Top suppliers
Top suppliers to UK SBS
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What UK SBS buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
7372792271485585Recent 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
PS26114 - UKSAC26_0014 NSpOC Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (NSpOC OSSS)
SPACEFLUX LTD · 2026-06-23
PS26130 - Business Model Development for the Catapults - Future Portfolio Optimisation
IfM Engage Ltd · 2026-06-16
PS26079 - Cyber Assurance Review for i.AI Platform
Avella Security Limited · 2026-06-02
CSP26013 - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme
Optima Health UK Ltd · 2026-05-21
PS26098 - Provision of external legal advice for the Account Management and High Potential Businesses workstreams
Burges Salmon LLP · 2026-05-20
PS25367 Analysis of English University Research Capabilities
Elsevier B.V. · 2026-05-04
Evaluation Framework for UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme
Technopolis Limited · 2026-04-30
PS25389 - AI-assisted signposting prototype to improve access to advice on the Acas website
Answer Digital · 2026-04-15
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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PS26098 - Provision of external legal advice for the Account Management and High Potential Businesses workstreams
Expires: 2026-09-10
PS25317 - Ai Discovery for Early Conciliation & Helpline
Expires: 2026-09-18
Evaluation Framework for UK Regulatory Science and Innovation Networks (RS&IN) Programme
Expires: 2026-09-30
PS25108 - Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2025 - MC
Expires: 2026-09-30
CSP25073 UKRI Media Monitoring
Expires: 2026-11-02
PS25367 Analysis of English University Research Capabilities
Expires: 2026-12-21
PS26130 - Business Model Development for the Catapults - Future Portfolio Optimisation
Expires: 2027-02-26
PS26114 - UKSAC26_0014 NSpOC Optical Sovereign Sensor Software (NSpOC OSSS)
Expires: 2027-04-30
PS25205 - Acas27410 - Evaluation of Acas Individual Conciliation Service
Expires: 2027-04-30
PS25064 - Groceries Code Adjudicator Annual Survey
Expires: 2027-07-20
Market analysis
Bidding into UK SBS — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
43%
Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
90%
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 90%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 52 contracts totalling £108K between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 46 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £36K.
Who are UK SBS's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to UK SBS by total award value are Centre for Sustainable Energy, Grey Consultants Ltd (t.a. Exotopic), Zoonou Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 100% 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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Related ENKII resources
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 2026-09-01
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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