Quick answer — Civil Aviation AuthorityLast refreshed 01 Apr 2026

At a glance

Civil Aviation Authority has awarded £93.1m across 86 suppliers, with 203 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 7 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£115k) · SME share 35% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share35%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Civil Aviation Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKJ28. Tracks 107 published notices and 206 awards on PublicSupply.

107
Notices published
206
Awards
86
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£4.3m
12 m spend
£6.3m
Prior 12 m
-31%
YoY change
£250k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Civil Aviation Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£115k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified89 · £37.5m
services18 · £18.5m

Instrument type

contract106 · £56.0m
call off1 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 84Find a Tender: 23

Awarded contracts · 203 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Civil Aviation Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CX&M Audit & AssuranceBaringa Partners LLP66171000£68k01 Apr 2026active
Mental Health Training for ManagersMiad Healthcare80000000£47k23 Mar 2026active
Records Information Management Servicesactive
Corporate Planning & Risk Management SystemIdeagen Technology Limited48000000£106k18 Feb 2026active
Lithium-ion Battery ResearchThe University of Warwickactive
Hydrogen Safety and Regulatory adviceHEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVEactive
Physiological Effects Of Centrifuge-simulated Suborbital Spaceflight StudyKing's College Londonactive
Software GatewayPhoenix Software Limited48000000£1.5m22 Sept 2025active
RPAS Testing Service Providers Framework71311200£012 Feb 2026active
Secure Access Advantage EAConscia Group UK Ltd48000000£524k30 Jan 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
EE
10 contracts · SME · 06 Mar20 Mar
£8.9mest.
10% of total
▼ 100%
2
DL
4 contracts · 20 Mar
£8.8mest.
9% of total
▼ 100%
3
FG
8 contracts · SME · 06 Mar20 Mar
£5.4mest.
6% of total
▼ 100%
4
FE
12 contracts · 06 Mar20 Mar
£5.0mest.
5% of total
▼ 100%
5
NU
10 contracts · SME · 06 Mar20 Mar
£4.9mest.
5% of total
▼ 100%
6
PC
10 contracts · 06 Mar20 Mar
£4.9mest.
5% of total
▼ 100%
7
BL
2 contracts · 06 Aug
£4.2mest.
5% of total
▼ 100%
8
FE
8 contracts · SME · 06 Mar20 Mar
£3.9mest.
4% of total
▼ 100%
986
···
78 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£45.6m
49% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
254 contracts
£411.4m
90%
Architecture, engineering
22 contracts
£28.6m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
25 contracts
£6.5m
1%
Other
12 contracts
£2.9m
1%
Software packages, IT
9 contracts
£2.9m
1%
IT services, software
8 contracts
£2.8m
1%
R&D services
2 contracts
£560k
0%
Government administration
1 contract
£560k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Financial, insurance
0
Architecture, engineering
0
2
Business, legal, advisory
0
Other
0
Software packages, IT
2
1
0
IT services, software
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

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 · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Civil Aviation Authority has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

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.

35%
SME supplier share
target 33%
105
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
86
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ28
Contact
Amanda Gillick
Email
amanda.gillick@caa.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

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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