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

£2.8bn

Total spend

243

Contract awards

170

Unique suppliers

£12.6M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded 243 contracts worth £2.8bn to 170 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £12.6M, with the top five suppliers holding 63% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…

Top-five suppliers hold 63% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
National Physical Laboratory8£737.7M
British Telecommunications plc4£439.8M
CityFibre Limited8£335.1M
Quickline Communications Ltd4£311.7M
Quickline Communications Limited4£293.9M
British Telecommunications plc CO31£158.6M
WILDANET Ltd4£121.4M
Freedom Fibre Ltd3£86.3M
WESSEX INTERNET LIMITED3£85.3M
Cognizant Worldwide Limited1£80.8M
British Telecommunications plc CO51£70.3M
Workday Limited1£63.5M
Connexin1£58.6M
Wessex Internet2£52.3M
British Telecommunications plc CO81£51.1M
LGC Limited3£48.9M
British Telecommunications plc CO71£42.5M
Local Government Chemist Group2£34.9M
Fibre Assets Ltd (T/A Connect Fibre)1£34.6M
Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd)1£33.4M

Procurement categories

What Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… buys

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

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
58 awards£201.2M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
51 awards£2.2bn

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
49 awards£38.9M

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

79
37 awards£1.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
25 awards£708.0M

Software package and information systems

48
12 awards£10.0M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
6 awards£2.4M

Education and training services

80
5 awards£176K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
4 awards£776K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
3 awards£180.1M

Financial and insurance services

66
3 awards£450K

Other community, social and personal services

98
2 awards£833K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£50K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
1 award£9K

Recent contracts

Latest Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… contracts awarded

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

Technical Assurance Provider for ISF-Funded PNT Resilience Programme

RIN Enterprise Ltd · 2026-11-05

£159K

Development of New National PNT Resilience Standards

RIN Enterprise Ltd · 2026-11-05

£500K

Provision of Economic Analysis of Fragmentation in Local Government

PUBLIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · 2026-11-05

Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27

SpaceROC Ltd · 2026-10-28

£55K

Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27

SPACE PROFESSIONALS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · 2026-10-28

£91K

Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27

University of Strathclyde · 2026-10-28

£75K

Provision of SCS Recruitment Services

Global Resourcing Limited · 2026-10-27

Provision of Economic Analysis of Fragmentation in Local Government

PUBLIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · 2026-10-21

Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/27

CISAS "Giuseppe Colombo", University of Padova · 2026-10-20

£76K

FutureLearn Online Learning Platform

FutureLearn Limited · 2026-10-19

£15K

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Most of it is in IT services, R&D and business services.

4

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

69

contracts ending in 12 months

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40

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

1

framework running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

5

tender packs read

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Market analysis

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

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

52%

Awards to SMEs

63%

Top-5 supplier share

5%

Framework call-offs

7

Awards to social enterprises

Around 52% of Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 7 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 243 contracts totalling £2.8bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 170 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £12.6M.

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, CityFibre Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 63% of contract value.

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

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…'s procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, postal and telecommunications services, research and development services and related consultancy services, 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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