Quick answer — The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of CommonsLast refreshed 16 Mar 2026

At a glance

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons has awarded £20.9m across 8 suppliers, with 44 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 97% · 31 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 10% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration97%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share10%
Pipeline · open now31
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 69 published notices and 16 awards on PublicSupply.

69
Notices published
16
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£20.7m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£6m£11m£17m£22mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

12

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

31

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services42 · £382.4m
goods17 · £32.8m
Unspecified10 · £21.7m

Instrument type

contract68 · £436.6m
call off1 · £400k
Source:Find a Tender: 59Contracts Finder: 10

Awarded contracts · 44 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Licensing Solutions Partner (LSP) for Microsoft ESA & SCE AgreementBYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES48000000£20.2m16 Mar 2026active
Supply of Newspapers to the Parliamentary Estate64111000£400kest.closed
Ticketing Solution Market Engagement72222300£600kest.closed
Porterage, Removals and Storage Services Market Engagement 163100000£0active
FWK4002 - Provision of Fruit and Vegetables15300000£0active
FWK4001 - Provision of Fresh Fish & Seafood15200000£0active
Provision of software for a Heritage Collections Management System (CMS) for Parliament.Skinsoft48611000£494k17 Jun 2025active
GSV3213 Specialist Lift Consultancy Services42416100£0active
GSV2732 - Multimedia Guide72212520£0active
PI1301621 - Heritage Collection Systemactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BS
1 contract · 16 Mar
£20.2m
97% of total
New
2
SK
1 contract · 17 Jun
£494k
2% of total
New
4
IC
£0
0% of total
6
TL
2 contracts
£0
0% of total
7
MA
2 contracts
£0
0% of total
8
TL
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£182.0m
43%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£62.4m
15%
Other
23 contracts
£54.2m
13%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£42.8m
10%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£35.0m
8%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£22.4m
5%
Installation services
1 contract
£14.0m
3%
Postal, telecoms
3 contracts
£13.4m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
Architecture, engineering
Other
Business, legal, advisory
Sewage, waste, environment
Software packages, IT
20
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.

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and The Corporate Officer of the House of Commons 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.

10%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 10% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Contact
Paul Younger
Email
ppcs@parliament.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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