Buyer profile
COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY
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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)
Provision of a social media management solution
The CMA is seeking an agreement for a subscription to a Social Media Management Platform for 20 users
NLA license 25-26
Provision of an NLA license which will provide CMA access to an unrestricted amount of news articles
Provision of an outsourced security operation centre service
The CMA requires a managed SOC solution that provides the right toolset, managed by the right partner. Having the right level of monitoring and alerting in place and having confide
Public consultation platform
Provision of a public consultation platform that the Digital Communications team will manage and operate on behalf of the wider organisation. Public consultation platforms may some
Egress renewal
Provision of a contract to renew CMAs relationship with Egress to provide email encrypting software.
Laptops purchase
Provision of a quantity of laptops purchased via the Technology Products 2 Lot 6.
PROC 75-2020 - 1 variation to contract
Purchase of further hardware
Microsoft enterprise licenses and azure subscription
Provision of Microsoft Enterprise Licenses bundled with subscription to MS Azure.
Additional accommodation edinburgh to november 2020
Provision of additional accommodation for CMA staff in Edinburgh whilst the Government hub fit-out is completed.
Legal information online network subscription
CMA is obliged to pay for access to the databases and sources provided by the Government Legal Department's Legal Information Online Network. This procurement activity is the gover
Event management for CMA digital conference
Provision of contract with company to provide consultancy, event management and equipment supply for a conference held by the CMA in 2020.
Costs lawyer services
Provision of a contract for CMA to appoint Costs Lawyers, due to ongoing need and unavailability of service from GLD due to lack of capacity.
LM subscriptions
Provision of a contract through which CMA can centrally manage subscriptions to databases, journals, legal publications etc.
Leadership and management training
Provision of a contract to deliver to CMA staff a qualification in Leadership and Management.
Courier services
A contract for the provision of postal services to the CMA via courier.
UNit4 system improvements
A contract for the provision of improvement works to CMAs ERP system, Agresso.
Teams hardware
Purchase of Teams Hardware
EUC laptop refresh II
Dragonfly G2 Laptops
EUC hardware refresh mobile phones
Mobile phone purchase
Funerals market investigation: transparency remedies research (qualitative)
A further competition on Delta eSourcing, open to suppliers on the Market Research DPS. The main objective of the proposed consumer research will be to support us in designing an e