Public bodies publish 128 construction works awards worth £614.3m in week to 27 September 2026

Public-sector buyers published 128 signed construction works contracts with a combined stated value of £614.3 million on Find a Tender between 21 and 27 September 2026, according to Cabinet Office open contracting data.

The contracts appeared in 126 notices from 91 buyers. Of the 128 contracts, 127 stated a value, and together those were worth £614,285,397.

The median stated value was £177,747, meaning half of the valued contracts were worth more and half less. There were 26 valued contracts worth £1 million or more.

The largest contracts

The largest contract by stated value was "Springfield Library Development: Stage 1 - PCSA", awarded by Maidstone Borough Council to Hill Partnerships Limited at £219,059,700 excluding VAT. The notice, published on 22 September, said the council would appoint a contractor to provide design and construction works for a residential development. The contract was signed on 25 March 2026.

London Borough of Hillingdon awarded its "Highways Term Service Contract" to O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limited, with a stated value of £127,886,400 including VAT. The contract was signed on 1 July 2026, and the notice said its scope includes capital investment works such as road safety, congestion alleviation and parking management schemes.

Birmingham City Council awarded "Interim Highways Services - Birmingham" to Kier Transportation Limited at a stated £120,000,000 excluding VAT. According to the notice, Kier previously provided interim highways maintenance and associated services across the Birmingham network through an Interim Services Contract with Birmingham Highways Limited, and that contract novated to the council on 31 July 2026.

Nottinghamshire County Council awarded "Bramcote Leisure Centre" to G. F. Tomlinson Building Limited at £18,275,929 excluding VAT. The notice described a new part single, part two storey leisure centre with a pool, fitness studios and changing village, along with demolition of the existing facility and associated car parking. The contract was signed on 8 September 2026.

In Scotland, Midlothian Council awarded "MID/26/26 - Auchendinny, Penicuik , Affordable Housing" to Bellway - Scotland East at £17,273,201 excluding VAT. The notice said Penicuik is one of the council's areas of high demand for affordable housing. The contract was signed on 24 September 2026.

The table below lists the 10 largest contracts by stated value.

Regions, buyers and suppliers

By stated value, South East had the most, with nine contracts and £219.9 million of stated value. By number of contracts, London had the most, with 19.

The buyers with the most contracts were Housing 21 and NHS Property Services Limited, with six each. London Borough of Wandsworth had four, while Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and Melton Borough Council each had three.

Three suppliers were named on more than one contract: High Rise Fire Safety Limited on three, and Integral Roofing and Maintenance Services Ltd and Mobius Works Ltd on two each.

A further five notices were for framework agreements or multi-supplier arrangements. Their values are ceilings on possible future spending rather than contracts for work, so they are left out of all the figures above.

Largest construction works contracts published 21 to 27 September 2026

Rank	Contract	Buyer	Supplier	Stated value	Place of work
1	Springfield Library Development: Stage 1 - PCSA	Maidstone Borough Council	Hill Partnerships Limited	£219,059,700	South East
2	Highways Term Service Contract	London Borough of Hillingdon	O'Hara Bros. Surfacing Limited	£127,886,400	London
3	Interim Highways Services - Birmingham	Birmingham City Council	Kier Transportation Limited	£120,000,000	West Midlands
4	Bramcote Leisure Centre	Nottinghamshire County Council	G. F. Tomlinson Building Limited	£18,275,929	East Midlands
5	MID/26/26 - Auchendinny, Penicuik , Affordable Housing	Midlothian Council	Bellway - Scotland East	£17,273,201	Scotland
6	Affordable Housing Development, Junction Road, Woodhouse, Sheffield	Guinness Developments Limited	Keepmoat Homes Limited	£10,877,892	Yorkshire and the Humber
7	181119 Window and Door Replacement in Housing Stock	Moray Council	Sidey Solutions Limited	£9,881,999	Scotland
8	MBC1518 Repairs and Maintenance Works: Lot 3 - Kitchens and Bathrooms	Melton Borough Council	Foster Property Maintenance Limited	£9,730,458	East Midlands
9	Acquisition of New Affordable Housing (Local Centre, Almond Valley, Perth)	Kingdom Housing Association Limited	Barratt North Scotland	£9,048,854	Scotland
10	MBC1518 Repairs and Maintenance Works: Lot 2 - Void Works	Melton Borough Council	Gratton Construction Limited	£5,912,396	East Midlands

How the figures were compiled

The figures come from every notice published on Find a Tender, the UK government's procurement notice service, between 21 and 27 September 2026, read from its open contracting data feed published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. They count signed contracts that the buyer classified as construction work under division 45 of the Common Procurement Vocabulary, and exclude supplies contracts, notices of an intention to award, framework agreements, dynamic purchasing systems and awards naming four or more suppliers.

Values are as stated in each notice and are not adjusted: excluding VAT where the notice gives that figure, otherwise including VAT, which applied to 14 of the 127 valued contracts. One contract gave no usable value and is counted in the number of contracts but not in the total.

The data covers only contracts that public bodies have published on Find a Tender, so private-sector contracts and public contracts not yet published are not included.