Buyer profile · Central government
Bank of England tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: BANK OF ENGLAND
- Tenders published
- 8
- About one every 46 days
- Contracts awarded
- 108
- To 88 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £179m
- 99 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £75k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 22 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.75mestimated
- £11.2mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £90mframework ceiling
- £1.67mestimated
- £5mestimated
- £300kestimated
- £30mestimated
- £30mestimated
- £11.2mestimated
- £1.83mestimated
- £2.24mestimated
- £4.5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)11%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)83%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Bank of England has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 11%
- Lower than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 111 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 41%
- Lower than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 109 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 5 awards
- Split into lots
- 25%
- Higher than 79% of central government buyers
- Based on 8 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 83%
- Higher than 90% of central government buyers
- Based on 111 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 8 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Bank of England: 4
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Bank of England: 11%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Bank of England: 41%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Bank of England.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| AV Project M&E Enabling Works | Volmech Limited | £160k | 14 Nov 2026 |
| Quotation for the Provision of External Authorising Engineer Electrical Systems | PPL Training Ltd | £32k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Advisory Services | PGF Policy Ltd | £90k | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Security Services | ISS Facility Services Limited | £28k | 26 Nov 2026 |
| Copyright Licensing | Prenax Corporate Service Ltd / Prenax Limited | £61k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Professional Services for Audio-Visual System Upgrade | Recursive Av. Ltd | £64k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| X Application Programming Interface Services | X | £33k | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Advisory Services | Ardhill Advisory Ltd | £75k | 7 Dec 2026 |
| Engineering Services | Ove Arup & Partners Ltd | £136k | 15 Dec 2026 |
| Investment Property Databank - Global Intel and Bespoke Data | Msci Limited | £32k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Laboratory Services Assets 2026-2028 | IBM United Kingdom Limited | £147k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Tech Transformation (Test Automation Initiative) | Parasoft UK Limited | £35k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| SAP Enterprise Support & Business Objects Licenses 2026 | SAP (UK) Limited | £126k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Real Capital Analytics Data | Msci Limited | £55k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Data Storage and Insight | Investment Property Databank Limiteed | £27k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Facilities Management and Purchase Order Software Support | Mri Software Limited | £56k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Cost Advisory Services | Gardiner & Theobald LLP | £50k | 5 Jan 2027 |
| Recruitment Support | Saxton Bampfylde Hever Ltd. | £29k | 9 Jan 2027 |
| Property refurbishment and repair | Linney Cooper Ltd | £90k | 13 Jan 2027 |
| Provision of iReporting Renewal 2026/27 | Activ8 Intelligence Limited | £39k | 30 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location Strategy: Main Works | Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd (8) | £133m | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Financial Times Limited Digital Subscription | Financial Times Limited(The) | £693k | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Workplace Furniture | Welltek Ltd | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Professional Implementation Services | Softcat plc | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Fixed Fee Programme | Swift SC | €6.4m | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Workplace Occupancy Platform | Gospace AI Limited | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Oracle Database Licences and Support 2026 - 2028 | Oracle Corporation UK Limited | £1.81m | 1 Oct 2026 |
| MATLAB Open Access Software 2026 - 2029 | The Mathworks Limited | £1.95m | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Security Services | ISS Facility Services Limited | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| EPI-USE SAP Support Service - BOS2 - 2026 -2030 | Epi-Use Limited | £1.38m | 28 Sept 2026 |