UK public sector buyers

The 150 most active public buyers by recorded procurement volume. Each profile shows what they buy, who wins their work, and how many of their recorded contracts end within the next 12 months. Updated 6 Sept 2026.

Buyer	Procurements	Recorded value	Ending ≤ 12m
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	12,900	£2.2bn	849
Ministry of Defence	11,063	£88bn	829
NHS England	10,193	£26bn	408
Surrey County Council	7,529	£5.3bn	62
UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)	6,892	£1.5bn	415
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	6,860	£10bn	431
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport	6,219	£1.1bn	689
Scottish Government	5,581	£2.6bn	100
Highways England	5,466	£21bn	440
London Borough of Haringey	5,329	£823m	77
Ministry of Justice	4,892	£34bn	386
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	4,401	£9.8bn	318
Bristol City Council	4,368	£3.8bn	360
Department for Education	4,217	£16bn	292
Leicester City Council	4,154	£2.2bn	698
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership	3,933	£3.3bn	170
Milton Keynes City Council	3,743	£2.6bn	114
Hampshire County Council	3,618	£21bn	259
Public Services Delivery Scotland	3,398	£1.3bn	53
Department of Health and Social Care	3,390	£22bn	101
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit	3,204	£793m	37
UK Health Security Agency	3,202	£6.0bn	209
Cumbria County Council	3,035	£676m	20
Buckinghamshire Council	3,009	£2.0bn	69
Home Office	2,819	£26bn	266
FCDO Services	2,797	£488m	194
Leeds City Council - PACS	2,726	£11bn	202
City of Doncaster Council	2,716	£1.0bn	142
NHS Property Services Limited	2,692	£1.1bn	120
North Yorkshire Council	2,641	£1.3bn	141
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	2,602	£1.7bn	238
West Northamptonshire Council	2,575	£1.1bn	103
Environment Agency	2,529	£1.6bn	374
Department for Work and Pensions	2,478	£31bn	151
Nottingham City Council	2,455	£1.4bn	247
City of London Corporation	2,384	£2.6bn	128
Leicestershire County Council	2,330	£1.9bn	377
Derbyshire County Council	2,288	£1.7bn	174
Fife Council	2,247	£229m	13
Durham County Council	2,245	£1.9bn	167
Department for Transport	2,189	£2.3bn	203
University of Birmingham	2,164	£381m	45
Forestry and Land Scotland	2,137	£403m	5
The City of Edinburgh Council	2,123	£633m	21
University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation	2,100	£316m	15
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	2,088	£885m	170
Transport for London	2,054	£22bn	154
Lincolnshire County Council	2,037	£3.7bn	99
Government Commercial Agency	2,035	£142bn	204
Homes England	2,005	£3.3bn	153
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1,941	£464m	136
Gloucestershire County Council	1,920	£1.4bn	246
Kent County Council	1,909	£8.0bn	110
Darlington Borough Council	1,816	£574m	177
Nottinghamshire County Council	1,812	£5.8bn	236
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board	1,773	£20bn	5
University of Edinburgh	1,766	£281m	40
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL	1,761	£3.7bn	239
Hull City Council	1,745	£834m	123
South Ayrshire Council	1,727	£206m	9
University of Glasgow	1,691	£360m	39
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust	1,677	£2.3bn	26
Cumberland Council	1,619	£485m	83
Kirklees Council	1,612	£1.2bn	123
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)	1,610	£688m	61
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board	1,596	£474m	1
Scottish Police Authority	1,594	£193m	11
Westmorland and Furness Council	1,568	£442m	119
UK Atomic Energy Authority	1,567	£11bn	65
Forestry England	1,554	£608m	64
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	1,551	£602m	115
Sheffield City Council	1,549	£2.7bn	164
Met Office	1,512	£1.3bn	92
Nuclear Restoration Services	1,500	£626m	120
North Ayrshire Council	1,458	£256m	30
Maritime and Coastguard Agency	1,439	£2.5bn	84
London Borough of Hackney	1,438	£1.7bn	110
BEIS	1,387	£1.3bn	28
North Lanarkshire Council	1,386	£2.6bn	28
Achieving for Children	1,366	£28.3m	4
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government	1,362	£1.1bn	39
Perth & Kinross Council	1,354	£290m	9
London Borough of Waltham Forest	1,353	£570m	26
Newcastle University	1,341	£265m	29
West Sussex County Council	1,330	£1.6bn	184
London Borough of Merton	1,328	£1.0bn	53
Renfrewshire Council	1,312	£462m	39
University of Strathclyde	1,296	£108m	30
BANK OF ENGLAND	1,294	£1.2bn	109
London Borough of Enfield	1,280	£10bn	60
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS	1,275	£18bn	142
North Lincolnshire Council	1,275	£259m	77
Somerset Council	1,265	£1.4bn	83
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit	1,252	£1.6bn	145
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	1,246	£1.3bn	103
Staffordshire County Council	1,243	£2.1bn	111
Natural England	1,216	£57.2m	92
Coventry City Council	1,215	£2.9bn	135
DERBY CITY COUNCIL	1,211	£1.1bn	115
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1,210	£532m	87
Greater Manchester Combined Authority	1,191	£1.9bn	87
Liverpool City Council	1,182	£2.0bn	112
Norfolk County Council	1,176	£1.1bn	91
Sellafield Ltd	1,175	£5.2bn	105
East Sussex County Council	1,149	£2.9bn	69
Essex County Council	1,145	£2.6bn	81
NHS Arden & GEM CSU	1,142	£1.7bn	71
Wolverhampton City Council	1,142	£706m	126
Lancashire County Council	1,141	£2.6bn	123
Cambridgeshire County Council	1,123	£812m	93
Aberdeenshire Council	1,108	£445m	30
NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board	1,107	£2.0bn	17
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB	1,105	£15bn	2
Cheshire West and Chester Council	1,104	£1.1bn	77
Aberdeen City Council	1,104	£506m	19
West Midlands Combined Authority	1,080	£589m	76
Cardiff Council	1,070	£838m	10
NORTHERN HOUSING CONSORTIUM LIMITED	1,067	£352m	155
Central Bedfordshire Council	1,066	£1.0bn	106
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	1,061	£611m	139
Scottish Borders Council	1,059	£39.2m	4
The Highland Council	1,052	£692m	22
Dumfries and Galloway Council	1,049	£156m	20
Glasgow City Council	1,042	£320m	15
British Council	1,025	£1.5bn	115
Sunderland City Council	1,023	£845m	98
Centre for Process Innovation	1,017	£309m	96
University of Sheffield	1,012	£372m	66
Financial Conduct Authority	1,010	£1.0bn	129
West Yorkshire Combined Authority	1,001	£1.1bn	111
City and County of Swansea	996	£125m	83
Historic England	991	£87.9m	85
Department for International Trade	990	£821m	31
BiP Solutions	986	£1.4bn	133
North Northamptonshire Council	982	£1.2bn	93
Wokingham Borough Council	980	£1.0bn	73
BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS)	968	£1.2bn	46
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	968	£1.2bn	18
London Borough of Hillingdon	965	£1.2bn	98
East Ayrshire Council	964	£377m	41
Brighton & Hove City Council	950	£1.3bn	88
Newcastle City Council	941	£815m	91
Scottish Prison Service	922	£496m	40
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board	917	£11bn	13
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	916	£1.9bn	64
Southampton City Council	909	£1.0bn	65
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	908	£827m	81
Middlesbrough Council	900	£219m	55
South Lanarkshire Council	899	£409m	14
NHS Blood and Transplant	895	£899m	100

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About this data. Ranked by recorded procurement volume across published notices on the four official UK sources, entity-resolved by BidSkim. Last updated 6 Sept 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.