Brighton and Hove City Council contracts, tenders & suppliers

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Brighton and Hove City Council

Top-five suppliers hold 56% of contract value — a concentrated market.

Supplier	Awards	Total value
EVANS CARE LIMITED	1	£319.0M
Edburton Contractors Ltd	1	£200.0M
GB ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LLP	2	£78.2M
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE	2	£51.0M
University Hospitals Sussex	2	£40.0M
THE GRACE EYRE FOUNDATION	3	£28.2M
CATER LINK LIMITED	1	£28.0M
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust	2	£27.3M
Dixon Searle Partnership Limited	1	£22.1M
Southside Partnership	1	£21.7M
Huws Gray Ltd	1	£20.0M
BASE ONE HOLDINGS LTD	1	£18.9M
Trinity Homes (UK) Limited	2	£18.0M
VAN OORD UK LIMITED	1	£16.3M
WOODHART CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	1	£13.8M
Van Oord UK Ltd	1	£13.6M
J.T.MACKLEY & CO.LIMITED	1	£12.5M
JT Mackley & Co Ltd	1	£12.5M
The Advocacy People	1	£6.7M
Arch Healthcare CIC	1	£6.5M

Procurement categories

What Brighton and Hove City Council buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Health and social work services

85

81 awards£707.6M

Education and training services

80

45 awards£6.2M

Construction work

45

30 awards£286.4M

Software package and information systems

48

26 awards£9.8M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72

12 awards£4.6M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71

11 awards£23.1M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79

8 awards£2.3M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34

7 awards£3.7M

Agricultural machinery

16

5 awards£683K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43

5 awards£96K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90

5 awards£5.4M

Financial and insurance services

66

4 awards£1.4M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30

3 awards£498K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44

3 awards£36.7M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31

2 awards£77.6M

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32

2 awards£323K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39

2 awards£234K

Repair and maintenance services

50

2 awards£1.5M

Postal and telecommunications services

64

2 awards£502K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77

2 awards£102K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92

2 awards£80K

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

15

1 award£28.0M

Printed matter and related products

22

1 award£210K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55

1 award£441K

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60

1 award£6.0M

Public utilities

65

1 award£4.3M

Real estate services

70

1 award£18.9M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73

1 award£30K

Administration, defence and social security services

75

1 award£0

Other community, social and personal services

98

1 award£195K

Recent contracts

Latest Brighton and Hove City Council contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Substance Use Service - Core Drug and alcohol service and inpatient detoxification

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE · 2026-11-03

£49.8M

BHCC DS Highways Licensing Software

Polaris Software Solutions Limited (formerly StarTraq Ltd) · 2026-10-22

£260K

BHCC DS Casework Management

Civica UK Limited · 2026-10-20

£127K

Money Management & Advice 2027

MONEY ADVICE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE · 2026-10-14

£3.5M

BHCC - EB - Day Opportunities - Lot 4 (LD, Complex)

ASPIRATIONS ACTIVE LIMITED · 2026-10-14

£3.8M

BHCC DH S106 Construction Skills Card Training

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED · 2026-10-11

£40K

BHCC - RS - Royal Pavilion Gardens Landscape and Amenities works

BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES (SE) LIMITED · 2026-10-05

£5.2M

BHCC DH Cashless Parking Service

PAYBYPHONE LIMITED · 2026-09-29

£680K

BHCC DH LAN Refresh

MLL TELECOM LTD · 2026-08-25

£393K

Energy Performance Certificates

JMA Property Maintenance Ltd: · 2026-08-18

£144K

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Market analysis

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36%

Awards to SMEs

56%

Top-5 supplier share

44%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 36% of Brighton and Hove City Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 26 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 44%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Brighton and Hove City Council

How much does Brighton and Hove City Council spend on procurement?

Brighton and Hove City Council awarded 268 contracts totalling £1.2bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 219 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £5.0M.

Who are Brighton and Hove City Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Brighton and Hove City Council by total award value are EVANS CARE LIMITED, Edburton Contractors Ltd, GB ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LLP. The top five suppliers together hold 56% of contract value.

What does Brighton and Hove City Council buy from suppliers?

Brighton and Hove City Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, education and training services, construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

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