Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Dounreay
Top-five suppliers hold 83% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Dounreay buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Dounreay contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
DFR Walkways Access Scaffolding
Caithness Scaffolding Contractors Ltd · 2025-06-02
£188K
Procurement of a Waste Assay System
Mirion Technologies (Canberra UK) Ltd · 2025-05-07
£415K
NDA 7 Spares
A.N. Technology Ltd · 2025-03-31
£68K
Prototype Fast Reactor Roof Coating Materials
Blargoans Ltd · 2025-03-06
£43K
Beamex High & Low Pressure Monitors
Rexel UK Ltd · 2025-02-27
£54K
Purchase of Nissan Townstar
Blargoans Ltd · 2025-02-10
£28K
IPM9 Rebuild Kit
Ludlum Systems Ltd · 2025-01-30
£68K
DN026 Upgrades Detailed Design
Mott MacDonald Ltd · 2024-09-25
£78K
Purchase of Ford Transit Dropside
Blargoans Ltd · 2024-02-14
£38K
Steam Generator Building West Wall Facade Replacement Design
Jacobs U.K. Limited · 2024-02-12
£80K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Dounreay — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
50%
Awards to SMEs
83%
Top-5 supplier share
23%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 50% of Dounreay’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 23%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 Dounreay
How much does Dounreay spend on procurement?
Dounreay awarded 12 contracts totalling £1.3M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 9 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £106K.
Who are Dounreay's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Dounreay by total award value are Mirion Technologies (Canberra UK) Ltd, Jacobs U.K. Limited, Caithness Scaffolding Contractors Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 83% of contract value.
What does Dounreay buy from suppliers?
Dounreay's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus), laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17
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
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