Top suppliers
Top suppliers to ESPO
Top-five suppliers hold 39% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.
Procurement categories
What ESPO buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest ESPO contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Call-off Award - YPO 001229 Network Connectivity and Telecommunication Solutions II Framework - Cisco Network Switches (additional)
LOGICALIS UK LIMITED · 2026-08-18
£54K
704FC11/25-01 Further competition under ESPO Framework 704_22 Lot 1 (Education Catering) for the supply of Catering Services to the Leicestershire Schools Group
ASPENS-SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-05-11
Call-off Award - YPO 001229 Network Connectivity and Telecommunication Solutions II Framework - Cisco Network Switches
LOGICALIS UK LIMITED · 2026-05-10
£51K
Call-off Award via RM1557.14 (G-Cloud 14) - Incident Response Retainer
NETTITUDE LTD · 2026-04-15
£74K
98_26 Heavy and Light Catering Equipment - Supply, Maintenance and Kitchen Design
ABM CATERING FOR LEISURE LIMITED · 2026-03-30
£45.0M
98_26 Heavy and Light Catering Equipment - Supply, Maintenance and Kitchen Design
A F & E F LIMITED · 2026-03-30
£45.0M
237_26 Athletics and Gymnastics Equipment
BISHOP SPORTS & LEISURE LTD. · 2026-01-28
£172K
237_26 Athletics and Gymnastics Equipment
NIELS LARSEN LIMITED · 2026-01-28
£63K
237_26 Athletics and Gymnastics Equipment
A S T LIMITED · 2026-01-28
£63K
237_26 Athletics and Gymnastics Equipment
ALAN RANSOME SPORTING GOODS GROUP LIMITED (T/A Ransome Sporting Goods) · 2026-01-28
£688K
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Market analysis
Bidding into ESPO — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
80%
Awards to SMEs
39%
Top-5 supplier share
2%
Framework call-offs
45
Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of ESPO’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 45 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to ESPO
How much does ESPO spend on procurement?
ESPO awarded 348 contracts totalling £11.2bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 163 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £32.4M.
Who are ESPO's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to ESPO by total award value are ATLAS WORKPLACE SERVICES LIMITED, ABACUS PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED, A.G. AXTON AND SONS (WHOLESALE) LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 39% of contract value.
What does ESPO buy from suppliers?
ESPO's procurement is concentrated in furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
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.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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