Top suppliers
Top suppliers to NE
Top-five suppliers hold 85% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What NE buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
7390717245Recent contracts
Latest NE contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
RDE 551 - RSHA24-25
AECOM Ltd · 2024-04-07
£43K
Management and Maintenance Fund for Revitalising Redesdale
Northumberland Wildlife Trust Ltd · 2024-02-09
£70K
Lindisfarne NNR Research Lab Accommodation Facility - Beal Station
Compass Developments (NE) Limited · 2024-01-08
£1.1M
Lindisfarne NNR Research Lab Accommodation Facility. RIBA stages 5 -6.
WSP UK Limited · 2024-01-03
£130K
RDE 470 - Development of Predictive soil mapping based on ALC soil profile
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) · 2024-01-01
£100K
The People and Nature Surveys
Kantar Public UK Limited · 2023-12-22
£1.8M
RDE 469 - Developing a System to Describe Land Management for Evaluation
Harper Adams University · 2023-12-09
£45K
Health, Wellbeing, Nature and Sustainability Tool - Digital Resource Development
Panlogic · 2023-12-08
£131K
RDE 359 - Review of agricultural land take to development
RSK ADAS Limited · 2023-12-04
£49K
RDE 354 - Green Infrastructure Framework - Summary Mapping and Analyses
RSK Acoustics · 2023-11-26
£49K
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Market analysis
Bidding into NE — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
47%
Awards to SMEs
85%
Top-5 supplier share
50%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
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Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to NE
How much does NE spend on procurement?
NE awarded 17 contracts totalling £4.3M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 15 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £252K.
Who are NE's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to NE by total award value are Kantar Public UK Limited, Compass Developments (NE) Limited, RSK ADAS Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 85% of contract value.
What does NE buy from suppliers?
NE's procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, 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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