# Business Services & Consultancy (CPV 79000000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Business Services & Consultancy (CPV 79000000) covers UK public procurement for Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security. Tracked across 18,286 published procedures (7,078 in the last 12 months) across 2,415 contracting authorities, with 291 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Business Services & Consultancy

- **CPV Code:** `79000000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Division (2-digit sector)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 291

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 7,078

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 18,286

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 1,278 (2,415 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 30 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (middle half 2–8) (median of 1557 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £81k (median net contract award; interquartile range £37k–£286k)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 42 days (median)

- **SME Win Rate:** 47% of declared awards won by small & medium enterprises

- **Local Win Rate:** 48% of awards won by suppliers registered in the delivery region

## Sub-Sectors (CPV Classes)

45 CPV classs active under this division:

1. [Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-and-management-consultancy-services-79410000): 1,062 notices/12m · **64 open** · ~5 bids/lot

2. [Advertising and marketing services (CPV 79340000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/advertising-and-marketing-services-79340000): 570 notices/12m · **35 open** · ~4 bids/lot

3. [Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/recruitment-services-79600000): 551 notices/12m · **17 open** · ~7 bids/lot

4. [Market research services (CPV 79310000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/market-research-services-79310000): 479 notices/12m · **38 open** · ~4 bids/lot

5. [Subscription services (CPV 79980000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000): 421 notices/12m · **1 open** · ~3 bids/lot

6. [Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services (CPV 79950000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/exhibition-fair-and-congress-organisation-services-79950000): 407 notices/12m · **12 open** · ~3 bids/lot

7. [Security services (CPV 79710000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-services-79710000): 389 notices/12m · **28 open** · ~6 bids/lot

8. [Miscellaneous business-related services (CPV 79990000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/miscellaneous-business-related-services-79990000): 388 notices/12m · **26 open** · ~4 bids/lot

9. [Business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-and-management-consultancy-and-related-services-79400000): 340 notices/12m · **21 open** · ~4 bids/lot

10. [Accounting and auditing services (CPV 79210000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/accounting-and-auditing-services-79210000): 340 notices/12m · **23 open** · ~3 bids/lot

## Live Open Tender Opportunities

Currently open for bidding in Business Services & Consultancy (soonest deadline first):

1. [Contract for Local London Website Media Campaign Launch](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-local-london-website-media-campaign-launch-ocds-h6vhtk-07814a): £25,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · London Borough of Redbridge

2. [Delivery of the UK-Ireland Youth Forum 2027](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-of-the-uk-ireland-youth-forum-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-078541): £84,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

3. [Working Age Adults Transformation Strategic Delivery Partner](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/working-age-adults-transformation-strategic-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-077f65): £7,000,000 · Deadline: 27 Oct 2026 · London Borough of Bromley

4. [003708 - Provision of Manned Security Guard Services at NETPark](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/003708-provision-of-manned-security-guard-services-at-netpark-ocds-h6vhtk-0776d7): £395,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · Durham County Council

5. [Lived Experience Service – Hull Changing Futures Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lived-experience-service-hull-changing-futures-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-078317): £50,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · Hull City Council

6. [Financial Audit Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-077fc2): £1,900,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group

7. [Southbank: Project External works and Electrical Landlord work: Consultant Design](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southbank-project-external-works-and-electrical-landlord-work-consultant-design-ocds-h6vhtk-077f6f): £230,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

8. [Night Safety Marshall](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/night-safety-marshall-ocds-h6vhtk-077d0b): £360,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Business Services & Consultancy work:

1. [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221): 349 notices (191 in last 12m) · **2 open**

2. [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315): 234 notices (62 in last 12m) · **4 open**

3. [British Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/british-council-gov-ot313): 230 notices (125 in last 12m)

4. [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17): 188 notices (37 in last 12m) · **1 open**

5. [University of the West of England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-the-west-of-england-urn-133798): 143 notices (93 in last 12m)

6. [Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382): 141 notices (71 in last 12m)

7. [Tees Valley Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tees-valley-combined-authority-ons-e47000006): 112 notices (84 in last 12m) · **1 open**

8. [Sheffield City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-city-council-ons-e08000039): 106 notices (38 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 2,343 notices (21%)

2. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 1,966 notices (18%)

3. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 1,846 notices (17%)

4. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 1,776 notices (16%)

5. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 1,774 notices (16%)

6. [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands): 1,673 notices (15%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Business Services & Consultancy:

1. [KPMG](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kpmg-coh-oc301540): 99 procedures (113 awards) across 84 contracting authorities

2. [Deloitte](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deloitte-coh-oc303675): 63 procedures (94 awards) across 46 contracting authorities

3. [PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pricewaterhouse-coopers-llp-coh-oc303525): 61 procedures (70 awards) across 51 contracting authorities

4. [HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hays-specialist-recruitment-limited-coh-00975677): 53 procedures (57 awards) across 43 contracting authorities

5. [BDO LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bdo-llp-coh-oc305127): 50 procedures (56 awards) across 48 contracting authorities

6. [GatenbySanderson Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/gatenbysanderson-limited-coh-04451141): 48 procedures (52 awards) across 39 contracting authorities

7. [Ernst and Young LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ernst-and-young-llp-coh-oc300001): 45 procedures (62 awards) across 36 contracting authorities

8. [THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomson-reuters-professional-uk-limited-coh-01679046): 42 procedures (43 awards) across 37 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Business Services & Consultancy intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt