Administration, defence and social security services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 75000000·Services · division·14 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 253 lots from 188 competitions run by 131 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 125 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 128 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 604 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 106 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 50 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Court Appointed Intermediary Services - Framework Re-Opening April 2026 | Ministry of Justice | 12 Nov 2026 | 9d | £20,000,000 ceiling |
| Depot Fire Break & Void Detection Surveys | Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited (TSGN) | 27 Nov 2026 | 24d | £540,000 |
| Work and Health Related Services | NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board | 23 Nov 2026 | 20d | £32,398,000 ceiling |
Sub-sectors of administration, defence and social…
14 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 2,031 of 2,118 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Justice services75230000 | 2 open → | 51 | 2 | 49% | |
Administrative services of agencies75120000 | 15 open → | 140 | 2 | 51% | |
Provision of services to the community75200000 | 11 open → | 141 | 2 | 69% | |
Fire-brigade and rescue services75250000 | 11 open → | 129 | 10 | 87% | |
Public security, law and order services75240000 | 7 open → | 139 | 6 | 41% | |
Administration services75100000 | 1 open → | 88 | 2 | 24% | |
Foreign affairs and other services75210000 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 16% | |
General public services75110000 | 3 open → | 67 | 3 | 44% | |
Benefit services75310000 | 2 open → | 66 | 2 | 29% | |
Supporting services for the government75130000 | 2 open → | 35 | 7 | 24% | |
Defence services75220000 | 2 open → | 11 | 2 | 26% |
Show 3 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Government employee pension schemes75320000 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | |
Compulsory social security services75300000 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | |
Child allowances75340000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government52%(1,058 notices)
1,058 of 2,036 notices are Central government (52%).Local authorities26%(527 notices)
527 of 2,036 notices are Local authorities (26%).Other public bodies6%(122 notices)
122 of 2,036 notices are Other public bodies (6%).Police, fire & emergency6%(121 notices)
121 of 2,036 notices are Police, fire & emergency (6%).NHS & health4%(73 notices)
73 of 2,036 notices are NHS & health (4%).Not classified7%(135 notices)
135 of 2,036 notices are Not classified (7%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 241 | 50 | 1 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 239 | 34 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 93 | 6 | 1 |
| Department of Health & Social Care | Central government | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| Department for Energy Security & Net Zero | Central government | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Department for Education | Central government | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | NHS & health | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Scottish Government | Central government | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS England | Central government | 18 | 5 | 0 |
629 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 1,135 of 2,118 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Greater London | 2 | 39% | 56% | |
| South East England | 2 | 50% | 29% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 82% | 29% | |
| West Midlands | 2 | 63% | 46% | |
| South West England | 2 | 35% | 21% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 2 | 43% | 66% | |
| East of England | 4 | 57% | 20% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 56% | 81% | |
| North West England | 3 | 46% | 31% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 41% | 32% | |
| North East England | 3 | 46% | 25% | |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract88%(1,869 notices)
1,869 of 2,118 notices are Contract (88%).Framework11%(234 notices)
234 of 2,118 notices are Framework (11%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(15 notices)
15 of 2,118 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open37%(782 notices)
782 of 2,118 notices are Open (37%).Route not published27%(564 notices)
564 of 2,118 notices are Route not published (27%).Limited / restricted13%(284 notices)
284 of 2,118 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Direct award13%(267 notices)
267 of 2,118 notices are Direct award (13%).Selective10%(221 notices)
221 of 2,118 notices are Selective (10%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold72%(265 notices)
265 of 367 notices are Above threshold (72%).Below threshold28%(102 notices)
102 of 367 notices are Below threshold (28%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (887) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid26%(67)
67 of 253 lots fall in 1 bid (26%).2–335%(88)
88 of 253 lots fall in 2–3 (35%).4–617%(43)
43 of 253 lots fall in 4–6 (17%).7 or more22%(55)
55 of 253 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 253 lots from 188 competitions run by 131 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 125 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 128 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
400 of 822 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 65 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
494 SME bids out of 705, on 194 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
425 of 664 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 151 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
39 of 887 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 66 lots from 36 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 2,073 awards to 1,155 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 5% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Ingeus UK Limited | 23 | 39 | 3 | 3 |
| Palladium International Limited | 16 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| St Giles Wise Group Partnership | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| VICTIM SUPPORT | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| MARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Mott MacDonald | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| The Forward Trust | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| The Nelson Trust | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 678 of 2,118 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in administration, defence and social…
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 75, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 30 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.