Top suppliers
Top suppliers to DSIT
Top-five suppliers hold 55% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What DSIT buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest DSIT contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
PS26160 - UKSAC26_0049 Global Partnerships Monitoring and Evaluation
London Economics Limited · 2026-10-31
£72K
Project SKYLARK Legal Advice
HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER INTERNATIONAL LLP · 2026-10-29
£15K
PS26185 Research Security Learning Landscape and Capability Development: Market Assessment and Strategic Research
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · 2026-10-21
£111K
PS26187 - Research Security Due Diligence and Risk Assessment Tools: Strategic Market and User Research
Economic Research Services Limited · 2026-10-21
£140K
PS26217 - Technical Support for International Implementation of DSIT Standards
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd · 2026-10-13
£91K
DSIT - WPT - Transition to Cabinet Office
Avella Security Limited · 2026-10-13
£60K
Autonomous Penetration Testing Tool
Softcat Plc · 2026-10-11
£109K
PS26238 - Connected Products Market Analysis Research
FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITED · 2026-10-07
£200K
DDaT26409 - Threat Intelligence Tooling
BROOKCOURT SOLUTIONS LIMITED · 2026-10-05
£1.7M
UKSAC26_0053 Eutelsat-OneWeb Legal Advice
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP · 2026-10-05
£250K
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Most of it is in IT services, R&D and software & IT systems.
75
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1
planned procurement
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5
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Market analysis
Bidding into DSIT — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
36%
Awards to SMEs
55%
Top-5 supplier share
86%
Framework call-offs
5
Awards to social enterprises
Around 36% of DSIT’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 5 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 86%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 DSIT
How much does DSIT spend on procurement?
DSIT awarded 347 contracts totalling £388.6M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 251 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.
Who are DSIT's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to DSIT by total award value are COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE LIMITED, Adyen N.V., Made Tech Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 55% of contract value.
What does DSIT buy from suppliers?
DSIT's procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is DSIT's largest spend area.
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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.
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