Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Intellectual Property Office
Top-five suppliers hold 52% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Intellectual Property Office buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
48727944807122327530509890427385665534653964Recent contracts
Latest Intellectual Property Office contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Provision of IT Penetration Testing (NCSC CHECK)
Salus Digital Security Limited · 2026-08-09
Two Way Radio and Maintenance
CSE Crosscom Ltd · 2026-07-05
Provision of Permanent Recruitment Agencies - Harvey Nash
Harvey Nash Limited · 2026-06-28
£100K
Provision of Permanent Recruitment Agencies - Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd · 2026-06-28
£100K
Burp Suite
Bechtle Direct Ltd · 2026-06-23
Provision of Permanent Recruitment Agencies - HR String Ltd
HR String Limited · 2026-06-23
£100K
Plural Sight
Bytes Software Services Ltd · 2026-06-14
Provision of Success Profiles & Telephony Workshops
Tracy Mountain · 2026-06-14
E Learning Security Awareness Training & Phishing Tool (MetaCompliance)
Softcat PLC · 2026-06-07
Provision of UX Forms (software)
Equal Experts UK Limited · 2026-05-28
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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NetApp SAN and Fibre Channel Switches replacement
Expires: 2026-09-18
Provision of UserZoom
Expires: 2026-10-01
OCI & Physical Goods Trackers
Expires: 2026-10-12
Nessus Software License
Expires: 2026-11-01
BrowserStack
Expires: 2026-11-21
Ivanti Patchlink
Expires: 2026-11-30
Springer Journals Collection (24 -26)
Expires: 2026-12-31
£66K
Inspec Site Licence
Expires: 2026-12-31
£50K
Performance & Talent Management Software Solution
Expires: 2026-12-31
Patent Sight License
Expires: 2026-12-31
£71K
Market analysis
Bidding into Intellectual Property Office — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
30%
Awards to SMEs
52%
Top-5 supplier share
48%
Framework call-offs
1
Awards to social enterprises
Around 30% of Intellectual Property Office’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 48%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 Intellectual Property Office
How much does Intellectual Property Office spend on procurement?
Intellectual Property Office awarded 169 contracts totalling £4.0M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 110 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £65K.
Who are Intellectual Property Office's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Intellectual Property Office by total award value are American Chemical Society, Rouse & Co International (Overseas) Limited, Crown Hosting Data Centres. The top five suppliers together hold 52% of contract value.
What does Intellectual Property Office buy from suppliers?
Intellectual Property Office's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, 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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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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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