Top suppliers
Top suppliers to HS2
Top-five suppliers hold 91% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What HS2 buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest HS2 contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
LAN WIFI & SD-WAN Managed Services
UBDS IT CONSULTING LIMITED · 2025-07-08
£493K
Commercial Assurance Services 2025
Sharpe Pritchard · 2025-03-31
£434K
SDWAN Circuits Renewal 2025
Vodafone Limited · 2025-03-14
£131K
Stakeholder mapping and engagement to support HS2 Reset communications and engagement
JFG Communications Ltd · 2025-02-28
£23K
Counter Fraud and Business Ethics (CFBE) Expert Services
Grant Thornton Limited · 2025-02-11
£76K
ServiceNow-Development Support
UP3 Services Limited · 2025-02-10
£352K
Category Management Design and Implementation Partner
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd · 2025-02-06
£215K
Expert Witness - Noise Consultant
Southdowns Environmental Consultants Ltd · 2025-02-03
£75K
Programme Controls Improvement Plan
Deloitte LLP · 2025-01-31
£3.5M
Expert Witness - Quantity Surveyor
Somerset Consult · 2025-01-23
£121K
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Most of it is in architecture & engineering, IT services and business services.
23
contracts ending in 12 months
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15
frameworks running
Routes to sell here without a full tender
Market analysis
Bidding into HS2 — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
14%
Awards to SMEs
91%
Top-5 supplier share
49%
Framework call-offs
3
Awards to social enterprises
Around 14% of HS2’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 3 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 49%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 HS2
How much does HS2 spend on procurement?
HS2 awarded 99 contracts totalling £3.6bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 82 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £41.8M.
Who are HS2's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to HS2 by total award value are STRABAG Rhomberg Sersa Joint Venture, Costain Limited, Siemens Mobility Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 91% of contract value.
What does HS2 buy from suppliers?
HS2's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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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
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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