Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Ofqual
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Ofqual buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
487980Recent contracts
Latest Ofqual contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Provision of legal services
Gowling WLG (UK) LLP · 2024-07-15
£282K
Delivery of National Reference Tests from 2025
The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and · 2024-06-27
£13.0M
Media monitoring including social media
Cision Group Ltd · 2024-03-19
£48K
Interim Software Development Services
Cgi It Uk · 2024-02-08
£110K
HR Staff Management System
Access Uk Limited · 2024-02-01
£112K
Financial Management System
Access Uk Limited · 2024-01-02
£107K
On-screen Exams Research Study
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD · 2023-08-20
£277K
Public enquiries call handling contingency service
Foundever Operating Corporation Limited · 2023-07-12
£33K
Mobile Voice and Data Services
Vodafone Limited · 2022-12-16
£24K
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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Financial Management System
Expires: 2027-03-31
£107K
HR Staff Management System
Expires: 2027-07-30
£112K
Market analysis
Bidding into Ofqual — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
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Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
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Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Ofqual
How much does Ofqual spend on procurement?
Ofqual awarded 6 contracts totalling £13.7M between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 5 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.3M.
Who are Ofqual's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Ofqual by total award value are The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP, Access Uk Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does Ofqual buy from suppliers?
Ofqual's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, education and training 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 2026-09-01
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
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.