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Total contracts
371
Known spend
£48m
346 disclosed
Average value
£139,212
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
NLA Media Access
£24,400
- 2
Bytes Software Services Limited
1 winlatest 27 Jan 2026£8m
- 3
MORGAN HUNT GROUP LIMITED
1 winlatest 01 Sept 2025£2m
- 4
ADECCO UK LIMITED
1 winlatest 01 Sept 2025£800,000
- 5
Syntura Group Limited
1 winlatest 01 Dec 2025£188,365
- 6
Little Fish (UK) Limited
£175,000
- 7
ALVAO s.r.o.
1 winlatest 16 Jan 2026£156,025
- 8
MERGERMARKET LIMITED
£120,000
- 9
REFINITIV LIMITED
£88,321
- 10
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
1 winlatest 16 Jan 2026£81,355
What they buy
By CPV categoryBusiness servicesCPV 79
117 contracts · £19m
R&D servicesCPV 73
65 contracts · £3m
IT servicesCPV 72
53 contracts · £3m
SoftwareCPV 48
35 contracts · £7m
Education & trainingCPV 80
19 contracts · £811,934
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
15 contracts · £2m
Radio, TV & telecomsCPV 32
12 contracts · £2m
Recreation, culture & sportCPV 92
10 contracts · £503,594
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- CMA Summer 2025 License Renewal
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (35 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Apr 2028).
Apr 2028
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (371)
PROC_37_2019 - unfair terms marketing campaign - contract extension
Extension to contract for provision of an online marketing campaign to include research into the effectiveness of the campaign through a survey of travel sector.
Contract for solarwinds software
Award for contract for SOLARWINDS software licenses
Contract for ringtail software and NUIX license support and maintenance
Award for contract for RINGTAIL software licenses and NUIX license support and maintenance
Contract for nimbus software and license support and maintenance
Award for contract for NIMBUS software licenses and license support and maintenance
Professional services for infrastructure support - contract extension
CMA will be migrating some services to Azure and others to a new Hyper V environment, this contract will provide expert resource to support the migration project as well as infrast
PROC_4_2019. digitisation of UK state aid forms development - extension
An extension of PROC_77_2018 Digitisation of UK State Aid Forms Development
PROC_96_2018 digitisation of UK state aid forms development - extension
An extension of PROC_77_2018 Digitisation of UK State Aid Forms Development
PROC_60A_2018 unfair terms marketing campaign variation
Variation to PROC_60A_2018 to extend the termination date by a period of six months.
PROC_60B_2018 unfair terms marketing campaign variation
Variation to the extant contract to provide for an Unfair Contract Terms campaign.
CMA active networking
In order to correctly handle cloud-based applications along with local services i.e. AV, CCTV, Printing, Meeting Room Booking systems etc there will be a requirement for a robust a
Addition of canary wharf site to ipvpn
Provision of new circuits to enable CMA IT to install the network infrastructure for the new office which is expected in late July 2019.
Linkedin subscription
LinkedIn Subscriptions - Careers Page and Recruiter License
Unified communication and telephony consultancy
The review and planning of a unified Communications and Telephony Solution.
Gb-london: PROC_97_2018 effective complex writing and drafting
Tender exercise for the provision of a training provider to deliver a course of effective, complex writing and drafting to CMA staff. Additional information: The contracting author
PROC_67_2018 captains of industry survey
Procurement exercise to access a bespoke survey which is offered by only one supplier. The breadth of respondees is unrivaled and not replicated by any other supplier. The CMA has
PROC_101_2017 social media monitoring and analysis variation
Extension of a previously let contract to keep access to a social media monitoring and analysis service. This contract was originally let after a search utilising G-Cloud ix.
Gb-london: PROC_116_2018 assistance during execution of search warrants
The CMA will be performing inspections at several business sites in the UK on the week commencing 18th March 2019. The CMA requires the services of a digital forensics provider to
NUIX cloud solution design and recommendation report
CMA will be migrating NUIX Tto a cloud envirinment, Black Rainbow will work in collaboration with CMA to assess Nuix operations in the cloud and will provide expert resource to sup
Professional services for infrastructure support
CMA will be migrating some services to Azure and others to a new Hyper V environment, this contract will provide expert resource to meet support the migration project. In providing
Approaches to assessing potential competition theories of harm in technology sector mergers: evaluation of past merger decisions
2. The CMA would like to commission an external research and evaluation project looking at approaches to assessing potential competition theories of harm and evaluating past merger