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TENDERScottish Parliamentary Corporate Body · Auditor for Audit Scotland·Value TBC·Scotland
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDERLeicestershire County Council · Bespoke Bus Shelter- Melton Mowbray·£25k·Leicester
GRANTInnovate UK, part of UK Research and… · Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3·£4.0M·National
TENDERStirling Council · EV Infrastructure Back Office·£315k·Scotland
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · START - West of England·Value TBC·South West
TENDEROffice of Rail and Road · ​​Independent review of ORR's approach to cost assessment and…·£100k·London
GRANTInnovate UK on behalf of the Department for… · Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3·£500k·National
TENDERHome Group · Housing Disrepair Legal Support Framework·£1.8M·North East
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Peer Networks - Redbridge Council·Value TBC·London
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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£1.4bn

Total spend

129

Contract awards

100

Unique suppliers

£13.2M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded 129 contracts worth £1.4bn to 100 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £13.2M, with the top five suppliers holding 90% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…

Top-five suppliers hold 90% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
National Physical Laboratory7£636.3M
British Telecommunications plc2£296.2M
Quickline Communications Limited2£192.4M
CityFibre Limited1£100.6M
LGC Limited1£36.8M
Local Government Chemist Group2£34.9M
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory3£25.5M
NPL MANAGEMENT LIMITED3£12.3M
The National Physical Laboratory1£9.9M
Local Government Chemist1£9.9M
Eleven Labs1£9.0M
Google Cloud EMEA Limited1£6.9M
STEM Learning2£3.1M
Plexal (City) Limited1£3.0M
Neurodegeneration Initiative Ltd1£2.8M
IN4 Group3£1.6M
WM5G Limited1£1.6M
TECH EDUCATORS LTD1£1.6M
Spark South West1£1.4M
RTC North1£1.3M

Procurement categories

What Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… buys

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

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
9 awards£1.8M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
5 awards£589.3M

Recent contracts

Latest Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… contracts awarded

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

Telecoms Restructuring Advice

FTI CONSULTING LLP · 2026-09-11

£300K

Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Space Professionals Partnership Limited · 2026-09-10

£327K

Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox

Satellite Applications Catapult Limited · 2026-09-10

£475K

Yorkshire & Humber - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

RTC North · 2026-09-06

£1.3M

Gov Voice

Eleven Labs · 2026-09-06

£9.0M

South West - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Spark South West · 2026-09-01

£1.4M

prj_7057 - North East- Digital and Technology Skills Programme

RTC North Limited · 2026-08-31

£1.3M

Techfirst Womens Programme

Plexal (City) Limited · 2026-08-27

£3.0M

Multi-Mission Licencing Regulatory Sandbox

Satellite Applications Catapult Limited · 2026-08-27

£475K

Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox

Space Professionals Partnership Limited · 2026-08-27

£327K

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Open opportunities

Open Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… tenders

Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.

Space-Based Time Transfer Service (Space BaTTS) Research & Development

Deadline: 2026-09-21

£1.7M

PS26195 - Futures Procurement Framework

Deadline: 2026-09-28

£9.0M

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

Provision of Teacher Services - Education Benchmarking

Expires: 2026-09-30

News Aggregator Tool

Expires: 2026-09-30

£14K

Bibliometric data

Expires: 2026-10-09

£41K

Executive Search Digital Transformation and Digital Product DG

Expires: 2026-10-11

£100K

Telecoms Restructuring Advice

Expires: 2026-10-23

£300K

British Science Week 2026

Expires: 2026-10-30

£30K

API Access OpenRouter

Expires: 2026-10-31

£104K

DSIT/NPL Assured Supply Chain iX Delivery

Expires: 2026-11-02

£56K

DSIT/NPL Assured Supply Chain iX Delivery

Expires: 2026-11-03

£56K

GSE Conference 2026

Expires: 2026-11-16

£91K

Market analysis

Bidding into Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

53%

Awards to SMEs

90%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

3

Awards to social enterprises

Around 53% of Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 3 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…

How much does Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… spend on procurement?

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… awarded 129 contracts totalling £1.4bn between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 100 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £13.2M.

Who are Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… by total award value are National Physical Laboratory, British Telecommunications plc, Quickline Communications Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 90% of contract value.

What does Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… buy from suppliers?

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…'s procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, postal and telecommunications services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… contracts?

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15

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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