Buyer profile
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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)
Instruction of a forensic accountant in an ongoing investigation
The CMA wishes to instruct a senior (partner level), forensic accountant to assist in an ongoing criminal investigation into the suspected commission of offences contrary to sectio
Specialist media training
To develop specialised media training for senior staff and to deliver a minimum of three training events per year
Personal current accounts pricing analysis using transaction data
As a consequence of one of the major banks notifying the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that there were errors in the data they submitted to the CMA on a previous contract
CLA copyright licensing
Copyright allocation for Journals
Parr - database subscription
the supply of policy and regulation report data.
Legal services market study (strand 1)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) proposes to conduct a market study into legal services. The purpose of this market study is to examine whether competition in the legal
HP support
Support of HP Servers and peripherals
LIMA (forensic case management)
Digital Forensics case management system - LIMA and the required training and installation for its use within the CMA's digital forensics unit.
Newspaper copyright licensing
Copyright allocation for news articles
Training materials refresh
A learning and development expert (“the Expert”) to work with internal stakeholders (the CMA Academy team and ‘Subject matter leads’) to review, advise upon, update and standardise
HP monitors
HP Monitors
Electronic childrens toys - consumer research
1. The completed acquisition by VTech of Leapfrog was referred to a full Phase 2 inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 30 August 2016.
Media monitoring and evaluation and related services
Requirements The core services the CMA require are: • Press Monitoring - monitoring of specified keywords and topics within print content; • Online Monitoring - monitoring of news
Research into merger between celesio and sainsbury's pharmacy
In-depth inquiry into the anticipated acquisition by Celesio of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business
Netapp software and hardware maintenance contract renewal
NetApp Software and Hardware Maintenance Contract Renewal
Unfair contract terms – animated video content
The CMA requires video content to explain the Unfair Contract Terms elements of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to businesses to help them comply with the law. The project deliverable
Evaluation of recent merger decisions
Externally commissioned research to evaluate past merger decisions with a particular focus on assessing entry and expansion. We have chosen to focus on merger clearances, and will
CMA off site storage
OFF site file storage.
Research into merger between ladbrokes and coral
In-depth inquiry into the merger between Ladbrokes and Coral
Support and maintenance for nuix
Maintenance and support for the CMA's Nuix system