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Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
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Total contracts
193
Known spend
£28m
181 disclosed
Average value
£155,450
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
S. H. L. REFRACTORIES (U.K.) LIMITED
5 winslatest 12 Aug 2026£82,477
- 2
EDINBURGH INNOVATIONS LIMITED
£80,090
- 3
Media Zoo Limited
2 winslatest 08 Jun 2026£1m
- 4
SOLENT UNIVERSITY LIMITED
£340,250
- 5
University Of Portsmouth
2 winslatest 07 Oct 2026£334,310
- 6
HSF HEALTH PLAN LIMITED
£320,000
- 7
2CL Communications Limited
2 winslatest 02 Sept 2026£206,732
- 8
Molecular Devices UK Limited
2 winslatest 04 Mar 2026£116,095
- 9
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
£101,300
- 10
CONTAINED AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
£76,070
What they buy
By CPV categoryR&D servicesCPV 73
63 contracts · £4m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
4 contracts · £384,949
IT servicesCPV 72
2 contracts · £247,066
Radio, TV & telecomsCPV 32
1 contract · £770,000
Security & defenceCPV 35
1 contract · £750,000
Education & trainingCPV 80
1 contract0
Repair & maintenanceCPV 50
1 contract0
SoftwareCPV 48
1 contract0
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Experts Mediazoo
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (15 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Sep 2027).
Sept 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (193)
CDE38021 - transcrannial ultrasound for traumatic brain injury - creating a support structure for non-expert users
CDE38021 - Transcrannial ultrasound for traumatic brain injury - creating a support structure for non-expert users
CDE37709 + 37740 - acase based reasoning approach to automating cyber defence responses; an artificial life & swarm intellligence approach to automating cyber defence responses
CDE37709 + 37740 - Acase based reasoning approach to automating cyber defence responses; An artificial life & swarm intellligence approach to automating cyber defence responses
CDE38701 - coherent change detection for polarimetric SAR
CDE38701 - Coherent Change detection for polarimetric SAR
CDE37585 - games on attack-defence trees
CDE37585 - Games on attack-defence trees
CDE38008 - microbial assisted synthesis of multi-scaled hierarchial boron carbide composite armour
CDE38008 - microbial assisted synthesis of multi-scaled hierarchial boron carbide composite armour
CDE38281 - development of a portable blood salvage & auto-transfusion technology to enhance survivability of personnel requiring major medical intervention
CDE38281 - development of a portable blood salvage & auto-transfusion technology to enhance survivability of personnel requiring major medical intervention
CDE37570 - automating cyber defence responses
CDE37570 - automating cyber defence responses
Bespoke pressure vessel
Design and development of Bespoke Pressure Vessel.
CDE38033 - detection of TNT using cell-free synthetic gene networks
CDE38033 - Detection of TNT using cell-free synthetic gene networks
Copma
COPMA
Multiple gps/gsm/gprs tracker evaluation
Evaluate COTS/MOTS Electronic Surveillance systems in order to build and measure the performance of emerging ES systems in a realistic environment.
CDE37148 - combined raman & IR surface enhanced spectroscopies for detection & classification of airborne chemical using a flow-through plasmonic nanopore array
CDE37148 - Combined Raman & IR surface enhanced spectroscopies for detection & classification of airborne chemical using a flow-through plasmonic nanopore array
CDE37519 - environmentally robust quantum sensors (& clocks)
CDE37519 - Environmentally robust quantum sensors (& clocks)
CDE37974 - novel theraputic technology for reducing the risk of infection & increasing the rates of tissue repair following battlefield injuries
CDE37974 - Novel Theraputic technology for reducing the risk of infection & increasing the rates of tissue repair following battlefield injuries
CDE38047 - battlefield cell-based therapy; can theraputic stem cells be used on the frontline?
CDE38047 - Battlefield cell-based therapy; can theraputic stem cells be used on the frontline?
CDE37775 - automated network defence through business & threat-led machine learning
CDE37775 - Automated network defence through business & threat-led machine learning
Mocwid follow-on investigation
Improve understanding of current results and clutter. Test the potential of a vehicle mounted transmitter to simplify the system.
Partial coherence sythetic aperture imaging for low earth orbit
Partial Coherence Sythetic Aperture Imaging for Low Earth Orbit
CDE38870 - MERV (modular explosive resistant vehicle)
CDE38870 - MERV (Modular explosive resistant vehicle
CDE37102 - 3D hydrographics; a new technology to intergrate electronics & smart stealth technologies onto military equipment
CDE37102 - 3D hydrographics; a new technology to intergrate electronics & smart stealth technologies onto military equipment