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Serious Fraud Office tenders and contracts

LondonLONDON

Official name on notices: SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE

Tenders published
1
In the last 12 months
Contracts awarded
15
To 13 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.45m
8 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£86k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
3 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Serious Fraud Office has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

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

  1. SFO/PC/LeadershipTraining/DF

    LondonTraining

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £250kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 1 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Legal services5
  2. IT services and software5
  3. Training2
  4. Travel and accommodation1
  5. Postal and courier1
  6. Architecture and engineering1

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. Accounting Valuation Experts LLPSME£930k
    2 contracts
  2. ABM Intelligence LimitedSME£269k
    1 contract
  3. Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPSME£95k
    1 contract
  4. Cellebrite£77k
    1 contract
  5. Bird&Bird LLP£30k
    1 contract
  6. UCL Consultants Ltd (The Ear Institute)£25k
    1 contract
  7. CitySprint (UK) Ltd£20k
    1 contract
  8. Allthorpe Consulting LtdSMENot stated
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)6%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)25%
  • Direct award (no competition)69%
Based on 16 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Serious Fraud Office has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
6%
Lower than 83% of central government buyers
Based on 16 procurements
Won by small firms
40%
Lower than 68% of central government buyers
Based on 15 winning suppliers
Direct awards
69%
Higher than 79% of central government buyers
Based on 16 procurements

Compared with other central government buyers

Advertised openly, 151 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 145 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Serious Fraud 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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Sfo-qut88-aveAccounting Valuation Experts LLP£280k31 Dec 2026
SFO/FM/EvershedsSutherland/TDEversheds Sutherland (International) LLP£95k31 Dec 2026
SFO-FM-Design/Planning - RidgeRidge and Partners LLP£429k31 Jan 2027

1 more contract ends in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
SFO/IMS/AIPilot/AllThorpeAllthorpe Consulting Ltd£507k30 Sept 2026
SFO-IST-CMS-SecAccred-2025-VarAristi Limited£147k29 Sept 2026
SFO/CS/E-EeDR - RM6336/L2: Altlaw - Case 2.1 - SEPArray Ediscovery (UK) Limited£1.16m1 Sept 2026
SFO/Intel/DF/AllThorpeAllthorpe Consulting Ltd£272k12 Aug 2026
SFO/Comms/LexisNexis/DFRELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis£14k6 Aug 2026
SFO/IS&T/Altia/Q-04020ABM Intelligence Limited£269k15 Jul 2026
SFO/CS/FM/Car Hire 2026/DFEnterprise Rent-A-Car UK Ltd£150k1 Jul 2026
SFO/FM/EvershedsSutherland/TDEversheds Sutherland (International) LLP£95k25 Jun 2026
SFO/FM Couriers/CitySprintCitySprint (UK) Ltd—18 May 2026
Sfo-qut88-aveAccounting Valuation Experts LLP£280k10 Apr 2026