CPV 79000000
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security — UK government contracts
790
Contracts indexed
£500.2m
Known total value
What UK government contracts fall under CPV 79000000?
Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.
Every tier of the public sector buys here: councils (legal frameworks, agency staff, comms campaigns), NHS (recruitment, interpretation), central government (consultancy via CCS MCF, security via CCS frameworks) and universities.
Tendarix indexes 790 contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, each with a plain-English AI summary.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
755 contracts worth £318.0m in disclosed value were published for Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000) in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Recent contracts
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Qualitative Research and User Experience
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How to win business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security tenders
Identify the framework that channels your niche — MCF for consultancy, the legal panels, staffing frameworks for recruitment — because direct open tenders are the minority of spend. Interpretation/translation, security guarding and marketing are frequently regional and SME-winnable: evaluations score sector-specific case studies, named account teams and measurable outcomes (fill rates, response times, campaign metrics), so quantify everything.
Frequently asked questions
What does CPV code 79000000 cover?
Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.
How many Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security contracts are published in the UK?
Tendarix has indexed 790 UK public-sector contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council websites, with a combined known value of £500.2m. New notices are added daily as buyers publish them.
Who buys Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in the public sector?
Recent buyers on Tendarix include UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION, UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED, Sheffield City Council. Every tier of the public sector buys here: councils (legal frameworks, agency staff, comms campaigns), NHS (recruitment, interpretation), central government (consultancy via CCS MCF, security via CCS frameworks) and universities.
How do I win Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security tenders?
Identify the framework that channels your niche — MCF for consultancy, the legal panels, staffing frameworks for recruitment — because direct open tenders are the minority of spend. Interpretation/translation, security guarding and marketing are frequently regional and SME-winnable: evaluations score sector-specific case studies, named account teams and measurable outcomes (fill rates, response times, campaign metrics), so quantify everything.