Buyer profile
The National Archives
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Total contracts
349
Known spend
£72m
296 disclosed
Average value
£244,557
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Venturebright Ltd
2 winslatest 07 Aug 2026£2m
- 2
Zaizi Limited
2 winslatest 15 Jun 2026£499,200
- 3
Progress Software Corporation
2 winslatest 26 Mar 2026£150,966
- 4
TORCHBOX LTD
£71,775
- 5
Lamb Personnel Limited
2 winslatest 06 Mar 2026£40,526
- 6
NLA Media Access Limited
2 winslatest 01 Jul 2026£39,297
- 7
The Stationery Office ltd
£3m
- 8
THE DEXTROUS WEB LTD
£3m
- 9
DSSR LIMITED
£500,000
- 10
Preservica Ltd
1 winlatest 27 Jun 2025£433,642
What they buy
By CPV categorySoftwareCPV 48
72 contracts · £15m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
54 contracts · £2m
IT servicesCPV 72
48 contracts · £12m
R&D servicesCPV 73
32 contracts · £497,664
Business servicesCPV 79
13 contracts · £453,530
Recreation, culture & sportCPV 92
11 contracts · £11m
Printed matterCPV 22
6 contracts · £68,449
Education & trainingCPV 80
5 contracts · £55,400
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Occupational Health Services
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (44 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jan 2027).
Jan 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (349)
Showcase alarms and monitors
Installation of new suite of showcase alarms and monitors.
Legislation print publishing contract
The purpose of this Procurement Process is for The National Archives (TNA) to select a Print Publishing Supplier to deliver its Legislation Print Publishing Contract. The intention
Legal document toolkit development
Research & development Consultancy services for the Legal Document Toolkit .
Specops licences
Specops Password Policy Licences
Legislation platform contract
The purpose of this procurement process is for The National Archives (TNA) to select a Supplier to maintain, and develop its Legislation Platform. The intention is to award the Con
Contingent labour
Supply of contingent labour services
Ticketing & online shop platform consultancy
Professional advice to support process of change to new ticketing system. Project management methodology applied to ensure outputs meet business needs.
Gym service provision
On site health & fitness advisor & instructor.
Sustainability data management & reporting
Sustainability Data Management & Reporting so support TNA's Carbon Data management and reporting
One identity licences
One Identity Active Roles Licences
NLA media access license 2026-2027
A licence which gives TNA organisation permission to republish articles from NLA represented newspapers and magazines.
Manage record compliance
Manage Records Compliance (MRC) Private Beta MVP. Managing Records Compliance is a proposed government-facing digital service to provide a single access point for oversight of PRBs
Discovery for user access to TNA digital services
User authentication & access management discovery.
Third-party maintenance services
Third-party maintenance services for the Oracle StorageTek SL4000 Modular Library System.
Minor works for the revolution 250 exhibition
Build and install of onsite exhibition Revolution 250
Evaluation of the archives revealed funding programme 2026 - 2029
We will partner with an evaluator throughout the remaining project period (2026-29), to embed monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning activity longitudinally throughout the
Media monitoring provider
Enhanced AI-driven monitoring across print, online, broadcast, and social media to increase visibility and stronger public engagement for key exhibitions.
Optimus support & maintenance
Optimus software 12-month support and maintenance agreement.
Silver incident response retainer
Silver Incident Response Retainer for 12 months
Lucid suite software
24 months subscription to Lucid Suite Software.