Tenders / Buyers / United Kingdom
Department for Business and Trade: public contracts and tenders
Department for Business and Trade awarded 238 public contracts worth €551.5M where a value is stated since 2025-02-24; the education and training contract held by Chartered Institute Of Procurement And Supply (CIPS) ends on 2026-10-31 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 237 of 238 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Department for Business and Trade |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Buyer type | Ministry or national authority |
| City | London |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipsos (market research) Limited | 5 | €4.1M | ||
| CENTRE FOR STRATEGY & EVALUATION SERVICES LLP | 4 | €328k | ||
| PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC) | OC303525 Companies House (GB) | pwc.co.uk | 3 | €698k |
| QA Limited | 02413137 Companies House (GB) | qa.com | 3 | €69,991 |
| Specialist Computer Centres PLC | 01428210 Companies House (GB) | scc.com | 3 | €8.8M |
| Hogan Lovells International LLP | 3 | €13.0M | ||
| Bytes Software Services Limited | 01616977 Companies House (GB) | bytes.co.uk | 2 | €593k |
| Dun & Bradstreet Ltd | 00160043 Companies House (GB) | dnb.co.uk | 2 | €1.5M |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited | 02946689 Companies House (GB) | enterprise.co.uk | 2 | €456k |
| I.F.F Research Limited | 00849983 Companies House (GB) | iffresearch.com | 2 | €1.3M |
| Ipsos (market research) Limited | 00948470 Companies House (GB) | ipsos.com | 2 | €8.9M |
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | 01782505 Companies House (GB) | oracle.com | 2 | €434k |
| SGS United Kingdom Ltd | 01193985 Companies House (GB) | pv.sgsvr | 2 | €192k |
| YOUGOV PLC | 03607311 Companies House (GB) | yougov.co.uk | 2 | €1.1M |
| BPP University Limited | 2 | €397k |
Suppliers named on Department for Business and Trade's award notices (the top 15 of 139); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of Department for Business and Trade whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 83 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
No open call for tender from Department for Business and Trade today.
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software packages and information systems | 48 | 36 | €15.1M |
| Research and development | 73 | 36 | €28.0M |
| Business services | 79 | 34 | €303.0M |
| IT services | 72 | 30 | €71.9M |
| Education and training | 80 | 26 | €3.5M |
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 12 | €5.6M |
| Health and social work services | 85 | 3 | €840k |
| Repair and maintenance services | 50 | 2 | €456k |
| Printed matter | 22 | 1 | €682k |
| Office and computing equipment | 30 | 1 | €189k |
| Transport equipment | 34 | 1 | €19,028 |
| Laboratory and precision equipment | 38 | 1 | €426k |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, UK Find a Tender, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,811,022 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Questions
How many public contracts has Department for Business and Trade awarded?
Department for Business and Trade published 238 contract award notices between 2025-02-24 and 2026-10-23; the 237 that state a value add up to €551.5M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).
Who are Department for Business and Trade's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: Ipsos (market research) Limited (5), CENTRE FOR STRATEGY & EVALUATION SERVICES LLP (4) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC) (3) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which Department for Business and Trade contracts end soon?
83 contracts awarded by Department for Business and Trade end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the education and training contract held by Chartered Institute Of Procurement And Supply (CIPS), ending on 2026-10-31 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).
Does Department for Business and Trade have open tenders now?
No call for tender from Department for Business and Trade is open today in the official notices we read (as of 2026-10-27). Its 5 earlier calls are counted on this page.
What does Department for Business and Trade buy?
Most of Department for Business and Trade's awards are in Software packages and information systems (CPV 48) (36), Research and development (CPV 73) (36) and Business services (CPV 79) (34) (as of 2026-10-27).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Department for Business and Trade tenders and contracts: 238 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/department-for-business-and-trade-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.