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

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

Companies House00480992Websitesmithsdetection.com

Procedures with an award912 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities6named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£13mnet · on 11 of 12 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Last 12 months1awards · 2 in the prior 24 months · last 24 Mar 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Delivery regions5most often Nationwide (UK)
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Where they win
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

12 lot-level observations (8 awarded lots, 67%, plus 4 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes

3854 Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring5 observations · 63% · 2 lots + 3 envelope
7522 Defence services1 observations · 13% · envelope awards
Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

£13mOn 11 of 12 award records; the five largest make 93%. Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£269k medianrobust · n=11
Award vs estimate
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Does this supplier usually win above or below the buyer’s estimate.

Its own wins, estimate against award per lot, in its sector.

Based on 2 wins across all categories. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a margin and not a price to bid.

38.8% below estimateindicative · n=2scoped to all comparable wins
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection Devices with Additional Service RequirementsHome Office£4,250,000
Supply and Maintenance of Desktop Trace Detection DevicesHome Office£3,350,000
Smiths ETD Onsite Preventative MaintenanceDepartment for Transport£1,835,052
Lot 1 – X-Ray Equipment (Person Items) – Small & Medium X-RayThe Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd£1,641,159
Supply and Maintenance of Portable Trace Detection DevicesHome Office£1,450,000

Where they deliver
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

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
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

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)
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Central government 58% (7 awards)
  • Type not classified 42% (5 awards)
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
Ministry of Defenceframework/DPS on 1333.3%324 Mar 2026
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited222.2%223 Apr 2021
Home Office111.1%324 Nov 2021
The Organising Committee for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Ltd111.1%210 Dec 2021
Scottish Prison Service111.1%115 Mar 2022
Department for Transport111.1%11 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 / procedureAuthorityAwardedAward value
Airport Security Body ScannersHighlands and Islands Airports LimitedNot publishedNot published
Advanced Walk-through Metal DetectorsHighlands and Islands Airports LimitedNot publishedNot 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.
  • Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
  • 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