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# Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a Central government based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 1,248 published procedures, with 6 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PXRR-8771-PHVX` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 6
- **Total Published Procedures:** 1,248
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.5bn (median award: £64k) across 387 of 387 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 79 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 15% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 2% above the published estimate (median of 18 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 620 (96%), Framework: 27 (4%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 269 (42%), Open: 193 (30%), Route not published: 96 (15%), Direct award: 56 (9%), Selective: 33 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Administration, defence and social security](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/administration-defence-and-social-security-services-75000000) (CPV 75):** 74 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 69 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
3. **[Financial and insurance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/financial-and-insurance-services-66000000) (CPV 66):** 38 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 33 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
5. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 28 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Palladium International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/palladium-international-limited-coh-02394229):** 18 procedures (26 awards)
2. **[Adam Smith International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/adam-smith-international-limited-coh-02732176):** 12 procedures (19 awards)
3. **[Mott MacDonald](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mott-macdonald-coh-01243967):** 10 procedures (15 awards)
4. **[Oxford Policy Management Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oxford-policy-management-limited-coh-03122495):** 8 procedures (15 awards)
5. **[DAI Global (UK) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/dai-global-uk-limited-coh-01858644):** 8 procedures (15 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Palladium International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/palladium-international-limited-coh-02394229):** £330m · [Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation Programme (HEROS)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/humanitarian-emergency-response-operations-and-stabilisation-programme-heros-ocds-h6vhtk-04e67a)
2. **[Palladium International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/palladium-international-limited-coh-02394229):** £330m · [Humanitarian Emergency Response Operations and Stabilisation (HEROS)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/humanitarian-emergency-response-operations-and-stabilisation-heros-ocds-h6vhtk-052221)
3. **[The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-boston-consulting-group-uk-llp-coh-oc359103):** £109m · [Growth Gateway](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/growth-gateway-ocds-h6vhtk-06f356)
4. **[Kainos Software Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kainos-software-limited-coh-ni019370):** £84m · [Consular Digital and Data Delivery Partner](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consular-digital-and-data-delivery-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-05fe98) · Awarded: 24 Aug 2026
5. **[Palladium International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/palladium-international-limited-coh-02394229):** £75m · [Forest Governance, Markets and Climate Phase 2 - Technical Assistance Portfolio Manager (TAPM)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/forest-governance-markets-and-climate-fgmc-phase-2-technical-assistance-portfolio-manager--ocds-h6vhtk-04d4b6)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 70
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 135
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt