Business services, legal, HR and marketing contracts expiring in North East England: 163 worth £36m

163 business services, legal, hr and marketing contracts in North East England carry a published end date, worth £36m between them. They are held across 38 buyers, and the typical one is worth £80k.

104 of them expire within twelve months, and 27 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 64% of this market back in play inside a year.

176 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 6% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

16 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Tees Valley Combined Authority (31), Durham County Council (22), Middlesbrough Council (10).

The contracts here are most often held by Ambient People (5), Ernst and Young LLP (4), G2V Recruitment - Vivid Resourcing (3).