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)
Red hat subscriptions
Red Hat licence subscriptions, from 30/11/2019 to 29/11/2020. Crown Commercial Service Framework RM3733 Lot 2
Co-managed network service
We are looking to source a partnership with a supplier to deliver a Co-Managed Network Service providing expertise and advice and support where needed, of TNA's network and securit
IT health check
Requirement for an IT Health Check (ITHC) to meet our obligations for ISO 27001 compliance and contribute to the overall information security posture of The National Archives
Plugged in powered up advocacy campaign
The purpose of this procurement process is for The National Archives to select a supplier to design and deliver a campaign to advocate for increasing digital capacity in the archiv
AI FOR digital selection - RECORDS365 BY recordpoint
Most government departments hold a significant volume of data in the form of a 'digital heap' of documents, emails, datasets and other types of information. This is evidence of the
AI FOR digital selection - adlib elevate
Most government departments hold a significant volume of data in the form of a 'digital heap' of documents, emails, datasets and other types of information. This is evidence of the
Legislation.gov.uk front end development
A strategic, expert partner needed to build a responsive, compliant and accessible front end to implement new designs and wireframes for legislation.gov.uk and provide a seamless a
HMC admin database
The Historical Manuscripts Commission Administrative Database (HMC Admin) is a browser-based application interacting with an MS SQL database. The underlying data in HMC Admin is he
Gradated access - senior developer (back end)
As advertised at https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/digital-outcomes-and-specialists/opportunities/10596 Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework
Peer mentoring for digital development
This invitation to tender specifies the requirements for the facilitation of a peer mentoring programme to enable a transfer of digital skills from a cohort of experienced archive
Experienced XML developer to work with catalogue data
As advertised at https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/digital-outcomes-and-specialists/opportunities/10608 Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework
Splunk annual support renewal
The Splunk products which require support renewal are: Splunk Enterprise 25 GB Splunk App for Enterprise Security 25GB
Mongo DB atlas pro
MongoDB Atlas Pro and credits. G-Cloud Framework
Turing institute challenge
Discovering topics and trends in the UK Government Web Archive Project Objectives A research collaboration to explore: 1) Can textual topic modelling approaches be used to generate
The national archives website, discovery and alpha that reimagines our whole offer
We need an expert partner to explore, shape, co-create, build and test, in public, a prototype for a new www.nationalarchives.gov.uk website, shaped by user needs. We need a fresh
Digital preservation workflows
The 'Digital Preservation Workflows' capacity building stream is designed to provide practical guidance for implementing functional digital preservation workflows for a variety of
Media monitoring
We wish to procure Media Monitoring Services for UK Online Media, Press and Broadcast Monitoring Social Media Monitoring International Media Monitoring Forward Planning Database Jo
Invitation to tender - development of training resources
The National Archives is seeking a supplier to deliver training materials designed to provide an online development pathway which will guide new starters and intermediate practitio
Replacement for oracle hierarchical storage manager
The objective of this tender exercise is to source a software product to replace the Oracle Hierarchical Storage Manager (OHSM) software package currently in use at The National Ar
IT additions - HP laptops
The National Archives has a requirement for HP ZBook 14u G5 Ultrabook English Version - Quantity 15 (fifteen). Full specifications and delivery deadline in Invitation to Tender.