Top suppliers
Top suppliers to CNES
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What CNES buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
607145Recent contracts
Latest CNES contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Bairns' Hoose Development Stornoway
Alex Murray (Construction) Ltd · 2025-05-13
£276K
CNES Roads Winter Weather Forecasting Services 2024 - 2028
MetDesk Limited · 2024-07-08
£139K
Air Services between Stornoway and Benbecula
Directflight Ltd trading as Airtask Group · 2024-03-07
£1.8M
Grianan Plant Room July 2023
Lewis Builders ltd · 2023-09-13
£175K
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Market analysis
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Awards to SMEs
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Top-5 supplier share
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Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of CNES’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to CNES
How much does CNES spend on procurement?
CNES awarded 3 contracts totalling £2.2M between 2023-10-12 and 2026-10-12, working with 3 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £738K.
Who are CNES's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to CNES by total award value are Directflight Ltd trading as Airtask Group, Alex Murray (Construction) Ltd, MetDesk Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does CNES buy from suppliers?
CNES's procurement is concentrated in transport services (excl. waste transport), architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-12
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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