UK Research and Innovation: UK public procurement profile
Central government·South West England·Swindon
Official UK PPONPDQJ-7126-JDHG
Open now10next deadline 17 Sept 2026Notices, last 12 months1,915+183% vs prior 12 months (676)Typical bids per notice334.9% single-bid · 126 bid reportsTop-3 supplier share2%of 2,437 awarded procedures · 1,569 suppliersContracts ending ≤18 months626362 within 6 monthsPublished award value, 24m£212mon 1,933 of 2,435 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 25%
Open notices
10 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKRI-5477 Disposal of Radioactive Combustible Waste | 17 Sept 2026 | 1d | £400,000 |
| MRC LMB Minor Works | 17 Sept 2026 | 1d | £4,500,000 |
| UKRI-6001 Automated Washer System | 18 Sept 2026 | 2d | £1,900,000 |
| UKRI-6105 Double Door Steam Autoclave | 21 Sept 2026 | 5d | £500,000 |
| UKRI-6280 LISA 2 Cleanroom Project | 25 Sept 2026 | 9d | £2,700,000 |
| Laboratory 258 and 270 Fit Out | 25 Sept 2026 | 9d | £382,500 |
| UKRI-6261 Self-Steam Generating Autoclave | 28 Sept 2026 | 12d | £375,000 |
| BAS - SDA - Scientific Mooring Hoist | 12 Oct 2026 | 26d | £320,000 |
| UKRI-5541 Framework Agreement for BGS Keyworth Food Supplies | 23 Oct 2026 | 37d | £240,000 |
| UKRI-6064 ISP-1157 Replacement of Large ISIS Power Supply System | 23 Nov 2026 | 68d | £3,000,000 |
What they buy
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting45 procedures · 2%71 Architectural, construction, engineering29 procedures · 1%45 Construction work28 procedures · 1% · 3 open50 Repair and maintenance services28 procedures · 1%38 Laboratory, optical and precision25 procedures · 1% · 2 open42 Industrial machinery17 procedures · 1% · 2 open31 Electrical machinery16 procedures · 1% · 1 open72 IT services: consulting, software, internet13 procedures · 1%How they buy
Last 24 months · 2,591 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
Commercial tool
- Contract 99% (2,553 notices)
- Framework 1% (38 notices)
Procedure route
- Direct award 57% (1,478 notices)
- Limited / restricted 33% (867 notices)
- Open 6% (146 notices)
- Route not published 4% (96 notices)
- Selective 0% (4 notices)
Typical bids per notice3robust · n=126Median of published bid reports · 34.9% of reports show a single bidder. Includes framework and DPS notices.
Deadline → award33 daysrobust · n=98Median days from submission deadline to first award notice.
Notice amendments0Median amendments per notice · 475 of 2,589 notices amended.
Award vs estimate0% at estimaterobust · n=65Median (estimate − award) / estimate on single-lot, single-supplier GBP pairs; vehicles excluded. Negative = awarded above estimate.
Who wins here
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JISC SERVICES LIMITED | 19 | 0.8% | 19 | 19 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Johnston Property Maintenance Ltd | 16 | 0.7% | 16 | 16 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Egkenn Vacuum Technlogoy sp. z o.o. | 12 | 0.5% | 12 | 12 | 16 Sept 2026 |
| Softcat plc | 12 | 0.5% | 12 | 12 | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Kongsberg Maritime AS | 11 | 0.5% | 11 | 11 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Leica Microsystems UK Ltd | 10 | 0.4% | 10 | 10 | 18 May 2026 |
| Bojen Electrical Ltd | 10 | 0.4% | 10 | 10 | 28 Aug 2026 |
| ANSYS UK Ltd | 10 | 0.4% | 10 | 10 | 3 Sept 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 2% of 2,437 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 1,569 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
Published award value (24m)£212mSum of published values on 1,933 of 2,435 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 25%. Not spend and not a budget: notices sometimes republish a framework total or a mis-scaled figure — the largest rows are listed below so you can check.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)£25k medianrobust · n=1,933Middle half £15k–£54k; 193 duplicate amounts excluded from both figures (heuristic for republished framework ceilings).
| Largest published awards | Supplier | Awarded | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKRI-4680 Programme Management Partner for UKRI-Science and Technology Facilities Council | CPC PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED | 19 Jun 2026 | £16,000,000 |
| UKRI-5543 Cryoplant for the National Cryogenic Facility | Air Liquide Advanced Technologies | 17 Aug 2026 | £15,138,407 |
| Medical Provision for the British Antarctic Survey | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PLYMOUTH | 5 May 2026 | £9,000,000 |
| UKRI 5505 - STFC Firewall Refresh 2025 | INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD | — | £7,228,048 † |
| UKRI-4946 - Provision of Commercial Cleaning Services | Calber Facilities Management Ltd | 18 Feb 2026 | £5,200,000 |
Contracts ending
Published end dates only · 2,386 of 2,434 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSP26854 - Adiabatic Humidification Design | ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS LTD | 17 Sept 2026 | £22,135 |
| UKRI-5220 MRC LMB Snapgene License Renewal | GSL Biotech LLC | 19 Sept 2026 | US$52,925 |
| UKRI-5172 Building Management Service Contract | Laplace Building Solutions (South) Limited | 21 Sept 2026 | £74,207 |
| DDaT25389 - Market Research Platform | STATISTA LIMITED | 22 Sept 2026 | £10,000 |
| DDaT25335 - Managed Services and Implementation Software Package | monday.com Ltd | 24 Sept 2026 | £29,455 |
| UKRI-5195 Orbital Welding System | London Fluid System Technologies Ltd T/A Swagelok London | 25 Sept 2026 | £72,306 |
| DDaT26336 - SDA gravity meter | Dynamic Gravity Systems | 25 Sept 2026 | US$25,000 |
| DDaT25412 - System upgrade | Leica Microsystems UK Ltd | 26 Sept 2026 | £11,649 |
| CSP25190 | Life Technologies Limited (ThermoFisher Scientific) | 27 Sept 2026 | £24,700 |
| CSP25288 - Training | The University of Hull | 28 Sept 2026 | £13,800 |
Soonest 10 of 626 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 2,605 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£5.3bn, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 2,444 award records on 2,427 procedures (2,435 to a single canonical supplier, 9 multi-supplier). Typical award uses single-supplier GBP values below £5bn, excludes framework/DPS ceilings and — as a heuristic for republished framework totals — any amount repeated three or more times inside this authority’s 24-month awards; 1,785 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award and amendments come from the nightly buyer analytics row (v8, award-identity grain). Evidence tiers: robust ≥5, moderate 3–4, indicative 1–2.
- Contract end dates: 2,386 of 2,434 published contracts carry a period end; 626 end within 18 months, 362 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (13 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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