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Ordnance Survey Limited tenders and contracts

South EastSouthamptonWebsite

Official name on notices: ORDNANCE SURVEY LIMITED

Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
45
To 43 different suppliers
Value awarded
£64.8m
36 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£71k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
5 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Ordnance Survey Limited has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Remote Sensed Data - Aircraft, Sensors & Software - RFI2

    South EastIT services and software, Laboratory and scientific equipment

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  2. Market Engagement for a GNSS Simulator

    South EastVehicles and fleet, IT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  3. RFI 1 - Remote Sensed Data - Managed Service

    South EastArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  4. OS Corporate Website Data Migration Services for a CMS

    South EastIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  5. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) & Clothing - RFI

    South EastUniforms, clothing and PPE

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  6. RFI - Insight Partnership Project

    South EastIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 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).

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 3 contracts
  4. 1 contract
  5. 2 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 3 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)19%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)6%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)32%
  • Direct award (no competition)43%
Based on 53 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Ordnance Survey Limited has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
19%
Lower than 63% of central government buyers
Based on 53 procurements
Won by small firms
48%
Lower than 53% of central government buyers
Based on 48 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
6
More than 76% of central government buyers
Based on 8 awards
Direct awards
43%
Higher than 52% of central government buyers
Based on 53 procurements

Compared with other central government buyers

Bids per contract, 155 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids7
2–4 bids37
4–6 bids36
6–8 bids22
8–10 bids22
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids4
18–20 bids2
20+ bids8
Advertised openly, 320 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Ordnance Survey Limited.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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Board EvalutionIndependent Audit—15 Nov 2026
SLT Connect Leadership DevelopmentThe Performants Group Limited (Trading as T-minus)£34k30 Nov 2026
Frontify LicencesFrontify AG€27k16 Dec 2026
Figma Professional & FigJAM Teams 26-27Figma Inc—16 Jan 2027
Imagery First PoCIIC Technologies Ltd—31 Jan 2027

16 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards