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Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£291.3M

Total spend

264

Contract awards

231

Unique suppliers

£1.1M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Department for International Trade has awarded 264 contracts worth £291.3M to 231 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £1.1M, with the top five suppliers holding 66% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Department for International Trade

Top-five suppliers hold 66% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Clarity Travel Limited2£109.0M
TLT LLP1£26.8M
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, UK Branch1£13.3M
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP2£12.2M
Bray Leino Ltd1£10.8M
Thurrock Council1£9.9M
Addleshaw Goddard LLP2£9.7M
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd1£8.2M
Ipsos (Market Research) Limited3£5.6M
The Unlimited Group Ltd1£4.0M
Immersive International Limited1£3.0M
Fieldfisher LLP1£3.0M
XMA Limited1£2.7M
Wavemaker Limited1£2.4M
M&C Saatchi UK Ltd.1£2.0M
BMG Research Limited1£1.6M
Method 4 Limited1£1.3M
TAG Europe Limited1£1.2M
Public Digital3£1.2M
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board4£1.1M

Procurement categories

What Department for International Trade buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
110 awards£85.1M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
35 awards£8.3M

Software package and information systems

48
29 awards£16.6M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
26 awards£10.1M

Education and training services

80
25 awards£6.9M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
6 awards£3.3M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
5 awards£790K

Financial and insurance services

66
4 awards£1.2M

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
3 awards£19.8M

Other community, social and personal services

98
3 awards£119K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
2 awards£238K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
2 awards£561K

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
1 award£925K

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

15
1 award£18K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£43K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
1 award£175K

Repair and maintenance services

50
1 award£270K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£100.0M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£85K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£8.2M

Recent contracts

Latest Department for International Trade contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Assistant Finance Business Partner

MLC Partners Ltd · 2025-01-21

£21K

Retail Leaders Circle, Riyadh 4-5 Feb 2025

New York Institute of Management Inc · 2025-01-19

£46K

Wilton Park for Small Business Strategy

Wilton Park · 2025-01-15

£121K

One off purchase of Laptops and Mobile Phones

Computacenter (UK) LTD · 2025-01-06

£465K

COVID19 Pathfinder Cohort 3

UMi Commercial ltd · 2025-01-06

£30K

MWC- MWL Whitepaper 2025

GSMA Advisory Services · 2024-12-27

£15K

Legal Advice on a Repayable Launch Investment (RLI) Contract

Hogan Lovells LLP · 2024-12-23

£90K

Games Accelerator 2024

THE UK INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED · 2024-12-20

£36K

ProWein Dusseldorf 2025 - UK Spirits Pavilion

International Trade Shows Link Limited · 2024-12-20

£48K

Provision of Market and Product Data for Metals and Commodities

S&P Global Commodity Insights · 2024-12-20

£136K

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26

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5

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Market analysis

Bidding into Department for International Trade — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

21%

Awards to SMEs

66%

Top-5 supplier share

42%

Framework call-offs

19

Awards to social enterprises

Around 21% of Department for International Trade’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 19 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 42%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Department for International Trade

How much does Department for International Trade spend on procurement?

Department for International Trade awarded 264 contracts totalling £291.3M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 231 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.

Who are Department for International Trade's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Department for International Trade by total award value are Clarity Travel Limited, TLT LLP, Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, UK Branch. The top five suppliers together hold 66% of contract value.

What does Department for International Trade buy from suppliers?

Department for International Trade's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

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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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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