Top suppliers
Top suppliers to UK Research and Innovation
Top-five suppliers hold 19% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.
Procurement categories
What UK Research and Innovation buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest UK Research and Innovation contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
ITT for Project 83018096
PERCEPTIVE CHANGE LIMITED · 2026-12-02
£8K
CSP26971 - UKARFF ECR event
Vivensa Foundation · 2026-11-05
£11K
CSP27008 - itanium Target Frame Assemblies
EGKenn Vacuum Technology SP. Z O. O. · 2026-11-05
£36K
CSP26941 - SuperMuSR magnet frames
TRIPLES APPAREL LIMITED · 2026-11-04
£35K
CSP26997-replace Obsolete drives
Quantum Controls Ltd · 2026-11-04
£12K
CSP26960 - Radiation detectors
CapeSym Inc · 2026-11-04
CSP26998 - PHYTRON GEARED VACUUM STEPPER
McLennan Servo Supplies Ltd · 2026-11-04
£12K
CSP26982 - Portland Press Subscribe to Open Fees 2027 -29
JISC SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-11-04
£20K
CSP26985 - Press Read and Publish 2027
Cambridge University Press · 2026-11-03
£14K
CSP26953 - employee engagement portal
Culture Amp Ltd · 2026-11-03
£18K
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Most of it is in business services, software & IT systems and repair & maintenance.
1,170
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15
planned procurements
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22
frameworks running
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3
tender packs read
What it asks bidders for: insurance, certificates, scoring
Market analysis
Bidding into UK Research and Innovation — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
77%
Awards to SMEs
19%
Top-5 supplier share
60%
Framework call-offs
14
Awards to social enterprises
Around 77% of UK Research and Innovation’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 14 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 60%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 Research and Innovation
How much does UK Research and Innovation spend on procurement?
UK Research and Innovation awarded 6,488 contracts totalling £443.5M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 2,232 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £72K.
Who are UK Research and Innovation's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to UK Research and Innovation by total award value are EDF Energy, NSG Environmental Ltd, LENOVO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 19% of contract value.
What does UK Research and Innovation buy from suppliers?
UK Research and Innovation's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
How UK central-government departments evaluate suppliers at the pre-qualification stage.
GUIDE
Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is UK Research and Innovation's largest spend area.
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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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