Buyer profile · Central government
Intellectual Property Office tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 2
- In the last 12 months
- Contracts awarded
- 21
- To 20 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.96m
- 14 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £28k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £80kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £19mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £500kestimated
- £20kestimated
- £25mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 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)14%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)19%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)10%
- Direct award (no competition)57%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Intellectual Property Office has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 14%
- Lower than 70% of central government buyers
- Based on 21 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 24%
- Lower than 90% of central government buyers
- Based on 21 winning suppliers
- Direct awards
- 57%
- Higher than 66% of central government buyers
- Based on 21 procurements
Compared with other central government buyers
Intellectual Property Office: 14%
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 |
Intellectual Property Office: 24%
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 Intellectual Property Office.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Freedom Collection | Elsevier Ltd | £20k | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Eye Care for IPO Employees | Specsavers Optical Group Limited | £20k | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of Legal Services Review into SEP Litigation Strategies | Pinsent Masons LLP | £135k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Global Trademark & Patent Cases (Darts IP) 26-27 | Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited | — | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Workday Licences | Softcat plc | £3.39m | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Orchestrating Major Projects Programme | Oxford Said Business School Limited | — | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Procurement/Contract Think Kit - KS3 - KS4 Resource Update | Running Deer C.I.C. | — | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Work day Implementation Partner | Cognizant Worldwide Limited | £1.4m | 9 Oct 2026 |
| OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) Longarm | Internet Investigation Solutions Ltd | £67k | 1 Oct 2026 |
| OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) Blackdot Videris | Internet Investigation Solutions Ltd | £76k | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Stepping Into Leadership course | KPMG LLP (CSL) | £18k | 30 Sept 2026 |