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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 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: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£42.3M

Total spend

38

Contract awards

36

Unique suppliers

£1.3M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has awarded 38 contracts worth £42.3M to 36 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £1.3M, with the top five suppliers holding 89% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Top-five suppliers hold 89% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Searcy Tansley & Company Ltd1£26.8M
Jerram Falkus Construction Ltd1£8.5M
CPL One ltd1£984K
Membership Plus (a division of Integrity Print Ltd)1£720K
Lettice Events1£700K
Palette Ltd1£700K
The Clink Events1£700K
Jingo Juice Ltd t/a Marshmallow Laser Feast.1£550K
Edinburgh Genetics Limited2£548K
Prospectus Ltd1£400K
Rise Media Ltd1£250K
DJS Research1£206K
Novogene (UK) Company LTD1£150K
Heavenly Group Ltd1£120K
Shiraaz Ali Design1£105K
ProUmid GmbH & Co. KG1£102K
British Geological Survey1£96K
Carter Jonas1£87K
WeIMPLEMENT Ltd1£85K
1009 Limited1£75K

Procurement categories

What Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew buys

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

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
14 awards£2.2M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
5 awards£896K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
4 awards£28.9M

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
4 awards£445K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
2 awards£83K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
2 awards£109K

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£984K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
1 award£8K

Construction work

45
1 award£8.5M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
1 award£15K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£70K

Education and training services

80
1 award£32K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£38K

Recent contracts

Latest Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew contracts awarded

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

RBGKEW1455 - Catering Services - Kew Gardens

Searcy Tansley & Company Ltd · 2026-08-24

£26.8M

RBGKEW1398 - Fungarium Sequencing Project Phase 2

Edinburgh Genetics Limited · 2025-05-29

£444K

GB-London: RBGKEW1390 - Legacy Proposition Development

The GOOD Agency Group Ltd · 2025-05-20

£40K

GB-London: RBGKEW1342 - Employee Assistance Programme

CNLR HORIZONS Limited · 2025-04-29

£38K

GB-London: RBGKEW1386 - Health Cash Plan

Health Shield Friendly Society · 2025-04-23

£70K

GB-Richmond: RBGKEW1410 - RBG Kew Content Writing

Carolyn Fry - Science Writer and Communications Consultant · 2025-03-30

£50K

GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1394 - Landscape Conservation Management Plan

Sally Prothero Landscape Architecture Ltd · 2025-03-12

£23K

GB-London: RBGKEW13895 - Kew Gardens Summer Programme 2025 Staffing

WeIMPLEMENT Ltd · 2025-03-07

£85K

GB-LONDON: RBGKEW1371 - Fungarium Sequencing Project Phase 1

Edinburgh Genetics Limited · 2025-02-27

£104K

RBGKEW1378 - Market Research Framework

Morris Hargreaves McIntyre · 2025-02-25

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1

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Inviting bids today

11

contracts ending in 12 months

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1

planned procurement

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

10

frameworks running

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2

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Market analysis

Bidding into Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

48%

Awards to SMEs

89%

Top-5 supplier share

27%

Framework call-offs

1

Awards to social enterprises

Around 48% of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 27%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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

How much does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew spend on procurement?

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew awarded 38 contracts totalling £42.3M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 36 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.3M.

Who are Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by total award value are Searcy Tansley & Company Ltd, Jerram Falkus Construction Ltd, CPL One ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 89% of contract value.

What does Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew buy from suppliers?

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, research and development services and related consultancy services, hotel, restaurant and retail trade 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 2026-11-08

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

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  • · Contracts Finder
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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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