Sector · CPV division 71

Architecture & engineering: UK public contracts

2,420 UK public architecture & engineering contracts in the last 12 months, worth £17.2bn. Who is buying, who is winning, and 21% without competition.

Covers CPV division 71, “Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services”. The busiest buyers recently were Environment Agency and Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency).

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Contracts (last 12 months): 2,420
Published value: £17.2bnwhere stated
Without competition: 21%506 contracts
Won by SMEs: 44%of 2,050 with size known

Contracts awarded per month 5,700 contracts · busiest month July 2025

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Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

Environment Agency 119 contracts · £50.6m
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) 78 contracts · £87.3m
West Midlands Combined Authority 60 contracts · £6.88m
NHS Property Services Limited 55 contracts · £9.29m
National Highways Limited 51 contracts · £72.7m
Ministry of Defence 44 contracts · £154m
Wolverhampton City Council 38 contracts · £7.32m
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 32 contracts · £2.01bn
Prosper 28 contracts · £4.23m
DfTc - Department for Transport 27 contracts · £12.8m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

WSP UK Limited 105 contracts · £386m
Aecom 86 contracts · £1.24bn
Ove Arup and Partners Limited 62 contracts · £299m
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited 61 contracts · £393m
Mott MacDonald Ltd 52 contracts · £371m
AtkinsRéalis UK Limited 50 contracts · £437m
Amey OW Limited 39 contracts · £304m
Ridge & Partners 37 contracts · £42.9m
Constellia Public Limited 37 contracts · £7.3m
Waterman Aspen 37 contracts · £3.84m

By region

London 440 contracts · £10.9bn
West Midlands 320 contracts · £120m
North West 267 contracts · £494m
South West 241 contracts · £97.6m
North East 227 contracts · £209m
South East 224 contracts · £138m
East of England 176 contracts · £1.75bn
Scotland 167 contracts · £1.75bn
East Midlands 155 contracts · £831m
Yorkshire and the Humber 150 contracts · £846m
Northern Ireland 25 contracts · £30m
Wales 24 contracts · £5.75m

Latest contracts

Date	Contract	Buyer	Supplier	Value
2 Nov 2026	Barmby Barrage (Goole) Utility Survey	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	WSP UK Ltd	£22,661
2 Nov 2026	Westfields New SEND School - CRCS22 Lot 8 Environmental & Engineering Consultancy Services	Cheshire East Council	The Environment Partnership (Tep) Limited SME	£35,142
29 Oct 2026	Central - AOMR Lot 1 Detailed Asset Inspections 2026	Environment Agency	Amalgamated Construction Ltd (AmcoGiffen)	£117k
28 Oct 2026	Kingston Small Sites 2 - RIBA Stages 0- 3: Design Services	The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	Jas Bhalla Architects	£275k
28 Oct 2026	ITEP1261 - I&P Cloud DevSecOps Engineering & FINOPS team	National Highways Limited	LA International Computer Consultants Ltd SME	£3.84m
28 Oct 2026	Authorising Engineer - Pressure Systems	United	M&M Consultancy and Training Services Limited SME	£144k
28 Oct 2026	SE1272 - Health and Safety Services	Sport England	Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd	£47,786
28 Oct 2026	Emergency Department Extension & Re-Model No competition	Isle of Wight	Hoare Lea	£49,535
27 Oct 2026	Cumberland Local Plan Transport Baseline, Strategic Analysis and Transport Assessment	Cumberland Council	Atkinsréalis UK Limited SME	£86,050
27 Oct 2026	Agency services for NHSPS sale of residential site at Northwood Pinner (5)	NHS Property Services Limited	Logan Construction (South East) Ltd SME	£409k
27 Oct 2026	Consumer-led Flexibility (CLF) Companion Specification Testing	Desnz	Resillion UK Limited	£400k
27 Oct 2026	Accommodation and academic building surveys	University of East Anglia	Global HSE Solutions Ltd SME	£40,000
27 Oct 2026	D-TRO Project 2026 Support Services	Westmorland and Furness Council	Causeway Technologies Ltd	£308k
27 Oct 2026	Contract Award Notice - Repair damaged sections of the coping at Benson lock and repointing brickwork and stone coping in the lock chamber	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	Stonbury Limited	£159k
26 Oct 2026	Homes England - Legal Framework - 2026-27 Carbon Inventory Support	Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)	AECOM Ltd	£17,995
26 Oct 2026	Heat Network Review No competition	VIVID Housing Ltd	Fair Heat Limited	£83,000
26 Oct 2026	WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Road Traffic Surveys Q2 2026	Warwickshire County Council	Various	£99,270
26 Oct 2026	Various Building Surveying Services West	West Northamptonshire Council	CS2 Ltd	£34,000
26 Oct 2026	The Provision of Road Condition Surveys - Video Data Processing	Lancashire County Council	Gaist Solutions Limited SME	£682k
26 Oct 2026	SNTH Multidisciplinary consulting services No competition	London Borough of Hackney	MR Construction Consultants Ltd SME	£920k
26 Oct 2026	B1032 - The Rhiw Shopping Centre Design and Development - RIBA Stage 2 No competition	Bridgend County Borough Council	AHR Architects Ltd SME	£407k
26 Oct 2026	SW - WSX - Direct Award AOMR Lot 1 - North Drain LOW ROOFS	Environment Agency	Bridge Civil Engineering Ltd	£55,943
23 Oct 2026	Guildford SARC N-CUS-NSE_270007	NHS Property Services Limited	West Sussex (Worthing) Limited SME	£553k
23 Oct 2026	CPIP - Quantity Surveyor No competition	Lancashire Constabulary	QS and Estimating Consultants Ltd SME	£70,720
23 Oct 2026	. No competition	Lancashire Constabulary	Test	£70,720
23 Oct 2026	SW - WSX - Direct Award AOMR Lot 1 - Phase 2 Pumping Station Roofs	Environment Agency	Amalgamated Construction Ltd (AmcoGiffen)	£179k
22 Oct 2026	Fearnville Wellbeing Centre - Quantity Surveying & NEC Project Management Services	Leeds City Council	Identity Consult	£249k
22 Oct 2026	CO-Services- Environmental Clerk of Works - Western Isles- 0631	Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc	Not named	—
22 Oct 2026	Opex/WEB's Projects and Custodianship No competition	West Midlands Combined Authority	Atkinsréalis UK Limited SME	£36,586
22 Oct 2026	Midlands Rail Hub - Nottingham - Lincoln No competition	West Midlands Combined Authority	Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd	£40,000
22 Oct 2026	Strategic Masterplan for West Middlesex Hospital	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	White Arkitekter AB	£115k
22 Oct 2026	Employers Representative Services EGL2	Eastern Green Link 2 limited	Not named	—
22 Oct 2026	WMD - CDF Lot 2- Warwick St Johns Brook - OBC-FBC GI	Environment Agency	Jackson Civil Engineering Limited	£638k
21 Oct 2026	CA18593 - Bournemouth and Poole College Architectural Consultancy No competition	Bournemouth and Poole College	Footprint Architects Ltd	£40,502
21 Oct 2026	Contract Award Notice - Tree Inspections & Tree Works for Upper Thames 26-27 - Lot 3	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	Nurture Landscapes Ltd	£380k
21 Oct 2026	NEC 4 Project Manager Further Services for Maternity Refurbishment Projects	United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Edgeps Limited (Edge) SME	£35,282
21 Oct 2026	Bootham Park Hospital - Consultant support to discharge planning conditions	NHS Property Services Limited	Lanpro Services Limited SME	£88,766
21 Oct 2026	NCC1947 Provision of a multi-disciplinary team for Children's Residential Conversions at Darrleigh	Northumberland County Council	Identity Consult	£115k
21 Oct 2026	Gateway North - Transport and Planning works	Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)	Stantec UK Limited	£21,575
20 Oct 2026	Fire Risk Assessments & Fire Door Inspections	Rooftop Housing Group Limited	In-Line Safety Limited SME	£432k
20 Oct 2026	Completion of Commissioned Archaeological Projects No competition	Historic Environment Scotland	EASE Archaeology SME	£97,220
20 Oct 2026	00472-AST DA for MVHRs & Solar PV & EICR Electrical Testing E S W Regions No competition	Stonewater Limited	Dodd Group (Midlands) Ltd	£146k
20 Oct 2026	P27-0023: Grangemouth – Strategic Spatial Framework	Scottish Enterprise	Arup	£175k
19 Oct 2026	Redwing - Ground Maintenance and Gardening Services Liverpool Area (July 26)	Regenda Limited (Redwing)	Gardens by Peter Lloyd	£216k
19 Oct 2026	Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) Programme 2026	Desnz	Icf Consulting Limited SME	£1.09m
19 Oct 2026	GI - A46 MP3/1 Butchers Wood - Phase 2	National Highways Limited	Arcadis.	£29,548
19 Oct 2026	Client Side Support Provider No competition	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	Currie & Brown UK Limited	£1.6m
19 Oct 2026	Client Side Support Provider No competition	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	Mott MacDonald Ltd	£1.6m
19 Oct 2026	Client Side Support Provider No competition	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	Ridge and Partners LLP	£1.6m
16 Oct 2026	Wood Green Central- Development Project Manager (DPM)	London Borough of Haringey	Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd	£402k