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TENDERRotherham Borough Council · SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service·Value TBC·Yorkshire
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science… · Local Women Local Enterprise·Value TBC·North East
TENDERSerious Fraud Office · Investigator Training Programme·£150k·London
GRANTInnovate UK · MDI Programme Innovation and Scale-up Hub·£4.0M·National
TENDERManchester City Council · [P-1558] Statutory and Non Statutory Advocacy Service·Value TBC·Manchester
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Northamptonshire Community Foundation·Value TBC·East Midlands
TENDERStockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Children's rights, advocacy and independent visitors·Value TBC·North West (England)
GRANTMinistry of Justice · Reading for Redemption: Comparative Research of the Brazilian Reading…·£15k·England
TENDERHutchison Ports (UK) Ltd · TC01463 Crane Relocation for 4 ZPMC Quay Cranes at the Port of…·Value TBC·UK-wide
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire·Value TBC·North West
TENDERIsle of Wight Council · School Based Nursery Works, Berry Hill Preschool, Broadlea Primary…·Value TBC·Isle of Wight
GRANTInnovate UK · Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2·£1.0M·National
TENDERRotherham Borough Council · SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service·Value TBC·Yorkshire
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science… · Local Women Local Enterprise·Value TBC·North East
GOC

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL

GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL 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: 2023-10-06 to 2026-10-06Updated 2026-10-06

£484K

Total spend

5

Contract awards

5

Unique suppliers

£97K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL has awarded 5 contracts worth £484K to 5 suppliers between 2023-10-06 and 2026-10-06, at an average contract value of £97K, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Pixl8 Group Ltd1£300K
Softcat Plc1£76K
Go Vocal NV1£46K
Shift Insight Ltd1£40K
Haysmacintyre1£22K

Procurement categories

What GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL buys

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

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
1 award£46K

Software package and information systems

48
1 award£300K

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

79
1 award£22K

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
1 award£76K

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
1 award£40K

Recent contracts

Latest GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL contracts awarded

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

Public consultation platform

Go Vocal NV · 2026-09-07

£46K

General Optical Council ITT commercial practices and patient safety

Shift Insight Ltd · 2025-12-22

£40K

MyGOC Supply Contract for Software Development, Support and Hosting ract

Pixl8 Group Ltd · 2024-06-30

£300K

Invitation To Tender: Laptops Purchase

Softcat Plc · 2024-04-28

£76K

General Optical Council External Audit services

Haysmacintyre · 2024-02-28

£22K

Electronic Case Management System (Fitness to Practise)

iTS Computing Ltd · 2023-03-13

£444K

Legal Support Services (Fitness to Practise)

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP · 2022-06-30

Legal Support Services (Fitness to Practise)

Kingsley Napley · 2022-06-30

£611K

GOC Legal Support Services Contract Award Notice

Kingsley Napley LLP · 2019-06-30

£500K

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Most of it is in software & IT systems and business services.

2

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4

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Market analysis

Bidding into GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

67%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 67% of GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL

How much does GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL spend on procurement?

GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL awarded 5 contracts totalling £484K between 2023-10-06 and 2026-10-06, working with 5 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £97K.

Who are GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL by total award value are Pixl8 Group Ltd, Softcat Plc, Go Vocal NV. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.

What does GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL buy from suppliers?

GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL's procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-06

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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