Southampton City Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Southampton City Council has published 278 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 29 September 2026.

Its buying spans 25 CPV divisions, most often construction work.

Across 123 awarded contracts the median value is £456.7k.

Its published awards total £654.1m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Southampton City Council's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 44 of their tenders.
They publish about 4.0 tenders a month, measured over 69 months of history.
Half of their 123 awarded contracts are worth £456.7k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in construction work, health and social work services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.
Their most frequent suppliers are SCHOFIELD GROUNDWORKS LIMITED (3), The Breastfeeding Network (3), J M W SYSTEMS LIMITED (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Southampton Smokefree Service	ICE Creates Ltd	2 July 2026	£3.4m
Young People Alcohol & Drug Support Service	No Limits (South)	9 June 2026	£6m
Sexual Health Locally Commissioned Services - LARC + HIV Tes...	Southampton Primary Care Limited	8 June 2026	£1m
Operator Connect Provision	Gamma Telecom Ltd	5 June 2026	£190.5k
Low Spend Platform	Unite Procurement UK Ltd	21 April 2026	£2m
HARP Phase 4 - repairs & conservation to council heritage as...	traditional stone restoration limited	20 March 2026	£1.2m

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
SCHOFIELD GROUNDWORKS LIMITED	3	£299.9k
The Breastfeeding Network	3	£158k
J M W SYSTEMS LIMITED	3	-
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited (BBCE)	2	£120m
CLC Contractors Limited	2	£30m
Solent NHS Trust	2	£16.7m
Home Group	2	£5.1m
Change Grow Live Services Ltd	2	£1.2m