Business services tenders in the UK

CPV category: Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, security) (79*)

We track 3,792 awarded business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, security) contracts (CPV 79*) in the UK. 1,063 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £70k, and half of awards fall between £24k and £292k (3,711 awards with a value). 308 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months1,063
Open tenders140
Median award£70k
Contracts tracked3,792

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 1,063)

ContractBuyerIncumbent supplier(s)ValueEndsRegion
Request for Quote for an Executive Search and Recruitment Assignment Chief Operating Officer
Find a Tender · CPV 79000000
University of Bath Coston Search Limited £48k 8 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
South West
Executive Search for the Permanent Recruitment of 2 x Service Directors in Regeneration & Environment call-off
Find a Tender · CPV 79600000
Rotherham Borough Council TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED £30k 8 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Yorkshire and the Humber
Service Manager Repairs & Maintenance
Find a Tender · CPV 79600000
Sheffield City Council MICHAEL PAGE RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED £11k 8 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
Yorkshire and the Humber
Media Monitoring Provider
Find a Tender · CPV 79980000
The National Archives CISION GROUP LIMITED £15k 9 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
UK-wide
SE1278 - Martyn's Law and Good Security Practice Guidance
Find a Tender · CPV 79411100
Sport England Continuum Sport & Leisure Ltd £60k 11 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
UK-wide
Waiver - BWC_CQ3 - Medtronic Ltd - Maintenance Contract
Find a Tender · CPV 79994000
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Medtronic Limited £21k 11 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
West Midlands
Salary Sacrifice Childcare Voucher Scheme call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 79414000
Birmingham City Council Pluxee UK Limited £380k 14 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
West Midlands
NED Executive Requirement call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 79600000
DSIT Gatenby Sanderson £58k 14 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
London
GFF Online Work Experience Tool call-off
Contracts Finder · CPV 79340000
HM Treasury THE EDUCATION HUB GROUP LTD £18k 14 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
London
Connect to Work
Find a Tender · CPV 79611000
Devon County Council EAT THAT FROG C.I.C. £666k 15 Jan 2027
re-tender may already be under way
South West

See all 1,063 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (10 of 140)

OpportunityBuyerValueDeadlineRegion
CA18488 - RFQ2026/37 - Appointment of Specialist Consultancy Team to present options regarding appropriate operating models for a new Theatre and Conference facility in Newry City. SME-suitable
Contracts Finder · CPV 79411000
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) £29k 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 Northern Ireland
RFQ2026/37 - Appointment of Specialist Consultancy Team to present options regarding appropriate operating models for a new Theatre and Conference facility in Newry City.
Find a Tender · CPV 79411000
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) £29k 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK-wide
SECURITY SERVICES ON BEHALF OF HINCKLEY AND BOSWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
Find a Tender · CPV 79710000
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council £650k 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 East Midlands
Provision of Professional Interpreting and Translation Services
Find a Tender · CPV 79540000
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £2.0m 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK-wide
Framework for Major Project Legal Services
Find a Tender · CPV 79100000
Associated British Ports £10.0m 8 Oct 2026, 14:00 UK-wide
Regional Internal Audit Services
Find a Tender · CPV 79212200
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire £5.0m 9 Oct 2026, 11:00 East Midlands
Full Business Case Consultancy Services
Find a Tender · CPV 79411100
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council £40k 9 Oct 2026, 11:00 Yorkshire and the Humber
Evaluation and Learning Partner (Sport England Place Partnership Funding Expansion - Leicester)
Find a Tender · CPV 79419000
Leicestershire County Council £90k 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 East Midlands
26-008 - Internal Audit Services
Find a Tender · CPV 79212000
Broadland Housing Association Limited £700k 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 East of England
Events Support Services Framework
Find a Tender · CPV 79952000
Liverpool City Council £32.0m 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 North West

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (343)Q2 2027 (159)Q3 2027 (326)Q4 2027 (108)Q1 2028 (139)Q2 2028 (88)

By region

RegionContractsEnding in window
South West953361
London596140
South East28454
North West24668
Yorkshire and the Humber22061
East Midlands17851
West Midlands17348
East of England15943
North East14741
Wales8223
Scotland581
Northern Ireland4913

Top buyers

BuyerContractsValue
UK Research & Innovation423£14.5m
Innovate UK248£1.0m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED92£25.9m
FCDO Services45£4.1m
University Of The West Of England37£2.3m
Tees Valley Combined Authority36£3.1m
National Audit Office35£77.0m
NHS England32£480.5m
Defra30£8.5m
Ministry of Defence29£150.2m

Most frequent incumbents

SupplierContractsValue
KPMG LLP37£427.3m
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED35£29.8m
TLT LLP32£771.3m
Deloitte LLP29£220.0m
Mills & Reeve LLP28£517.7m
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED28£21.2m
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP27£304.9m
Bevan Brittan LLP25£575.2m
Promar International Ltd25£113k
Addleshaw Goddard LLP23£606.3m

Sub-categories

Business and management consultancy and related services (1354)Recruitment services (750)Market and economic research; polling and statistics (531)Miscellaneous business and business-related services (526)Legal services (437)Accounting, auditing and fiscal services (241)Investigation and security services (194)Office-support services (112)Printing and related services (96)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.