# Subscription services (CPV 79980000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Subscription services (CPV 79980000) covers UK public procurement for Subscription services. Tracked across 680 published procedures (421 in the last 12 months) across 197 contracting authorities, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Subscription services

- **CPV Code:** `79980000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Business Services & Consultancy (CPV 79000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 1

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 421

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 680

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 146 (197 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 30 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (middle half 2–5) (median of 8 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £37k (median net contract award; interquartile range £20k–£77k)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 30 days (median)

- **SME Win Rate:** 18% of declared awards won by small & medium enterprises

- **Local Win Rate:** 31% of awards won by suppliers registered in the delivery region

## Other Classes in Business Services & Consultancy

1. [Business and management consultancy services (CPV 79410000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-and-management-consultancy-services-79410000): 1,062 notices/12m

2. [Advertising and marketing services (CPV 79340000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/advertising-and-marketing-services-79340000): 570 notices/12m

3. [Recruitment services (CPV 79600000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/recruitment-services-79600000): 551 notices/12m

4. [Market research services (CPV 79310000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/market-research-services-79310000): 479 notices/12m

5. [Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services (CPV 79950000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/exhibition-fair-and-congress-organisation-services-79950000): 407 notices/12m

6. [Security services (CPV 79710000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-services-79710000): 389 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Subscription services work:

1. [UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221): 40 notices (26 in last 12m)

2. [University of the West of England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-the-west-of-england-urn-133798): 23 notices (12 in last 12m)

3. [Coventry University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-university-urn-133808): 20 notices (9 in last 12m)

4. [UK Export Finance](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-export-finance-gov-d241): 20 notices (11 in last 12m)

5. [University of Strathclyde](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-strathclyde-coh-rc000670): 20 notices (19 in last 12m)

6. [Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency-gov-ea570): 18 notices (9 in last 12m)

7. [National Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346): 18 notices (12 in last 12m)

8. [University of Bedfordshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-bedfordshire-urn-133841): 17 notices (14 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 104 notices (38%)

2. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 78 notices (29%)

3. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 73 notices (27%)

4. [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber): 67 notices (25%)

5. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 64 notices (24%)

6. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 62 notices (23%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Subscription services:

1. [Jisc Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/jisc-services-ltd-coh-02881024): 32 procedures across 11 contracting authorities

2. [Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/healthcare-quality-improvement-partnership-coh-06498947): 22 procedures across 16 contracting authorities

3. [THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomson-reuters-professional-uk-limited-coh-01679046): 18 procedures (19 awards) across 15 contracting authorities

4. [NLA Media Access Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nla-media-access-limited-coh-03003569): 18 procedures across 14 contracting authorities

5. [Financial Times Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/financial-times-ltd-coh-00227590): 14 procedures (15 awards) across 10 contracting authorities

6. [THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-copyright-licensing-agency-ltd-coh-01690026): 12 procedures (13 awards) across 8 contracting authorities

7. [Jisc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/jisc-coh-05747339): 12 procedures across 6 contracting authorities

8. [Haymarket Media Group Ltd.](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/haymarket-media-group-ltd-coh-00267189): 11 procedures across 10 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Subscription services intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt