultation response analysis)
  • Focus group research (see Social and consumer research)
  • Independent advisers working for tenants and leaseholders (see Independent tenant and leaseholder advisers)
  • Consultation software (see it software (it.ent.survey consultation platform))
  • Communications campaigns and PR (see Marketing & Creative)

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