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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: 2023-06-17 to 2026-06-17Updated 2026-06-17

£8.0bn

Total spend

284

Contract awards

109

Unique suppliers

£31.3M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded 284 contracts worth £8.0bn to 109 suppliers between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, at an average contract value of £31.3M, with the top five suppliers holding 76% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…

Top-five suppliers hold 76% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
British Telecommunications plc12£2.1bn
CityFibre Limited29£1.8bn
National Physical Laboratory14£786.1M
Fibrus Networks GB Ltd9£774.8M
Quickline Communications Limited10£564.3M
Quickline Communications Ltd8£479.4M
WILDANET Ltd23£384.9M
British Telecommunications plc CO53£210.9M
British Telecommunications plc CO31£150.6M
Freedom Fibre Ltd4£86.3M
Cognizant Worldwide Limited1£80.8M
Fibre Assets Ltd (T/A Connect Fibre)2£66.9M
Connexin1£58.6M
Wessex Internet2£52.3M
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory4£42.7M
Gigaclear Limited3£41.4M
Local Government Chemist Group4£38.8M
Wessex Internet Limited1£38.2M
Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd)1£33.4M
WESSEX INTERNET LIMITED1£24.0M

Procurement categories

What Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… buys

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

32410000

32410000
74 awards£4.6bn

32420000

32420000
19 awards£1.4bn

79410000

79410000
10 awards£477.5M

71350000

71350000
19 awards£472.2M

32520000

32520000
5 awards£409.5M

90710000

90710000
11 awards£282.5M

73110000

73110000
45 awards£129.5M

71310000

71310000
8 awards£92.0M

72220000

72220000
9 awards£83.9M

38430000

38430000
2 awards£27.6M

72210000

72210000
4 awards£13.9M

80520000

80520000
7 awards£11.0M

38540000

38540000
1 awards£9.9M

31710000

31710000
5 awards£4.0M

73210000

73210000
4 awards£3.0M

38110000

38110000
3 awards£2.4M

72310000

72310000
17 awards£1.3M

80510000

80510000
4 awards£925K

92310000

92310000
1 awards£720K

79310000

79310000
4 awards£536K

Recent contracts

Latest Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… contracts awarded

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

Prj_6323 - East England digital and technology skills programme

TECH EDUCATORS LTD · 2026-06-08

£1.6M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Cambridgeshire

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£77.0M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme Regional Supplier Contract - Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£3.3M

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract – Leicestershire and Warwickshire

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£76.4M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme Regional Supplier Contract - Nottinghamshire and West Lincolnshire

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£3.3M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Norfolk

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£62.0M

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract – West and East Sussex

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£25.2M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Suffolk

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£118.3M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Beds

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£19.9M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Hampshire

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£71.7M

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract – West and East Sussex

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£25.2M

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract – West and East Sussex

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£25.2M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Kent

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£26.1M

GIS Programme - Regional Supplier Contract - Bucks, Herts and East of Berks

CityFibre Limited · 2026-06-04

£24.4M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Cross-Regional Supplier Framework Call-Off 1

British Telecommunications plc CO1 · 2026-05-13

£154.0M

Cornwall & Isle of Scilly

WILDANET Ltd · 2026-05-12

£40.3M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Cross-Regional Supplier Framework Call-Off 1

British Telecommunications plc CO1 · 2026-05-08

£154.0M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Cross-Regional Supplier Framework Call-Off 1

British Telecommunications plc CO1 · 2026-05-08

£154.0M

Prj_6324 - East Midlands digital and technology skills programme

IN4 Group · 2026-05-08

£1.6M

Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Cross-Regional Supplier Call-Off 3

British Telecommunications plc CO3 · 2026-05-08

£150.6M

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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.

prj_7057 - North East- Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Deadline: 2026-06-23

£1.4M

South West - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Deadline: 2026-06-25

£1.4M

South West - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Deadline: 2026-06-25

£1.1M

Yorkshire & Humber - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Deadline: 2026-06-25

£1.1M

Yorkshire & Humber - Digital and Technology Skills Programme

Deadline: 2026-06-25

£1.4M

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

Deadline: 2026-07-31

£280K

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

Deadline: 2026-09-21

£1.7M

DSIT - COMMS - Media Buying and Planning

£10.0M

Preliminary Market Engagement Opportunity: Space Re-entry Regulatory Sandbox

£417K

Preliminary Market Engagement Opportunity: Space Re-entry Regulatory Sandbox

£417K

eLoran Programme

Techfirst womens Programme

£3.3M

Techfirst womens Programme

£3.3M

GOV Voice

£1

AIRR Expansion AI Cloud Compute

£214.4M

subsea fibre optic cable repair and maintenance services

£7.9M

Cable Landing Station Security Guidance

£93K

Online Harms Faced by Disabled, and Neurodiverse User

£40K

Cable Landing Station Security Guidance

£93K

subsea fibre optic cable repair and maintenance services

£7.9M

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.

SAGE Resilience Exercise

Expires: 2026-06-30

£81K

Cable Landing Station Security Guidance

Expires: 2026-07-06

£92K

Science & Engineering Salary Benchmarking

Expires: 2026-08-17

£27K

Quantum Market Intelligence

Expires: 2026-09-06

£24K

News Aggregator Tool

Expires: 2026-09-30

£14K

Bibliometric data

Expires: 2026-10-09

£41K

British Science Week 2026

Expires: 2026-10-30

£30K

GSE Conference 2026

Expires: 2026-11-16

£91K

Reports on the impact of GNSS Interference in the automotive sector

Expires: 2026-11-27

£45K

Reports on the impact of GNSS Interference in the automotive sector

Expires: 2026-11-27

£47K

UK6 - The Data City

Expires: 2026-12-28

£12K

Business Intelligence Data 2026

Expires: 2026-12-31

£174K

Business Intelligence Data 2026

Expires: 2026-12-31

£174K

AISI Analysis Call-off Contract (Full Service)

Expires: 2027-01-13

£3.0M

Research Professional

Expires: 2027-01-25

£43K

Pharmaceutical Sales Data

Expires: 2027-03-08

£15K

UK5 Company and Investment Data for Policy Development

Expires: 2027-03-09

£52K

UK5 Company and Investment Data for Policy Development

Expires: 2027-03-09

£52K

UK6 Provision of International Company and Investment Data for Policy and Trends Analysis 2026

Expires: 2027-03-31

£67K

UK5 International Company Data

Expires: 2027-03-31

£200K

DSIT & NI Project Barbara PoC

Expires: 2027-03-31

£2.8M

International Company Data

Expires: 2027-03-31

£200K

Journal and E-Publication Access

Expires: 2027-03-31

£65K

UK6 Jobs Data for Industrial Strategy

Expires: 2027-04-06

£14K

In4 Group

Expires: 2027-05-14

£1

Market analysis

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

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

76%

Top-5 supplier share

35d

Avg response window

29d

Median response window

12mo

Avg contract duration

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 284 contracts totalling £8.0bn between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, working with 109 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £31.3M.

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

The largest suppliers to Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… by total award value are British Telecommunications plc, CityFibre Limited, National Physical Laboratory. The top five suppliers together hold 76% of contract value.

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

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec…'s procurement is concentrated in 32410000, 32420000, 79410000, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… tenders?

Department for Science, Innovation & Tec… typically gives suppliers a median of 29 days to respond (average 35 days). Standard contract duration is around 12 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-06-17

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
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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