Top suppliers
Top suppliers to UK SBS
Top-five suppliers hold 61% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What UK SBS buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
737279852271558048Recent contracts
Latest UK SBS contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Accessibility Testing Services - Scotland Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund (SPSHDF) Phase 3
Zoonou Ltd · 2026-08-10
£3K
PS26175 - Evaluation of DSIT Carbon Offsetting Consultancy
Turner & Townsend Consulting Limited · 2026-07-13
£23K
PS26114 - UKSAC26_0014 NSpOC Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (NSpOC OSSS)
SPACEFLUX LTD · 2026-06-23
£630K
PS26130 - Business Model Development for the Catapults - Future Portfolio Optimisation
IfM Engage Ltd · 2026-06-16
£196K
PS26079 - Cyber Assurance Review for i.AI Platform
Avella Security Limited · 2026-06-02
£22K
CSP26013 - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme
Optima Health UK Ltd · 2026-05-21
£180K
PS26098 - Provision of external legal advice for the Account Management and High Potential Businesses workstreams
Burges Salmon LLP · 2026-05-20
£75K
PS25367 Analysis of English University Research Capabilities
Elsevier B.V. · 2026-05-04
£66K
Evaluation Framework for UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme
Technopolis Limited · 2026-04-30
£50K
PS25389 - AI-assisted signposting prototype to improve access to advice on the Acas website
Answer Digital · 2026-04-15
£927K
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Market analysis
Bidding into UK SBS — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
43%
Awards to SMEs
61%
Top-5 supplier share
86%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 43% of UK SBS’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 86%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 SBS
How much does UK SBS spend on procurement?
UK SBS awarded 53 contracts totalling £21.5M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 48 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £405K.
Who are UK SBS's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to UK SBS by total award value are i10 Limited, Goonhilly Earth Station Limited, KNOW. CONSULTING LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 61% of contract value.
What does UK SBS buy from suppliers?
UK SBS's procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, 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
Most central-government contracts handling personal data require this certification.
SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is UK SBS's largest spend area.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17
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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