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GRANTMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local… · Common Ground Award 2026-2027·£250k·England
TENDERScottish Parliamentary Corporate Body · Auditor for Audit Scotland·Value TBC·Scotland
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDERLeicestershire County Council · Bespoke Bus Shelter- Melton Mowbray·£25k·Leicester
GRANTInnovate UK, part of UK Research and… · Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3·£4.0M·National
TENDERStirling Council · EV Infrastructure Back Office·£315k·Scotland
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · START - West of England·Value TBC·South West
TENDEROffice of Rail and Road · ​​Independent review of ORR's approach to cost assessment and…·£100k·London
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UHO

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

UK Hydrographic Office

UK Hydrographic Office 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£422.2M

Total spend

56

Contract awards

49

Unique suppliers

£22.2M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, UK Hydrographic Office has awarded 56 contracts worth £422.2M to 49 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £22.2M, with the top five suppliers holding 99% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to UK Hydrographic Office

Top-five suppliers hold 99% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
NORBIT Subsea AS1£400.0M
United Kingdom Security Vetting1£13.3M
Media Zoo Limited1£3.5M
Packaged Sounds Group LTD1£1.6M
Adetiq Limited1£788K
Somerset Council1£727K
ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED1£700K
Kpler Holding SA1£600K
Hobbs the Printer1£400K
Global Voices Ltd1£225K
Blorenge House1£164K
BSI Assurance UK Limited1£131K
Water2Business1£49K
Imarest1£37K
SevenCs GmbH1£31K
Lloyd's Register Voyage AS1£30K
PreEmptive Solutions, LLC1£22K
Portolan Sciences LLC1£18K
BlueMap Company LTD1£17K

Procurement categories

What UK Hydrographic Office buys

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

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
19 awards£1.5M

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

79
11 awards£4.2M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
7 awards£1.6M

Software package and information systems

48
5 awards£700K

Other community, social and personal services

98
1 award£727K

Construction work

45
1 award£164K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
1 award£400.0M

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
1 award£0

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
1 award£0

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£0

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
1 award£0

Repair and maintenance services

50
1 award£0

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£18K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£49K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
1 award£0

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£0

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
1 award£0

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£13.3M

Recent contracts

Latest UK Hydrographic Office contracts awarded

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

End User Computing Hardware

CDW Limited · 2026-05-31

Security Operations Services

ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS LIMITED · 2026-04-12

Shore Based Navigation Research for the UKHO

Thetius · 2026-04-07

Developer Secure Coding Platform

Boxxe Limited · 2026-03-25

HR Payroll System

MHR International UK Limited · 2025-11-10

UKHO Meeting Room Tech Refresh

Cinos Limited · 2025-10-06

Adobe Enterprise Agreement

ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED · 2025-10-01

£700K

4500064508

Phoenix Software Ltd · 2025-09-26

PSN Hardware 2025

CDW Limited · 2025-09-11

UKHO Bullwall Ransomware

COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED · 2025-08-27

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Storage, fulfilment and worldwide freighting

Deadline: 2026-09-30

£3.0M

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, UK Hydrographic Office typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

Supply of CD and DVD Duplication and Fulfilment Services Contract

Expires: 2026-09-25

£1.6M

ISO Certification Services

Expires: 2026-09-30

£131K

UKHO - Password Manager Pro - 2023-26

Expires: 2026-10-20

£15K

Bathy Data Hosted Service

Expires: 2026-12-31

£253K

ESRI Enterprise Agreement

Expires: 2026-12-31

Veeam Backup and Replicate 2024-27

Expires: 2027-02-14

UKHO Dotfuscator Support 2024-27

Expires: 2027-02-28

£22K

UKHO Citrix Support 2024 - 2027

Expires: 2027-03-31

Security Operations Services

Expires: 2027-04-12

Next Generation Sailing Directions Data Migration

Expires: 2027-04-13

£788K

Market analysis

Bidding into UK Hydrographic Office — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

28%

Awards to SMEs

99%

Top-5 supplier share

47%

Framework call-offs

16

Awards to social enterprises

Around 28% of UK Hydrographic Office’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 16 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 47%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 UK Hydrographic Office

How much does UK Hydrographic Office spend on procurement?

UK Hydrographic Office awarded 56 contracts totalling £422.2M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 49 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £22.2M.

Who are UK Hydrographic Office's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to UK Hydrographic Office by total award value are NORBIT Subsea AS, United Kingdom Security Vetting, Media Zoo Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 99% of contract value.

What does UK Hydrographic Office buy from suppliers?

UK Hydrographic Office's procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for UK Hydrographic Office contracts?

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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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · 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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