The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, established in 1694 and headquartered on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability and the issue of banknotes. It procures across banknote production and distribution, IT and cyber security, professional and legal services, facilities management and physical security for its London headquarters and the Debden printing site.
At a glance
BANK OF ENGLAND has awarded £5.1bn across 439 suppliers, with 458 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 7% · 25 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£14.3m) · SME share 23% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, established in 1694 and headquartered on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability and the issue of banknotes. It procures across banknote production and distribution, IT and cyber security, professional and legal services, facilities management and physical security for its London headquarters and the Debden printing site.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
39
Open (bidding)
25
Awarded (90d)
8
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 458 live
All contracts with a published award notice where BANK OF ENGLAND is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advisory services regarding the SAP S3 to S4/Hana system upgrade | Rapid Enterprise Solutions Limited | 72000000 | £3.8m | 23 Feb 2026 | active |
| Advisory Services | OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| On-Prem CISCO Server and Support | Softcat | 48822000 | £50k | 16 Apr 2026 | active |
| Provision of Broadcom VMware subscription licences plus professional services | Softcat PLC | 48000000 | £6.9m | 13 Apr 2026 | active |
| PMI Premium Economics Data | S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC | — | — | active | |
| Xpress API | S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC | — | — | active | |
| Architectural Design Services | PURCELL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED | £6.2mest. | — | active | |
| Advisory Services | OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Lift Maintenance | Guideline Lift Services Limited | 50750000 | £800k | 26 Feb 2026 | active |
| Inflation Attitudes Survey | Savanta | 79311000 | £219k | 01 Mar 2026 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 1 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKI31
- Companies House
- RC000042
- Contact
- Annie Wardale
- askprocurement@bankofengland.co.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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