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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Office for National Statistics

Office for National Statistics 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: 2023-07-31 to 2026-07-31Updated 2026-07-31

£509.6M

Total spend

350

Contract awards

268

Unique suppliers

£1.5M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Office for National Statistics has awarded 350 contracts worth £509.6M to 268 suppliers between 2023-07-31 and 2026-07-31, at an average contract value of £1.5M, with the top five suppliers holding 47% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Office for National Statistics

Top-five suppliers hold 47% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Verian Group Ltd (was Kantar Public UK Limited)2£81.4M
Kantar Public UK Limited1£47.0M
Qodea Technology Limited4£42.6M
ACTIAN EUROPE LIMITED3£37.2M
NatCen Social Research2£31.1M
Deloitte LLP3£21.0M
Pluxee UK Ltd1£18.0M
Pluxee UK Limited1£18.0M
GOOGLE CLOUD EMEA Limited1£18.0M
ANDigital Limited2£16.0M
ANDigital2£16.0M
Boxxe Limited2£14.4M
SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED1£9.8M
Cloud Technology Solutions Ltd (CTS) now Qodea Limited1£9.0M
Randstad Solutions Limited2£9.0M
CGI IT UK LTD1£8.4M
WAVEMAKER LIMITED2£8.0M
Cloud Technology Solutions Ltd (CTS)2£6.5M
Corporate Travel Management North Ltd (CTM)1£6.0M
Nottingham University1£5.0M

Procurement categories

What Office for National Statistics buys

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

Market research services

79310000
23 awards£205.7M

Software-related services

72260000
61 awards£105.7M

Systems and technical consultancy services

72220000
31 awards£58.9M

Business and management consultancy services

79410000
12 awards£21.6M

Networking software package

48210000
40 awards£19.9M

Provider services

72410000
9 awards£19.0M

Programming services of packaged software products

72210000
4 awards£9.1M

Advertising and marketing services

79340000
6 awards£8.7M

Vocational training services

80530000
4 awards£7.3M

Data-processing services

72310000
27 awards£6.8M

Travel agency and similar services

63510000
1 award£6.0M

Office furniture

39130000
3 awards£4.5M

Various office equipment and supplies

30190000
4 awards£4.4M

Courier services

64120000
4 awards£3.2M

Hotel meeting and conference services

55120000
1 award£2.6M

Research services

73110000
14 awards£2.4M

Data-processing machines (hardware)

30210000
7 awards£2.1M

Scheduling and productivity software package

48330000
1 award£2.0M

Wire products

44310000
3 awards£1.9M

Communication software package

48510000
3 awards£1.8M

Recent contracts

Latest Office for National Statistics contracts awarded

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

Provision of UK Shipping Data

Veson Nautical LLC · 2026-07-20

£396K

Provision of Data on Commercial Shipping Services

THE CHAMBER OF SHIPPING LIMITED · 2026-06-30

£90K

Provision of Business Support

Deloitte LLP · 2026-06-08

£12.0M

Contact Centre Services for 2027 Census Test

SERCO LIMITED · 2026-06-04

£413K

Contact Centre Services for 2027 Census Test

SERCO LIMITED · 2026-05-20

£413K

Provision of Media and Creative Services for ONS

WAVEMAKER LIMITED · 2026-05-19

£4.0M

IBM Deployment Accelerator (IDA)

IBM LIMITED · 2026-05-13

£21K

IBM Deployment Accelerator

IBM LIMITED · 2026-05-13

£21K

Provision of Media and Creative Services for ONS

WAVEMAKER LIMITED · 2026-05-01

£4.0M

Provision of the Supply, Delivery and Installation of Furniture and Associated Services

Gresham Office Furniture Ltd · 2026-04-27

£800K

Kodak Scanner Maintenance and Support Renewal

Bytes Software Services Limites · 2026-04-21

£12K

HSM Enhanced Maintenance Service Renewal

BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-04-16

£62K

Provision of Property Professional Services to ONS

ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED · 2026-04-16

£1.0M

HCL IBM Notes Domino License Renewal

Bechtle Limited · 2026-04-13

£18K

SAS 9 and Viya 4 Software Licensing

SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED · 2026-04-08

£9.8M

Redhat Linux Support 2026

Bechtle Limited · 2026-04-07

£94K

Informatica Support/Maintenance Renewal 2026

CDW LIMITED · 2026-04-07

£55K

GitGuardian GIM/GPM Renewal

Bechtle Limted · 2026-04-07

£96K

Enterprise DB PostgreSQL - Licensing and Support

Bechtle Limited · 2026-04-02

£24K

Talend Data Management Platform 12 Month Renewal 2026/27

Specialist Computer Centres Plc · 2026-04-02

£320K

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Open opportunities

Open Office for National Statistics tenders

Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.

Enterprise Immune System

£2.1M

Methodological and Research Services

Provision of Development and Delivery of Feasibility Test for Online Collection of Crime Statistics

Provision of Household Expenditure Data

£260K

Darktrace - Enterprise Immune System Support

£2.0M

NOMIS - official census and labour market statistics

£2.9M

Provision of a Cloud Contact Centre for ONS

£2.2M

Ingres and OpenRoad Software and Support Renewal

£4.5M

Provision of social research evaluation services to ONS

£2.7M

IDP GCP Cloud Hosting

£2.5M

Provision of ONS Field Interviewers

£8.0M

SAS Managed Support Service

£2.1M

Google Cloud Platform Services Call-Off Contract

£15.0M

Software Engineering Services Partner

£6.0M

Digital Capability Services Partner Contract

£6.0M

Outgoing Mail

£4.8M

Property & Price Rental Data Renewal

£40K

Provision of service for the Digitisation of historic census statistical publications

Provision of Services for Digitisation of Historic Census Statistical Publications

Provision of Services Relating to Security Education Awareness Training

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, Office for National Statistics typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

Provision of Charity Account Data for the NPISH Sector

Expires: 2026-07-31

£17K

Provision of Geographical Analysis Airline Data

Expires: 2026-07-31

£83K

Provision of Assurance and Improvement review - Survey Function

Expires: 2026-08-22

£100K

Reprographics SaaS

Expires: 2026-08-25

£50K

Figma Renewal 2025

Expires: 2026-09-04

£20K

Slack Renewal 2025

Expires: 2026-09-14

£143K

Nvivo 15

Expires: 2026-09-17

£10K

Cisco Hardware Technology Refresh

Expires: 2026-09-30

£879K

Web Performance and Security Services

Expires: 2026-10-16

£348K

eLearning Content Licencing

Expires: 2026-10-19

£52K

3DMark, PC Mark, Test Driver and Procyon Licenses

Expires: 2026-10-27

£10K

PatchMyPC 25

Expires: 2026-11-10

£20K

Provision of Group Structure and Financial Data

Expires: 2026-11-14

£796K

11 x ObserveIT Licenses

Expires: 2026-11-29

£24K

Stata/MP4 16 Unlimited Site License Renewal for SRS

Expires: 2026-12-07

£31K

Centrify Premium Support Renewal

Expires: 2026-12-19

£48K

Nessus Tenable One Standard Renewal

Expires: 2026-12-25

£241K

Toad For Oracle Base Edition Maintenance Renewal

Expires: 2026-12-30

£44K

Business Glossary - PoolParty Solution provided by Semantic Web

Expires: 2027-01-29

£58K

Office Facility Booking System

Expires: 2027-01-30

£33K

Mergers & Acquisitions Database

Expires: 2027-01-30

£125K

Provision of Library Software

Expires: 2027-01-31

£36K

Provision of Office Stationery

Expires: 2027-02-01

£500K

Provision of Event Marketing Agency

Expires: 2027-02-05

£95K

Oncrawl renewal 24/25 - AWARD

Expires: 2027-02-07

£52K

Provision of Asset Disposal Services

Expires: 2027-02-18

£144K

Mobile Voice and Data (BAU & FFS)

Expires: 2027-02-27

£159K

Gov Delivery Communications Cloud

Expires: 2027-02-28

£42K

Atlassian Software Licencing (Jira & Confluence)

Expires: 2027-03-09

£371K

Provision of Jampf Pro and Support

Expires: 2027-03-13

£76K

Stata License for the Office

Expires: 2027-03-25

£23K

Talend Data Management Platform 12 Month Renewal 2026/27

Expires: 2027-03-29

£320K

Kodak Scanner Maintenance and Support Renewal

Expires: 2027-03-29

£12K

Matchcode Licence Renewal

Expires: 2027-03-29

£123K

GitGuardian GIM/GPM Renewal

Expires: 2027-03-29

£96K

Veeam Renewal - AWARD

Expires: 2027-03-30

£393K

Enterprise DB PostgreSQL - Licensing and Support

Expires: 2027-03-30

£24K

HCL IBM Notes Domino License Renewal

Expires: 2027-03-30

£18K

Provision of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) 2024 - 2027

Expires: 2027-03-31

£17.6M

SRS RAS Development and Hosting and SRS MetaData Catalogue & ADR Renewal

Expires: 2027-03-31

£524K

Provision of Corporate Vehicle Hire

Expires: 2027-03-31

£560K

Provision of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) 2024 - 2027

Expires: 2027-03-31

£13.5M

In-Tend E-Procurement Portal

Expires: 2027-03-31

£10K

Redhat Linux Support 2026

Expires: 2027-03-31

£94K

Data- Real-time Indicators & Supply Chains

Expires: 2027-03-31

£121K

Provision of Uniform for Workers on the International Passenger Survey

Expires: 2027-03-31

£82K

Hosting and Support for ONS Statistics User Forum site

Expires: 2027-04-01

£131K

Informatica Support/Maintenance Renewal 2026

Expires: 2027-04-07

£55K

Provision of an accreditation and resources on menopause and periods at work

Expires: 2027-04-13

£11K

IBM Deployment Accelerator

Expires: 2027-04-30

£21K

Market analysis

Bidding into Office for National Statistics — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

47%

Top-5 supplier share

133d

Avg response window

20d

Median response window

22mo

Avg contract duration

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Office for National Statistics

How much does Office for National Statistics spend on procurement?

Office for National Statistics awarded 350 contracts totalling £509.6M between 2023-07-31 and 2026-07-31, working with 268 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.5M.

Who are Office for National Statistics's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Office for National Statistics by total award value are Verian Group Ltd (was Kantar Public UK Limited), Kantar Public UK Limited, Qodea Technology Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 47% of contract value.

What does Office for National Statistics buy from suppliers?

Office for National Statistics's procurement is concentrated in market research services, software-related services, systems and technical consultancy services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Office for National Statistics contracts?

Office for National Statistics publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for Office for National Statistics tenders?

Office for National Statistics typically gives suppliers a median of 20 days to respond (average 133 days). Standard contract duration is around 22 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-07-31

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
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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