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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)
Zos mainframe support (2026)
Support service for zOS mainframe hardware and software for a period of one (1) year. Direct award to be made under CCS Technology Products and Associated Services (RM9098).
Principal designer service
Principal designer services CDM - PA000162
Library digitisation
Library digitisation 26-27
Supply of electronic I/O modules and associated hardware
Supply of SDM SIO1A electronic I/O modules and RV50/50X modem mounting kits
Legal research and legal information services
Purchase of legal research and legal information services
G2G on the HPC support and maintenance
G2G on the HPC Support and Maintenance by UKCEH 26-28
Replacement camera equipment
Replacement of camera equipment for Studio.
MEL and vfm support contract
Provision of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Value for Money support
HPC firewall - replacement sfps
Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) modules
DN811899 - exeter campus + wifi licence
Advanced Security License and Support
Space weather R2O2R
The partner, British Geological Society or 'BGS' led the 'SAGE' (ground effects) project in the SWIMMR Programme (2019-2024). BGS developed the SPIDER model - an integrated nowcast
Space weather R2O2R - university of reading
Space Weather Implementation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk' (SWIMMR), was a £19.9m UKRI SPF funded programme led by STFC from 2019, and which largely concluded in 2023. Several
Zvm licencing and support (2026-28)
Renewal of IBM zVM licencing and support for a period of two (2) years.
Wiser MENA regional coordination support
Met Office WISER programme regional coordination in the MENA region.
Trust tracker surveys (2026 - 2027)
Procurement of quarterly trust tracking surveys to gauge public trust.
Servicenow testing automation
Implementation of an automated testing platform for ServiceNow.
Lumar web crawler renewal
Renewal of software support for Lumar web crawler.
Wiser media expert support in east africa
WISER Media expert support in East Africa 2026-2027
Refurbishment of volcanic ash lidars
Refurbishment of Volcanic Ash LiDARs forming part of the Volcanic Ash Observer Network
Purchase of CL61 ceilometer lidars
Purchase of 2 CL61 Ceilometer Lidars