Intellectual Property Office: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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553 awarded tenders, 315 different suppliers.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Creator Control | 28 Nov 2026 | 13d | £80,000 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
48 Software package and information systems39 procedures · 98%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet34 procedures · 85%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting21 procedures · 53%80 Education and training services8 procedures · 20%30 Office and computing machinery4 procedures · 10%32 Radio, television, communication3 procedures · 8%44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 8%75 Administration, defence and social security3 procedures · 8%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 40 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract98%(39 notices)
39 of 40 notices are Contract (98%).Framework3%(1 notice)
1 of 40 notices is Framework (3%).
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Direct award55%(22 notices)
22 of 40 notices are Direct award (55%).Open18%(7 notices)
7 of 40 notices are Open (18%).Route not published15%(6 notices)
6 of 40 notices are Route not published (15%).Limited / restricted8%(3 notices)
3 of 40 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Selective5%(2 notices)
2 of 40 notices are Selective (5%).
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Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.
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Based on 40 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 1 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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| Specialist Computer Centres Plc | 18 | 3.3% | 6 | 18 | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Bytes Software Services Ltd | 12 | 2.2% | 5 | 12 | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Phoenix Software Ltd | 12 | 2.2% | 5 | 12 | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Bytes Software Services Ltd | 12 | 2.2% | 0 | 12 | 29 Sept 2023 |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED | 11 | 2% | 0 | 11 | 14 Nov 2022 |
| HFX Ltd | 9 | 1.6% | 2 | 9 | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Softcat Plc | 8 | 1.4% | 5 | 8 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Kaztech Solutions Ltd | 7 | 1.3% | 0 | 7 | 20 Jul 2023 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 553 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 315 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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| Provision of Workday Licences | Softcat Plc | 27 Oct 2026 | 6 yrs | £3,388,614 ≈ £565k/yr |
| Provision of Work day Implementation Partner | Cognizant Worldwide Ltd | 9 Oct 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 3 yrs | £1,398,431 ≈ £699k/yr |
| Law Enforcement Community Network (LECN) | Home Office | 4 Aug 2026 | 4.8 yrs | £870,698 ≈ £180k/yr |
| Provision of Certificate/Diploma in Law and Intellectual Property (DipLIP) | USW Commercial Services Ltd | — | 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs | £527,950 † ≈ £132k/yr |
| [email protected] | Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd | 17 Jul 2026 | 6 mo · up to 0.8 yrs | £475,996 |
Contracts endingi
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542 of 550 contracts carry an end date, 1 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| BrowserStack | SoftwareOne UK Limited | 21 Nov 2026 | £35,816 |
| Ivanti Patchlink | Bytes Software Services Ltd | 30 Nov 2026 | £9,495 |
| Etarmis Support | HFX Ltd | 9 Dec 2026 | £47,025 |
| Redgate Software | Phoenix Software Ltd | 21 Dec 2026 | £28,755 |
| Performance & Talent Management Software Solution | ADVANCED COMPUTER SOFTWARE GROUP LIMITED (Clear Review Limited) | 31 Dec 2026 | £82,812 |
| Springer Journals Collection (24 -26) | Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH | 31 Dec 2026 | £65,768 |
| Inspec Site Licence | IET Services Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £50,169 |
| Patent Sight License | Relx (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis | 31 Dec 2026 | £71,120 |
| Complete Freedom Collection | Jisc | 31 Dec 2026 | £19,868 |
| Alteryx | Alteryx UK limited | 4 Jan 2027 | £13,500 |
Soonest 10 of 77 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 50 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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| Provision of Ecommerce IP Support in ASEANCopyright consultancy services | Open | 6 Nov 2024 | — |
| HR and Payroll (Itrent) supportPersonnel and payroll services | Awarded / complete | 8 Jul 2024 | — |
| IPO Transformation Programme - Phase 1 Client Side Support ServicesProject-management services other than for construction work | Awarded / complete | 14 May 2024 | — |
| IPO Transformation Programme - Phase 1 Client Side Support ServicesProject-management services other than for construction work | Awarded / complete | 20 Nov 2023 | — |
| Mintel Database AccessDatabase systems | Awarded / complete | 1 Aug 2023 | — |
| Provision of Consultancy for Music Streaming MetadataCopyright consultancy services | Open | 24 Mar 2023 | — |
| Open Banking Payment ServicesBanking services | Planned | 27 Feb 2023 | £300,000 |
| Derwent World Patent IndexPatent and copyright consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 21 Dec 2022 | — |
| Westlaw subscription 2022-2025Subscription services | Awarded / complete | 20 Oct 2022 | — |
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Contracts Finder adds 548 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.
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- 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. 542 of 550 published contracts have an end date; 1 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.
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