Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The National Archives
Top-five suppliers hold 97% 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.
Subject Classification Work for UK Legislation
Epimorphics Ltd · 2026-08-23
MongoDB Atlas Pro Package
MongoDB Limited · 2026-08-23
Workday Licenses
Workday Limited · 2026-07-30
Accessibility Auditing of New accessible framework for Lawmaker
Caci Limited · 2026-07-27
Talend Cloud Platform Subscriptions
QlikTech UK Limited · 2026-07-26
UK & Overseas Booked Business Travel 2026-2029
CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT (NORTH) LIMITED · 2026-07-12
Meeting Room Equipment
Bechtle Limited · 2026-07-01
Third-party Maintenance Services
CDW Limited · 2026-06-23
Manage Record Compliance
Zaizi Limited · 2026-06-14
Discovery for User Access to TNA Digital Services
Zaizi Limited · 2026-05-31
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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MongoDB Atlas Pro Package
Expires: 2026-09-30
F5 Big IP Virtual Edition Replacement
Expires: 2026-10-20
Website Search for ETNA 2026
Expires: 2026-10-31
Tail Spend Solution
Expires: 2026-11-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscription
Expires: 2026-11-29
Vimeo Events Enterprise Package
Expires: 2026-11-30
Media Services for Revolution 250: The Making of the USA exhibition
Expires: 2026-11-30
Netapp Support
Expires: 2026-11-30
£32K
Manage Record Compliance
Expires: 2026-11-30
SP to TDR Beta Phase
Expires: 2027-01-06
Market analysis
Bidding into The National Archives — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
42%
Awards to SMEs
97%
Top-5 supplier share
50%
Framework call-offs
6
Awards to social enterprises
Around 42% 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 50%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 180 contracts totalling £57.7M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 127 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.3M.
Who are The National Archives's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The National Archives by total award value are THE STATIONERY OFFICE LIMITED, MIRRORWEB LIMITED, AOC ARCHITECTURE LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 97% 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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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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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