Buyer profile
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Total contracts
1,835
Known spend
£1bn
1637 disclosed
Average value
£712,944
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
11 winslatest 05 Oct 2026£969,577
- 2
University of Exeter
8 winslatest 16 Sept 2026£14m
- 3
IBM LIMITED
£1m
- 4
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC LTD
8 winslatest 21 Apr 2026£791,048
- 5
University of Reading
7 winslatest 16 Sept 2026£14m
- 6
IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
£2m
- 7
BOXXE LIMITED
£144,519
- 8
University of Birmingham
6 winslatest 09 Oct 2026£14m
- 9
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
£14m
- 10
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
5 winslatest 08 Oct 2026£166,491
What they buy
By CPV categoryIT servicesCPV 72
568 contracts · £960m
Lab & precision equipmentCPV 38
141 contracts · £4m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
138 contracts · £15m
Business servicesCPV 79
134 contracts · £8m
SoftwareCPV 48
80 contracts · £21m
Education & trainingCPV 80
68 contracts · £2m
Construction worksCPV 45
41 contracts · £2m
Repair & maintenanceCPV 50
33 contracts · £973,964
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Engineering Services HQ LV+HV replacement 2026
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jul 2027).
Jul 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (1835)
Calibration equipment
Calibration equipment contract awarded following competitive quotation exercise.
Marine equipment
Buoy mooring ropes and other marine equipment awarded following competitive quotation exercise.
Marine system equipment
Cable assemblies for equipment in existing marine network.
Travel management services
Contract called off from Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) Framework Agreement TRA4027 Lot 1 Business Travel Management Service.
Legal journal subscription
Subscription to online legal journal.
IT subscription services
Provision of IT Subscription services.
Information security assessment services
Provision of information security awareness services.
IT analytics services
Contract called off from Government Framework G-Cloud 11.
IT cloud services
Contract called off from Government Framework RM1557.
IT implementation services
Contract called off from Government Framework DOS.
Provision of industrial gases
Provision of Industrial gases for Observations Network.
IT cloud services
Contract called off from Government Framework RM1557.
IT maintenance and support
Contract awarded following further competition under DOS2.
IT development services
Contract called off from Government Framework RM1557.
IT support services
Contract awarded following further competition under Government Framework RM1043 - DOS3.
IT implementation services
Contract called off from Government Framework DOS3.
IT system support
Contract called off from Government Framework RM3733.
IT support services
Contract called off from Government Framework G-Cloud 10.
IT support
Contract called off from Government Framework RM3733.
Meteorological equipment maintenance
Maintenance and rebuild of meteorological equipment.