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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) 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: 2023-07-31 to 2026-07-31Updated 2026-07-31

£295.7M

Total spend

953

Contract awards

586

Unique suppliers

£314K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has awarded 953 contracts worth £295.7M to 586 suppliers between 2023-07-31 and 2026-07-31, at an average contract value of £314K, with the top five suppliers holding 19% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Top-five suppliers hold 19% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
CPC Project Services Limited1£16.0M
Fugro UK Limited1£12.9M
Calber Facilities Management Ltd2£10.4M
Insight Direct (UK) Ltd2£8.5M
Zurich Instruments AG2£7.5M
Stanley Services Ltd9£7.2M
IBM United Kingdom Limited,3£6.1M
Tecniplast UK Ltd7£4.8M
JEMA Energy2£4.6M
Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE)3£3.9M
Calder Industrial Materials Ltd2£3.9M
Crown Oil Ltd2£3.7M
Kimpton Ltd2£3.7M
Veran Performance Ltd2£3.7M
Scintacor Limited2£3.5M
Gooch and Housego Ohio3£3.3M
The Manufacturers' Information Hub (UK)3£3.3M
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE1£3.3M
Activ-Air Automation Ltd3£3.2M
Amalgamated Construction Ltd11£3.0M

Procurement categories

What UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) buys

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

Systems and technical consultancy services

72220000
27 awards£24.2M

Engineering-related scientific and technical services

71350000
15 awards£15.0M

Petroleum and distillates

09130000
15 awards£13.7M

Cleaning services

90910000
4 awards£12.4M

Software-related services

72260000
38 awards£11.4M

Research services

73110000
32 awards£10.5M

Detection and analysis apparatus

38430000
62 awards£9.7M

Support services for water transport

63720000
9 awards£9.2M

Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

38540000
7 awards£8.0M

Network equipment

32420000
2 awards£7.3M

Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services

79950000
10 awards£7.2M

Business and management consultancy services

79410000
17 awards£7.2M

Electronic equipment

31710000
32 awards£7.0M

Generators

31120000
7 awards£6.9M

Consultative engineering and construction services

71310000
24 awards£6.2M

Astronomical and optical instruments

38630000
37 awards£5.1M

Pumps and compressors

42120000
11 awards£4.6M

Specialist training services

80510000
14 awards£4.2M

Roof works and other special trade construction works

45260000
14 awards£4.1M

Research, testing and scientific technical simulator

38970000
5 awards£4.1M

Recent contracts

Latest UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) contracts awarded

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

UKRI-5671-Evaluation Materials Innovation Programme

Technopolis · 2026-07-30

£546K

UKRI-5495 TechFirst: Payment Function

QA LIMITED · 2026-07-29

£1.9M

UKRI-6253 Design, Supply & Install LED Sign

Model Signage Ltd · 2026-07-29

£69K

UKRI-6248-Edinburgh TV Festival

Edinburgh TV Festival Council · 2026-07-29

£42K

UKRI-6243 High Resolution Modelling Framework Services

National Oceanography Centre · 2026-07-28

£204K

UKRI-6116 ETC (S Block) Building - Roof Remediation Design

Bowker Sadler Partnership Ltd T/A Bowker Sadler Architecture · 2026-07-28

£30K

UKRI-6109 1894 Building Strip Out and Fabric Enabling Works 1

Navigate Scaffolding Ltd · 2026-07-28

£1.2M

UKRI-6160 High-speed camera for cryoelectron microscopy

Ametek (GB) Ltd · 2026-07-28

£50K

UKRI-6240 Te-Care Service contract for Tecan Evo Robots

Tecan UK Ltd · 2026-07-24

£81K

UKRI-6187 Vertiv Busbar Parts

SSE COMMERCIAL LTD · 2026-07-23

£84K

UKRI-6250 Service Contract for a Multiphoton Microscope

Thorlabs Ltd · 2026-07-23

£38K

UKRI-6113 METIS Temporary Cleanroom

Guardtech Cleanrooms Ltd · 2026-07-23

£230K

BAS - Gateaway agent for Montevideo in Uruguay

TABARIN LOGISTICS LTD · 2026-07-22

£400K

UKRI-6241 Civil ground works for emergency HV cable repair

DH Building Services Oxford Ltd · 2026-07-21

£24K

BAS - SDA - 17.4m Piston Corer

OSIL LTD · 2026-07-21

£77K

BAS - CAPS Spectrometer Repair and upgrade

Cura Terrae Air Ltd · 2026-07-21

£100K

UKRI-5332 - Research and related services for Innovate UK provided by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)

University of Warwick · 2026-07-20

£300K

UKRI-6225 Objective lenses for single atom trapping

Kingsview Optical Ltd · 2026-07-16

£60K

UKRI-6221 Supply of Magnetic Bearing G5 Controller

SKF Magnetic Bearings · 2026-07-16

£25K

UKRI-6127 - Support, maintenance and development of the EODH platform

SparkGeo UK Ltd · 2026-07-15

£330K

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UKRI-6004 Genotyping Services

Deadline: 2026-08-03

£1.5M

UKRI-6027 STFC Lifts - Maintenance, Reactive, Remedial and Project works.

Deadline: 2026-08-28

£590K

MRC LMS Electrification of Gas-Fired Humidifier

Deadline: 2026-09-04

£350K

UKRI-5492 - Future Leaders Fellowships Development Network Supplier Contract 3

Deadline: 2026-09-07

£6.3M

UKRI-6001 Automated Washer System

Deadline: 2026-09-11

£1.9M

UKRI 5511

£312K

UKRI-5605 UKRI-MRC Actuarial Services

£250K

UKRI-5495: CyberFirst/TechFirst undergraduate scholarship, and Spärck AI scholarship programme: Payment Function

£1.7M

UKRI-5495: CyberFirst/TechFirst undergraduate scholarship, and Spärck AI scholarship programme: Payment Function

£2.4M

Catering and User Over-Night Accommodation Services

£25.0M

UKRI-5000 Construction Minor works

£10.0M

UKRI-5351 Large Vacuum chamber for Vulcan 20-20 Target Area-1

£1.5M

UKRI-5400 Pilz Safety Equipment Call-off contract

£350K

UKRI-5353 LISA 2 ISO 6 Cleanroom Facility

£600K

UKRI-4940 Commercial Waste Collection & Recycling

£1.3M

UKRI-4946 - Provision of Commercial Cleaning Services

£9.1M

UKRI-5168 Provision of Steel Chevrons

£330K

UKRI-5720 Magnetic Bearing Drive systems for ISIS Neutron Disc Choppers

UKRI-6068 Vulcan 20-20 Amplifier Disc

UKRI-5100 MRC Harwell - Automated Bottle Processing System

£300K

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

UKRI 5855 - NREs for CX65 Manufacturing

Expires: 2026-07-31

£466K

UKRI-5701 The manufacture of the YMIRION sensor in the CIS Tower Semiconduct

Expires: 2026-07-31

£241K

UKRI-5816 Proof of Concept to support the Industrialising and Digitising Construction Challenge

Expires: 2026-07-31

£1.1M

UKRI-5701 The manufacture of the YMIRION sensor in the CIS Tower Semiconduct

Expires: 2026-07-31

£241K

UKRI 5855 - NREs for CX65 Manufacturing

Expires: 2026-07-31

£466K

UKRI-5816 Proof of Concept o support the Industrialising and Digitising Construction Challenge

Expires: 2026-07-31

£1.1M

UKRI-5728 - UKRI DRI Programme

Expires: 2026-08-04

£278K

UKRI-5728 - UKRI DRI Programme

Expires: 2026-08-04

£278K

UKRI-5962-Big if True Science Accelerator training

Expires: 2026-08-14

£116K

UKRI-5962-Big if True Science Accelerator training

Expires: 2026-08-14

£116K

UKRI-5863 Trial Floor Section – Supply & Install

Expires: 2026-08-31

£276K

UKRI-6063 Greenland Helicopter Charter

Expires: 2026-08-31

£185K

UKRI-5780 Transportation of Personnel and Equipment

Expires: 2026-08-31

£164K

UKRI-5863 Trial Floor Section – Supply & Install

Expires: 2026-08-31

£276K

UKRI-6063 Greenland Helicopter Charter

Expires: 2026-08-31

£185K

UKRI-5011 Subscription software licenses, maintenance and support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£627K

UKRI-5276 Provision of Lead for Fixed Ballast, RRS Sir David Attenborough

Expires: 2026-09-30

£1.9M

UKRI-5209 IUK ScaleX High Growth Index Subscription and Maintenance Support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£262K

UKRI-5554 Oracle Hyperion EPM Managed Cloud Service

Expires: 2026-09-30

£65K

UKRI-5209 IUK ScaleX High Growth Index Subscription and Maintenance Support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£262K

UKRI-5371 CREST Award scheme

Expires: 2026-09-30

£1.0M

UKRI-5371 CREST Award scheme

Expires: 2026-09-30

£1.0M

UKRI-5011 Subscription software licenses, maintenance and support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£627K

UKRI-5973 Acoustic Test Equipment Rental and Support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£190K

UKRI-5098 NEC e-Corporate - NEC4 Licence and FMC

Expires: 2026-09-30

£24K

UKRI-5209 IUK ScaleX High Growth Index Subscription and Maintenance Support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£357K

UKRI-5973 Acoustic Test Equipment Rental and Support

Expires: 2026-09-30

£190K

UKRI-4855 North Sea Late Cenozoic Environments

Expires: 2026-09-30

£12.9M

UKRI-5523-DEVSECOPS EVALUATION

Expires: 2026-10-31

£149K

UKRI-5557 ISAR Software Development

Expires: 2026-10-31

£169K

UKRI-5523-DEVSECOPS EVALUATION

Expires: 2026-10-31

£149K

UKRI-5190 IUK Interim Review of the Faraday Institutions Operation

Expires: 2026-10-31

£124K

UKRI-5557 ISAR Software Development

Expires: 2026-10-31

£169K

UKRI-6141 Innovator Support Programme

Expires: 2026-10-31

£322K

UKRI-6113 METIS Temporary Cleanroom

Expires: 2026-11-23

£230K

UKRI-5448 2025 SciVal and Scopus renewal UKRI/EPSRC/STFC

Expires: 2026-11-30

£128K

UKRI-5448 2025 SciVal and Scopus renewal UKRI/EPSRC/STFC

Expires: 2026-11-30

£128K

UKRI-5550 LV Panel Replacement

Expires: 2026-12-01

£125K

UKRI-5574 Frequency Comb

Expires: 2026-12-01

£671K

UKRI-5550 LV Panel Replacement

Expires: 2026-12-01

£125K

UKRI-5921 1894 Building Martins Glass Plate Relocation and Storage

Expires: 2026-12-25

£113K

UKRI-5921 1894 Building Martins Glass Plate Relocation and Storage

Expires: 2026-12-25

£113K

UKRI-5613 Cargo and Personnel Transfers

Expires: 2026-12-31

£555K

UKRI-5880 Civil and Groundwork Services

Expires: 2026-12-31

£150K

UKRI-5460 Harvesting of 200 discs

Expires: 2026-12-31

£970K

UKRI-5880 Civil and Groundwork Services

Expires: 2026-12-31

£150K

UKRI-5460 Harvesting of 200 discs

Expires: 2026-12-31

£970K

UKRI-5529 Software and hardware support and maintenance

Expires: 2026-12-31

£185K

UKRI-5529 Software and hardware support and maintenance

Expires: 2026-12-31

£185K

UKRI-5782 Low Cost Low Velocity Aerial Delivery System

Expires: 2026-12-31

£360K

Market analysis

Bidding into UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

19%

Top-5 supplier share

76d

Avg response window

21d

Median response window

16mo

Avg contract duration

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

How much does UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) spend on procurement?

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) awarded 953 contracts totalling £295.7M between 2023-07-31 and 2026-07-31, working with 586 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £314K.

Who are UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) by total award value are CPC Project Services Limited, Fugro UK Limited, Calber Facilities Management Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 19% of contract value.

What does UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) buy from suppliers?

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)'s procurement is concentrated in systems and technical consultancy services, engineering-related scientific and technical services, petroleum and distillates, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) contracts?

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) tenders?

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) typically gives suppliers a median of 21 days to respond (average 76 days). Standard contract duration is around 16 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-07-31

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
  • · Spend Network
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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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