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# Serious Fraud Office · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/serious-fraud-office-gov-d115). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Serious Fraud Office is a Central government based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 23 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Serious Fraud Office
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PZLQ-7427-JMLZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 23
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £3.1m (median award: £41k) across 19 of 19 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Serious Fraud Office)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/serious-fraud-office-gov-d115

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 42% below the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 22 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 17 (77%), Route not published: 3 (14%), Open: 2 (9%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 2 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
2. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 1 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[MARTELLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/martello-financial-services-ltd-coh-11877681):** 2 procedures
2. **[Accounting Valuation Experts LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/accounting-valuation-experts-llp-coh-oc444080):** 2 procedures
3. **[Edinburgh Innovations Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/edinburgh-innovations-limited-coh-sc148048):** 2 procedures
4. **[Altia Solutions Limited (UK)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/altia-solutions-limited-uk-GB-COH-03319098):** 1 procedures
5. **[Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/eversheds-sutherland-international-llp-coh-oc304065):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[MARTELLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/martello-financial-services-ltd-coh-11877681):** £1.0m · [SFO-MARTELLO-EXT](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sfo-martello-ext-ocds-h6vhtk-058cea) · Awarded: 22 Aug 2025
2. **[Accounting Valuation Experts LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/accounting-valuation-experts-llp-coh-oc444080):** £650k · [SFO/GenCoun/AVE1/25](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sfo-gencoun-ave1-25-ocds-h6vhtk-0649fe) · Awarded: 28 Feb 2025
3. **[MARTELLO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/martello-financial-services-ltd-coh-11877681):** £335k · [SFO/MARTELLO/Expert Support 2](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sfo-martello-expert-support-2-ocds-h6vhtk-067c5b)
4. **[Accounting Valuation Experts LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/accounting-valuation-experts-llp-coh-oc444080):** £280k · [SFO-QUT88-AVE](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sfo-qut88-ave-ocds-h6vhtk-06800e) · Awarded: 10 Apr 2026
5. **[Altia Solutions Limited (UK)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/altia-solutions-limited-uk-GB-COH-03319098):** £269k · [SFO/IS&T/Altia/Q-04020](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sfo-is-t-altia-q-04020-ocds-h6vhtk-06cbee) · Awarded: 15 Jul 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 4
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 5
- **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 Serious Fraud Office intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/serious-fraud-office-gov-d115#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/serious-fraud-office-gov-d115
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt