Buyer profile · Central government
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 29
- About one every 13 days
- Contracts awarded
- 87
- To 81 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £266m
- 72 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £95k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 13 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £9mframework ceiling
- £25mestimated
- £547kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £175kestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1estimated
- Value not stated
- £280mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £4mestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
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)25%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)69%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 71% of central government buyers
- Based on 23 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 25%
- Lower than 57% of central government buyers
- Based on 114 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 53%
- Higher than 51% of central government buyers
- Based on 98 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 84% of central government buyers
- Based on 36 awards
- Split into lots
- 7%
- Lower than 52% of central government buyers
- Based on 29 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 69%
- Higher than 71% of central government buyers
- Based on 114 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 63% of central government buyers
- Based on 29 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 32 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 4 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 7
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 16 |
| 6–8 bids | 8 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 25%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 26 |
| 10–20% | 23 |
| 20–30% | 20 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 12 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 2 |
| 70–80% | 11 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
This buyer: 53%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 8 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 22 |
| 50–60% | 25 |
| 60–70% | 18 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 8 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department for Science, Innovation & Technology.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Project for Innovation and UK Industrial Competitiveness | IfM Engage Ltd | £108k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| DSIT NMS - NPL Energy and Environment | National Physical Laboratory | £170m | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of Teacher Services - Education Benchmarking | Randstad Solutions Limited | £750k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| British Science Week 2026 | The British Asssociation for the Advancement of Science, British Association for the Advancement of Science (British Science Association) | £30k | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Bibliometric data- SciVal | Elsevier B.V. | £34k | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Executive Search Digital Transformation and Digital Product DG | Global Resourcing Limited | £100k | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Telecoms Restructuring Advice | Fti Consultancy Ltd | £300k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| ERC Research and Related Services | University of Warwick | £65k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| API Access OpenRouter | OpenRouter Inc | £104k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| GSE Conference 2026 | Institution of Civil Engineers | £92k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| DSIT Continuation of Security Support Services | Avella Security Limited | £50k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| DSIT/NPL Assured Supply Chain iX Delivery | Knowledge Transfer Network Ltd | £56k | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Reports on the impact of GNSS Interference in the automotive sector | Royal Institute of Navigation | £47k | 27 Nov 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alteryx Software Licences | Bulien LLP | — | 28 Sept 2026 |
| Feedly Renewal | Feedly Inc | — | 24 Sept 2026 |
| UK Space Agency Space-Comm Expo 2027 Stand | Space-Comm Ltd | — | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Prj_7117 - ITT - Purchase of carbon credits as part of the construction of a new HQ for the European Centre of Medium Range Weather Forecasts | Climeworks AG | £784k | 23 Sept 2026 |
| Data for the Innovation Clusters Map | Data City Innovations Ltd | — | 23 Sept 2026 |
| Data Sharing Infrastructure Initiatives (DSII) - Discovery | Ove Arup & Partners Ltd | £274k | 16 Sept 2026 |
| Physical and Personnel Security Assessment for UK Telecoms | Bramble Hub | £95k | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Telecoms Restructuring Advice | Fti Consultancy Ltd | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Space Regulatory Sandboxes, including the Re-Entry Regulatory Sandbox and the Multi-Mission Licensing Regulatory Sandbox | Space Professionals Partnership Limited, Satellite Applications Catapult Limited | — | 11 Sept 2026 |
| GOV Voice | Eleven Labs | £9m | 7 Sept 2026 |