Management-related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 79420000Services · classin Business Services & Consultancy

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 32% (103 notices)
  • Central government 32% (101 notices)
  • Other public bodies 14% (46 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 1% (4 notices)
  • Charities 1% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 19% (61 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies1100
Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityCentral government1000
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government832
Defra Network eTendering Portalnot classified700
Pembrokeshire County CouncilLocal authorities770
Scottish Governmentnot classified621
North Lanarkshire CouncilLocal authorities600
Portsmouth City CouncilLocal authorities600
Sellafield LimitedOther public bodies630
Ards and North Down Borough CouncilLocal authorities520

194 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 205 of 328 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Scotland46 · 22%
South East England41 · 20%
Greater London40 · 20%
Wales (Cymru)35 · 17%
Northern Ireland29 · 14%
North West England28 · 14%
West Midlands25 · 12%
South West England23 · 11%
East of England22 · 11%
East Midlands22 · 11%
Yorkshire and the Humber16 · 8%
North East England15 · 7%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 70% (230 notices)
  • Framework 26% (85 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (13 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 43% (140 notices)
  • Route not published 32% (105 notices)
  • Selective 20% (67 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 5% (16 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 77% (61 notices)
  • Below threshold 23% (18 notices)
Typical tender window33 daysrobust · n=73median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (124) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=49
  • 1 bid 24% (12)
  • 2–3 29% (14)
  • 4–6 27% (13)
  • 7 or more 20% (10)
Contract value, net
p25 £179,750median £697,415p75 £3,728,181
interquartile range of 76 awards · p90 £23,781,250
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=44middle half 2–5
Competed92%robust · n=124open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs64%robust · n=176of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs57%robust · n=75single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally67%robust · n=43winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate2% below the estimaterobust · n=3517 below · 2 above
Abandoned3%robust · n=124cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot5robust · n=2050 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 418 awards to 239 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 18% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 119 of 328 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)20 notices · 17% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution19 notices · 16%
Delta eSourcing13 notices · 11%
Proactis / ProContract12 notices · 10%
Sell2Wales12 notices · 10% · 1 open
eTendersNI7 notices · 6%

Open tenders in management-related services

6 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 7942. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 7942. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.