Spend profile

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

£29.0m
12 m spend
£184.3m
Prior 12 m
-84%
YoY change
£101k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
CPS — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£22m£44m£66m£88mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£1.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified391 · £522.8m
services24 · £3.9m
goods5 · £0

Instrument type

contract415 · £524.7m
call off5 · £2.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 391Find a Tender: 29

Awarded contracts · 60 live

All contracts with a published award notice where CPS is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
JS
1 contract · 26 Nov
£79.1m
2
CI
2 contracts · 30 Oct31 Oct
£56.0m
3
TS
3 contracts · 28 Sept01 Oct
£30.5m
4
MM
£30.1m
5
AT
1 contract · SME · 10 Jul
£30.1m
6
EE
1 contract · SME · 10 Jul
£30.1m
7
BP
£25.0m
8
SO
9 contracts · 30 Jul02 Oct
£24.1m
9243
···
235 other suppliers
long tail · 44 SMEs
£198.0m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
110 contracts
£141.3m
28%
IT services, software
49 contracts
£116.6m
23%
Software packages, IT
99 contracts
£104.8m
21%
Construction materials
7 contracts
£86.4m
17%
Office equipment, IT
17 contracts
£21.6m
4%
Postal, telecoms
5 contracts
£11.0m
2%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£8.7m
2%
Government administration
35 contracts
£6.6m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
0
0
2
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
0
0
Software packages, IT
0
20
0
1
Construction materials
Office equipment, IT
0
Postal, telecoms
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.

CPS 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.

16%
SME supplier share
target 33%
60
SME award rows
13
VCSE award rows
243
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 16% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Contact
Crown Prosecution Service Commercial Team
Email
commercialinbox@cps.gov.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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