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)
Meteorological instruments
Meteorological instruments
Systems support
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM3733.
Software
Software
Single source maintenance
Further competition ran under CCS Framework RM3733.
MASS storage
Purchase order to cover FY2017/18; following the competition ran in 2015, with the contract starting in April 2015.
Data connection
Data Connection
Cloud hosting
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM1557.
Mast inspections
Mast Inspections
Scientific instruments
Scientific instruments
Software support
Software support
IT hardware
IT Hardware
Software support
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM3733.
Software development
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM1557-6.
Modular buoys
Modular Buoys
Meteorological instruments
Meteorological instruments
Market research
Market Research
Partnership campaign
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM1051.
Computer hardware
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM3733.
Meteorological equipment
Meteorological Equipment
Computer hardware
Contract called off from Government Framework Agreement RM3733.