Public utilities — tender awards
Public-procurement contracts awarded under CPV category 65 (Public utilities) in the last 12 months, in aggregate — by council, competition type and threshold level. Individual awards are on the filtered search and browse page.
Supplier identity is never aggregated on this page — a winning bidder's name is often a person's name, not a company's, so it follows the same registered-access rule as the browse page's supplier search.
Last 12 months
Since October 2025: 31 awards worth £839,322,227 combined.
Framework agreements can dominate a year's total: A large share of awarded value comes from framework agreements, whose published value is often the framework's ceiling — the maximum that can be drawn down over its full, often multi-year, lifetime — rather than money spent in the year it was awarded. Checked directly against real data: a single council's own largest year can be dominated by framework agreements alone. A single large framework can make one year look far larger than its neighbours without that reflecting actual annual spend.
Top councils by value
| Council | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | £15,000,000 | 1 |
| Tower Hamlets | £15,000,000 | 1 |
| Swindon | £2,848,096 | 2 |
| Rossendale | £300,000 | 1 |
| Coventry | £15,000 | 1 |
Based on the 19% of Public utilities awards with a single council identified — the rest are not attributed to one council.
Competition type
| Competition type | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| open | £772,695,055 | 17 |
| selective | £55,295,175 | 5 |
| direct | £11,331,998 | 9 |
Threshold level
| Threshold level | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Open procedure | £772,635,055 | 14 |
| Competitive flexible procedure | £55,295,175 | 5 |
| Direct award | £10,494,800 | 7 |
| Below threshold - without competition | £837,198 | 2 |
| Below threshold - open competition | £60,000 | 3 |
Contract type
| Contract type | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| services | £839,322,227 | 31 |
Single-bid contracts
In the last 12 months, 5 of 17 contracts with a recorded bid count (29%) had only one bid. See these contracts → The single-bid-rate ranking shows a different figure for the same measure — it uses a fixed calendar year, not the trailing 12 months shown here.
Figures published by UK Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder (OCDS award notices). Accessed 2026-10-18.