Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationHemel HempsteadEast of EnglandMain market: Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

Companies House00480992 ↗Websitesmithsdetection.com ↗

Procedures with an award912 award records Public authorities6named on published awards Attributable award value£13mnet · on 11 of 12 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings Last 12 months1awards · 2 in the prior 24 months · last 24 Mar 2026 Delivery regions5most often Nationwide (UK)

Where they win

2 lot-level observations (2 awarded lots, 100%, plus 0 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes

3854 Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring1 observations · 50% · lots

3858 Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiations1 observations · 50% · lots

Attributable award value£13mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 11 of 12 award records — only awards to this supplier alone, framework / DPS ceilings excluded; the award’s own value, else its contract’s; the five largest make 93%. Not turnover. Largest rows below.

Typical attributable award£269k medianrobust · n=11

Largest published awards	Authority	Awarded	Term	Published value
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection Devices with Additional Service Requirements	Home Office	—	—	£4,250,000 †
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection Devices	Home Office	—	—	£3,350,000 †
Smiths ETD Onsite Preventative Maintenance	Department for Transport	—	—	£1,835,052 †
Lot 1 – X-Ray Equipment (Person Items) – Small & Medium X-Ray	The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd	—	—	£1,641,159 †
Supply and Maintenance of Portable Trace Detection Devices	Home Office	—	—	£1,450,000 †

Where they deliver

ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 8 of 9 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each

Nationwide (UK)3 procedures · 38%

Scotland3 procedures · 38%

West Midlands1 procedures · 13%

Greater London1 procedures · 13%

South East England1 procedures · 13%

Who they sell to

Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)

Central government 100% (2 awards)

Authority	Procedures	Share	Award records	Last activity
Ministry of Defenceframework/DPS on 1	3	33.3%	3	24 Mar 2026
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited	2	22.2%	2	23 Apr 2021
Home Office	1	11.1%	3	24 Nov 2021
The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd	1	11.1%	2	10 Dec 2021
Scottish Prison Service	1	11.1%	1	15 Mar 2022
Department for Transport	1	11.1%	1	1 Dec 2023

Share = of the 9 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Recent awards

Latest 12 of 12 award records naming this supplier

Award / procedure	Authority	Awarded	Award value
Air Terminal Passenger & Baggage Handling Security Scanner	Ministry of Defence	2 Mar 2026	£130,394
Provision of Service and Maintenance for SBA Trace Detection Equipment	Ministry of Defence	Not published	£100,000
Smiths ETD Onsite Preventative Maintenance	Department for Transport	Not published	Not published
Provision and In-Service Support of Explosive Vapour Detection Device	Ministry of Defence	Not published	Not published
Provision of Body Scanner for The Women's National Facility	Scottish Prison Service	Not published	Not published
Lot 1 – X-Ray Equipment (Person Items) – Small & Medium X-Ray	The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd	Not published	Not published
Lot 3 - Explosive Trace and Detection Equipment (ETD)	The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd	Not published	Not published
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection Devices	Home Office	Not published	Not published
Supply and Maintenance of Portable Trace Detection Devices	Home Office	Not published	Not published
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection Devices with Additional Service Requirements	Home Office	Not published	Not published

Data coverage & method

Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £13m across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
Contract end dates: published on 1 of 12 awards; 0 end within 18 months.
Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.

Identifiers consolidated into this page (7 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-12357GB-FTS-14017GB-FTS-35720GB-FTS-37480GB-FTS-46897GB-FTS-98949GB-FTS-99804

Canonical page id: GB-COH:00480992