Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The Planning Inspectorate
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What The Planning Inspectorate buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
4879729830Recent contracts
Latest The Planning Inspectorate contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Technology and associated services
XMA LIMITED · 2026-05-14
£10.0M
Welsh Translation Services
Trosol Cyfyngedig · 2026-03-16
£130K
Horizon SSL Certificates x 6
Safenames Limited · 2025-10-08
£12K
CRM Software Subscriptions, User Support and Technical Services
Route 101 Limited · 2025-07-14
£200K
Horizon Scanning Tool
SHAPING TOMORROW LIMITED · 2025-06-26
£14K
Planning Resource, DCP Online & COMPASS Subscription
HAYMARKET MEDIA GROUP LTD · 2025-02-12
£80K
Digital & Data Partner
Solirius Ltd · 2025-01-10
£60.0M
Management Consultancy
Newton Consulting Limited · 2024-12-23
£10.0M
GIS Software Solution
ASTUN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · 2024-12-18
£66K
Intranet Hosting and Support
AGENTO DIGITAL LTD · 2024-09-24
£57K
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Market analysis
Bidding into The Planning Inspectorate — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
63%
Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
76%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 63% of The Planning Inspectorate’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 76%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 Planning Inspectorate
How much does The Planning Inspectorate spend on procurement?
The Planning Inspectorate awarded 12 contracts totalling £80.6M between 2023-10-18 and 2026-10-18, working with 12 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £6.7M.
Who are The Planning Inspectorate's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The Planning Inspectorate by total award value are Solirius Ltd, XMA LIMITED, Newton Consulting Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does The Planning Inspectorate buy from suppliers?
The Planning Inspectorate's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-18
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
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