B
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24%
24% -- direct award share of procurement procedures for UK public sector procurement (2025-05)
Direct awards accounted for 24% of UK procurement procedures by May 2025.
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Value
24%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-05
Entity
Geography
UK
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
bidwell.app
Primary
Tier C
https://bidwell.app/blog/public-sector-tendering ↗
Source Article
A Practical Guide to UK Public Sector Tendering
Original Research
bidwell.app
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Trend under UK Procurement Act 2023; baseline 15% in March 2025
Methodology documented
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IndustryPublic Sector
RegionUK
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UK public sector procurement: 24% direct award share of procurement procedures. Source: bidwell.app (2025-05). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-direct-award-share-may-2025
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