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UK public sector buyers
Free profiles of 50 of the UK's busiest public buyers, built from 34,313 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Each page shows what the buyer purchases (by CPV category), who wins its contracts, contracts ending in the next 12 months and upcoming tenders.
Local councils
Hampshire County Council
1,410 awards · Construction works · South East
Buckinghamshire Council
1,196 awards · Transport services · South East
Leicestershire County Council
821 awards · Transport services · East Midlands
Nottingham City Council
766 awards · Construction works · East Midlands
Nottinghamshire County Council
755 awards · Health & social care · East Midlands
North Yorkshire Council
746 awards · Transport services · Yorkshire and the Humber
Leicester City Council
711 awards · Transport services · East Midlands
Darlington Borough Council
626 awards · Health & social care · North East
Bristol City Council
585 awards · Construction works · South West
West Sussex County Council
583 awards · Transport services · South East
Leeds City Council
547 awards · Construction works · Yorkshire and the Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
530 awards · Construction works
Derbyshire County Council
520 awards · Construction works · East Midlands
Kirklees Council
471 awards · Construction works
Hull City Council
465 awards · Construction works · Yorkshire and the Humber
Durham County Council
429 awards · Construction works · North East
West Midlands Combined Authority
418 awards · Architecture & engineering · West Midlands
City of Doncaster Council
385 awards · Construction works
NHS trusts and health bodies
NHS England
1,119 awards · Education & training
NHS Property Services Limited
934 awards · Construction works
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
313 awards · Software
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
305 awards · Medical equipment & supplies
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
305 awards · Software · East Midlands
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
289 awards · Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) · London
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
277 awards · Medical equipment & supplies
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
257 awards · Medical equipment & supplies · East of England
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
226 awards · Medical equipment & supplies · Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
225 awards · Medical equipment & supplies
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
216 awards · Construction works · South East
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
202 awards · Medical equipment & supplies · East of England
Academy trusts
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
30 awards · Office & IT equipment · North East
Dixons Academies Charitable Trust Ltd
26 awards · Software
Universities and colleges
University Of The West Of England
502 awards · Education & training · South West
University of East Anglia
183 awards · Software · East of England
Coventry University
180 awards · Software · West Midlands
Police and fire services
Metropolitan Police Service
225 awards · Construction works · London
British Transport Police
189 awards · Software
Lancashire Constabulary
163 awards · Software · North West
Central government and agencies
Ministry of Defence
1,967 awards · IT services
National Highways
1,462 awards · Vehicles & transport equipment
Environment Agency
1,417 awards · Architecture & engineering
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
1,069 awards · Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin)
Ministry of Justice
898 awards · Education & training
Department for Education
848 awards · Construction works
UK Health Security Agency
837 awards · Medical equipment & supplies
Home Office
690 awards · IT services
Housing providers
Homes England
539 awards · Architecture & engineering
Northern Housing Consortium Limited
506 awards · Repair & maintenance
Other public bodies
UK Research & Innovation
3,602 awards · Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin)
UK Shared Business Services Limited
2,348 awards · Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin)
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Buyers were chosen by the amount of published data; any buyer without enough recent awards and categories to make a useful page is left out. See also our directory of grant-making trusts and foundations.
Licence: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026.