The Department for International Trade (DIT) was the UK government department responsible for trade policy, export promotion and inward investment, headquartered at Old Admiralty Building, London, and merged with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in February 2023 to form the Department for Business and Trade. It procured across trade advisory services, export finance support, marketing campaigns and digital and IT services.
At a glance
Department for International Trade has awarded £13.5bn across 706 suppliers, with 223 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 22% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 27% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) was the UK government department responsible for trade policy, export promotion and inward investment, headquartered at Old Admiralty Building, London, and merged with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in February 2023 to form the Department for Business and Trade. It procured across trade advisory services, export finance support, marketing campaigns and digital and IT services.
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
12
Open (bidding)
10
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 223 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Department for International Trade is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK China Two Way Foreign Direct Investment Monitoring Project | — | 73000000 | £0 | — | active |
| Level 6 Service Designer | — | 80400000 | £0 | — | active |
| Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) for OPSS | — | 38433100 | £0 | — | active |
| Assistant Finance Business Partner | MLC Partners Ltd | 79600000 | £21k | 21 Jan 2025 | active |
| Legal Advice on a Repayable Launch Investment (RLI) Contract | Hogan Lovells LLP | 79000000 | £90k | 23 Dec 2024 | active |
| Provision of Market and Product Data for Metals and Commodities | S&P Global Commodity Insights | 72300000 | £136k | 20 Dec 2024 | active |
| Wilton Park for Small Business Strategy | Wilton Park | 79952000 | £121k | 15 Jan 2025 | active |
| Supply of UK-Taiwan Student Exchange 2025 | UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) | 80000000 | £75k | 19 Dec 2024 | active |
| Provision of Google Cloud Platform and API licences | Ancoris Ltd | 48000000 | £84k | 10 Dec 2024 | active |
| Impact Evaluation of DBT Export Promotion Activities | Frontier Economics | 79311400 | £119k | 16 Dec 2024 | 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 · 0 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Department for International Trade has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
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
- UK
- Contact
- Mark Boyd
- commercialddat@businessandtrade.gov.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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