Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The National Archives
Top-five suppliers hold 78% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What The National Archives buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest The National Archives contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Red Hat Licences 2026-2027
Bechtle Limited · 2026-11-03
£19K
Contingent Labour - Senior Interaction designer
Zebra People Limited · 2026-10-05
£35K
Content Strategist - Contingent Labour
Zebra People Limited · 2026-10-01
£60K
Keepit Licences
PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED · 2026-09-20
£11K
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Maturity Assessment
NCC Group Security Services Limited · 2026-09-06
£28K
Legal Document Toolkit Development
VENTUREBRIGHT LTD · 2026-08-27
£1.7M
Subject Classification Work for UK Legislation
Epimorphics Ltd · 2026-08-23
£229K
MongoDB Atlas Pro Package
MongoDB Limited · 2026-08-23
£22K
Specops Licences
OUTPOST24 UK LIMITED · 2026-08-16
£20K
Smart Test Gold Subscription
Kainos WorkSmart Limited · 2026-08-02
£88K
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Market analysis
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Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
47%
Awards to SMEs
78%
Top-5 supplier share
46%
Framework call-offs
6
Awards to social enterprises
Around 47% of The National Archives’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 6 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 46%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 The National Archives
How much does The National Archives spend on procurement?
The National Archives awarded 263 contracts totalling £141.1M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 192 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £541K.
Who are The National Archives's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The National Archives by total award value are THE STATIONERY OFFICE LIMITED, The Stationery Office, Compass Minerals Storage and Archives Ltd. Trading as Deepstore. The top five suppliers together hold 78% of contract value.
What does The National Archives buy from suppliers?
The National Archives's procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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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.
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