Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
GOV.UK register: Executive agency·NHS ODS: GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT·Central government·South West England·Salisbury
Official UK PPONPDDM-1961-MTLN
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Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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1,555 awarded tenders, 879 different suppliers.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement of Fibre Laser Cutter RQ0000106168 | 11 Dec 2026 | 26d | £336,000 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
38 Laboratory, optical and precision32 procedures · 25%71 Architectural, construction, engineering30 procedures · 23%73 Research and development services17 procedures · 13%48 Software package and information systems13 procedures · 10%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet11 procedures · 9%50 Repair and maintenance services10 procedures · 8%30 Office and computing machinery8 procedures · 6%42 Industrial machinery7 procedures · 5% · 1 openHow they buyi
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Last 24 months · 128 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract99%(127 notices)
127 of 128 notices are Contract (99%).Framework1%(1 notice)
1 of 128 notices is Framework (1%).
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Direct award60%(77 notices)
77 of 128 notices are Direct award (60%).Route not published13%(17 notices)
17 of 128 notices are Route not published (13%).Open13%(16 notices)
16 of 128 notices are Open (13%).Limited / restricted11%(14 notices)
14 of 128 notices are Limited / restricted (11%).Selective3%(4 notices)
4 of 128 notices are Selective (3%).
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Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 10 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 128 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| QINETIQ LIMITED | 58 | 3.7% | 0 | 58 | 25 Sept 2024 |
| BAE SYSTEMS (FARNBOROUGH 3) LIMITED | 36 | 2.3% | 0 | 36 | 18 Aug 2023 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited | 31 | 2% | 0 | 31 | 1 Sept 2023 |
| Perfect Circle JV Ltd | 25 | 1.6% | 19 | 25 | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Roke Manor Research Limited | 22 | 1.4% | 0 | 22 | 25 Sept 2024 |
| Rohde and Schwarz UK Ltd | 18 | 1.2% | 1 | 18 | 25 Jul 2024 |
| Bae Systems (Operations) Limited | 15 | 1% | 1 | 15 | 6 Mar 2026 |
| QINETIQ GROUP PLC | 13 | 0.8% | 0 | 13 | 10 Nov 2022 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 1,555 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 879 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| M&E and Civil Construction Minor Works | CONCEPT BUILDING SERVICES (SOUTHERN) LTD | 20 Aug 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £3,000,000 ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| M&E Minor Works | QUINNS CONTRACTING LIMITED | 8 Oct 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £3,000,000 ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| PA0000003042 Dstl Shuttle Service | COLLECTIVETECH LIMITED | 18 Aug 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £2,923,222 ≈ £974k/yr |
| Equipment Cabinets and Enclosures | Steatite Limited | 18 Aug 2025 | 2.9 yrs | £1,649,818 ≈ £566k/yr |
| Creative Hub - Lot 1 | Media Zoo Limited | — | — | £1,023,009 † |
Contracts endingi
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1,529 of 1,560 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| MAHI Software Licence Renewal | MAHI BV | 16 Nov 2026 | £19,820 |
| Maintenance Services | S. H. L. REFRACTORIES (U.K.) LIMITED | 18 Nov 2026 | £18,365 |
| Repairs | S. H. L. REFRACTORIES (U.K.) LIMITED | 20 Nov 2026 | £14,555 |
| Service and Calibration Contract | Sartorius UK Limited | 25 Nov 2026 | £12,525 |
| Controlled Key Management Systems | ASSA ABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED T/A Traka | 27 Nov 2026 | £13,796 |
| Radio Frequency Electronic Warfare PhD Studentships | University of Birmingham | 31 Dec 2026 | £223,470 |
| Dstl0000071686 | Foster & Freeman | 31 Dec 2026 | £33,367 |
| UK7_Support and Service Contract of PLC | SIEMENS PLC | 29 Jan 2027 | £16,215 |
| Huddle Licences | Ideagen Technology Ltd | 31 Jan 2027 | £47,142 |
Soonest 9 of 84 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 166 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Maintenance Services | Awarded / complete | 13 Nov 2026 | — |
| Request For Information: Resilient Timing and Positioning System for Operation in Degraded GNSS EnvironmentsGlobal navigation and positioning systems (GPS or equivalent) | Planning | 12 Nov 2026 | £100,000 |
| Octet R8 SystemBiochemical analysers | Awarded / complete | 3 Nov 2026 | £250,000 |
| M&E Minor Works | Awarded / complete | 27 Oct 2026 | — |
| DSTL0000071532 | Awarded / complete | 26 Oct 2026 | — |
| Dstl0000071686 | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | — |
| DSTL0000071484 | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Supply of PlaneWave IRDK14 Dall-Kirkham IR telescope, DeltaRho 350 telescope plus accessories and T600 Direct Drive Gimbal Mount. | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| BSc (Hons) Risk and Security Management distance learning degree course | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Quantum Technology Applications & Management MSc | Awarded / complete | 1 Oct 2026 | — |
| MSc Data Visualization | Awarded / complete | 29 Sept 2026 | — |
| PhD in Molecular Cell Biology and Neurobiology | Awarded / complete | 25 Sept 2026 | — |
| IPMO 2323.03 - Signal Generators - UK 7 | Awarded / complete | 25 Sept 2026 | — |
| On-Site UKAS Sensor Calibrationi | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Controlled Key Management Systems | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | — |
| UK7 - Contract Details | Awarded / complete | 18 Sept 2026 | — |
| IPMO 1877.04 - Telehandler ProcurementMobile lifting frames | Awarded / complete | 14 Sept 2026 | £120,000 |
| M&E and Civil Construction Minor Works | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2026 | — |
| Technical Services Radio UpgradeRadio equipment | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | £170,000 |
| MSc Forensic Psychology | Awarded / complete | 1 Sept 2026 | — |
Search all 166 procedures for this authority →
Contracts Finder adds 1,450 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.
About this data
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 1,529 of 1,560 published contracts have an end date; 4 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.