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)
AI tools for selection of government records researcher
A review of the whole-of-market for AI tools to aid selection of born-digital records and provide a written report on the findings including a recommendation to test between two an
Scoping for development office
The National Archives wishes to make applications for funding more strategic, planned and coherent, and are therefore thinking about creating a Funding and Development Office withi
Economic value study
Delivery of Economic Value Study.
Cold war advertising
Advertising for Cold War Exhibition
F5 support
The National Archives (TNA) has a requirement for F5 BIG-IP security equipment Support.
SQL licences
SQL Licences
Works contract - embedded learning spaces construction and fit out
The National Archives (TNA) is seeking to appoint a contractor to undertake the construction and fit out of two bespoke, architect-designed, embedded learning spaces at its site in
Business process mapping
The National Archives (TNA) is selecting a Supplier to undertake an IT review that includes the following outputs: a) mapping of our core business processes for HR and Finance, not
Serials and periodicals
Supply of periodicals and serials
Call for expressions of interest - licensing - public and miltary service (WO 164 and CSC 10)
The National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online one, or both, of the following two Lots of genealogical rec
Call for expressions of interest - licensing - public and miltary service (WO 164 and CSC 10)
The National Archives (TNA) is seeking expressions of interest from potential partners to digitise and to publish online one, or both, of the following two Lots of genealogical rec
Oracle storagetek SL3000 slot licence upgrade and support
1x StorageTek SL3000 modular library system: activation permit for 1,000 cartridge slots, for after original system installation Oracle Premier Support for Systems Crown Commercial
Exhibitions & events services contract
The purpose of this procurement process is for TNA to select a supplier or suppliers to provide Exhibitions and Events services. The contract is being competed in seven Lots. Poten
Works contract - mechanical and electrical installation - boiler plant
The scope of works shall comprise the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and guaranteeing of the Mechanical and Electrical Installation for a new boiler plant at the Nati
Postal goods & services
Seeking a service provider with the appropriate product range, experience and competitive pricing to supply Postal Goods and/or Services
Finance systems support contract
Provide support maintenance and software-assurance services for our on premise Finance Department systems (i.e. IPOS and SUN).
Oracle storagetek SL3000 slot licence upgrade
The National Archives has a requirement for the supply of an Oracle StorageTek SL3000 slot licence upgrade. We require the relevant hardware-related service to be set up directly w
Email marketing
We send around 12 million marketing emails per year to over 300,000 subscribers, featuring a wide variety of content and targeted at a wide variety of audience and stakeholder grou
Offsite records storage - existing records
As specified in related notice, TNA234
Optimus annual software maintenance
Maintenance for Optimus management information systems.