Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Ministerial departmentCentral governmentGreater LondonLondon

Official UK PPONPVWZ-3216-PVQL

Open now3next deadline 27 Nov 2026

Notices, last 12 months135+170% vs prior 12 months (50)

Typical bids per lot74% single-bid · median of 25 lots

Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share15%of 167 awarded procedures · 146 suppliers

167 awarded tenders, 146 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months5641 within 6 months

Published award value, 24m£1.1bnnet · on 135 of 142 published values · 7 repeated amounts set aside · top 5 = 78%

Open notices

3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

Notice	Deadline	Days left	Published value
Invitation to Tender: Cyber Accelerator Programme - Design Partnerships (itt_2888)	27 Nov 2026	12d	£1,200,000
In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects	27 Nov 2026	12d	£1,400,000
Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration	27 Nov 2026	12d	£2,100,000

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

72 IT services: consulting, software, internet32 procedures · 17% · 1 open

73 Research and development services22 procedures · 12% · 2 open

71 Architectural, construction, engineering14 procedures · 8%

32 Radio, television, communication6 procedures · 3% · 2 open

34 Transport equipment and products6 procedures · 3% · 2 open

79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 3%

38 Laboratory, optical and precision5 procedures · 3%

48 Software package and information systems5 procedures · 3%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 185 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract98%(182 notices)
182 of 185 notices are Contract (98%).
Framework2%(3 notices)
3 of 185 notices are Framework (2%).

Procedure route

Direct award55%(101 notices)
101 of 185 notices are Direct award (55%).
Open18%(34 notices)
34 of 185 notices are Open (18%).
Route not published17%(31 notices)
31 of 185 notices are Route not published (17%).
Selective10%(18 notices)
18 of 185 notices are Selective (10%).
Limited / restricted1%(1 notice)
1 of 185 notices is Limited / restricted (1%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 25 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

7robust · n=254% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 22 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

23 daysrobust · n=22

Notice amendments

Based on 185 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

040 of 185 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 13 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

8.8% below estimaterobust · n=13

Who wins here
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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
NPL Management Limited	11	6.6%	11	13	10 Aug 2026
CityFibre Limitedframework/DPS on 10	10	6%	0	47	—
Royal Institute of Navigation	4	2.4%	4	4	9 Mar 2026
LGC LIMITED	4	2.4%	4	4	22 Jul 2026
Quickline Communications Limitedframework/DPS on 4	4	2.4%	0	16	—
AVELLA SECURITY LIMITED	3	1.8%	3	6	29 Jun 2026
Elsevier B.V.	3	1.8%	3	4	9 Sept 2025
TUV SUD LIMITED	3	1.8%	3	3	22 Jul 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 15% of 167 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 146 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£1.1bnSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 135 of 142 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 78%.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£91k middle valuerobust · n=135Middle half £45k–£1.2m; 7 awards with ambiguous equal values within a procedure excluded from both figures.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
DSIT NMS - NPL Energy and Environment	NPL Management Limited	—	3 yrs · up to 4 yrs	£362,775,093 ≈ £121m/yr
National Timing Centre (NTC) Delivery Programme 2	NPL Management Limited	6 Jul 2026	3.7 yrs	£180,000,000 ≈ £49m/yr
DSIT NMS - NPL Energy and Environment	NPL Management Limited	—	3 mo	£170,266,960 †
DSIT NMS - NPL Energy and Environment	NPL Management Limited	19 May 2025	10 mo	£113,215,548
DSIT NMS LCG Phase 2 (GC & CBM)	LGC LIMITED	22 Jul 2026	2.7 yrs	£36,820,006 ≈ £14m/yr

Contracts ending
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298 of 310 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
CSP26784 - Space Sustainability Engagement Video	TAG Europe Limited	16 Nov 2026	£12,500
Reports on the impact of GNSS Interference in the automotive sector	Royal Institute of Navigation	27 Nov 2026	£47,160
Telecoms Restructuring Advice	FTI Consulting LLP	4 Dec 2026	£300,000
Innovation Cluster Map Data Export	Business Funding Research Ltd	7 Dec 2026	£15,000
CSP26640 - Branding Services for the Government Cyber Profession	FCG WORLDWIDE LIMITED	8 Dec 2026	£41,540
Government Office for Technology Transfer - PRIMA 4	The Helix way	14 Dec 2026	£78,415
UK7 ARIA Chair	IRG Advisors LLP trading as Odgers Berndtson	15 Dec 2026	£30,400
Business Intelligence Data 2026	Moody's Analytics UK Ltd	31 Dec 2026	£174,225
UK6 - The Data City	Data City Innovations Limited	11 Jan 2027	£12,000
Research Professional	Clarivate	26 Jan 2027	£42,609

Soonest 10 of 56 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 226 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Feedly Renewal	Awarded / complete	25 Sept 2026	—
Data for the Innovation Clusters Map	Awarded / complete	25 Sept 2026	—
UK Space Agency - Operational Support to the International Charter: Space and Major DisastersData services	Open	24 Sept 2026	£546,693
NSpOC: Sovereign Sensor - Active RF Radar CapabilityRadar surveillance equipment	Open	21 Sept 2026	£25,000,000
National Space Operations Centre: Global Data Marketplace (NSpOC GDM)	Awarded / complete	21 Sept 2026	—
Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - CumbriaFrameworkTelecommunications network	Awarded / complete	15 Sept 2026	£108,525,335
UK2 Notice TemplateResearch services	Planning	15 Sept 2026	£175,000

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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. 298 of 310 published contracts have an end date; 2 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.