Transport services contracts expiring in the UK: 1,525 worth £1.7bn

1,525 transport services contracts across the UK carry a published end date, worth £1.7bn between them. They are held across 131 buyers, and the typical one is worth £68k.

1,007 of them expire within twelve months, and 95 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 66% of this market back in play inside a year.

536 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 8% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

30 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 Surrey County Council (691), West Northamptonshire Council (241), The North Yorkshire Council (145).

The contracts here are most often held by STL (55), Go North East Limited (40), XPERT CARS (33).