Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Ofqual
Top-five suppliers hold 99% 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.
Public Enquiries Call Handling Service
Foundever Operating Corporation Limited · 2026-05-15
£73K
Software Licences
SoftwareOne UK Ltd · 2026-05-15
£318K
GovForms platform
Govforms Limited · 2026-05-13
£100K
eTendering and Contract Lifecycle solution
Cimple Limited · 2026-05-13
£21K
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 Wales · 2024-06-27
£13.0M
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
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Awards to SMEs
99%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 50% of Ofqual’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Ofqual
How much does Ofqual spend on procurement?
Ofqual awarded 11 contracts totalling £27.2M between 2023-10-16 and 2026-10-16, working with 10 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.5M.
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 Wales, The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and, SoftwareOne UK Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 99% 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 2026-10-16
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.