Quick answer — Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyLast refreshed 13 May 2026

At a glance

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded £7.5bn across 268 suppliers, with 243 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 53% · 40 open notices now · 28 awards in last 90 d (£38.8m) · SME share 41% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 30 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration53%
Modifications · 90 d30
SME spend share41%
Pipeline · open now40
Awards · 90 d28

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 730 published notices and 505 awards on PublicSupply.

730
Notices published
505
Awards
268
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£94.2m
12 m spend
£365.3m
Prior 12 m
-74%
YoY change
£174k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£41m£82m£123m£164mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

85

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

40

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

28

£38.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services261 · £2.6bn
Unspecified459 · £1.0bn
goods10 · £73.8m

Instrument type

contract720 · £3.6bn
call off10 · £148.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 408Contracts Finder: 322

Awarded contracts · 243 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department for Science, Innovation & Technology is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
prj_7057 - North East- Digital and Technology Skills Programme72590000£1.4mest.active
Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/2773000000£280kest.planned
Inter-Agency Debris Co-ordination Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/2773000000£280kest.planned
Inter-Agency Debris Committee (IADC) Research Studies - 2026/2773000000£280kest.planned
NSpOC: Sovereign Sensor - Active RF Radar Capability38115100£25.0mest.planned
NSpOC: Sovereign Sensor - Active RF Radar Capability - Further Pre-Market Engagement Notice38115100£25.0mest.planning
UK Space Agency - Strategic and Operational Support to the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters34712000planning
West Midlands digital and technology skills programmeWM5G72222300£1.4m23 Apr 2026active
Space-Based Time Transfer Service (Space BaTTS) Research & Development79314000£1.7mest.planned
Preliminary Market Engagement Opportunity: Space Re-entry Regulatory Sandbox73000000£417kest.planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BT
£4.0bnest.
53% of total
2
BT
£2.4bnest.
32% of total
3
NP
20 contracts · 19 May07 Jan
£592.9m
8% of total
▼ 89%
4
QC
£73.5mest.
1% of total
5
LG
7 contracts · 19 May
£56.5m
1% of total
▼ 100%
6
TS
£33.5m
0% of total
▼ 100%
7
MT
1 contract · 09 Mar
£19.0m
0% of total
New
8
VP
3 contracts · SME · 30 Jan18 Dec
£18.9m
0% of total
▼ 72%
9268
···
260 other suppliers
long tail · 114 SMEs
£156.0m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
147 contracts
£3.9bn
42%
Postal, telecoms
22 contracts
£3.2bn
35%
IT services, software
91 contracts
£1.9bn
20%
Radio, TV, communications
24 contracts
£73.8m
1%
R&D services
186 contracts
£70.6m
1%
Laboratory, scientific
8 contracts
£50.0m
1%
Architecture, engineering
26 contracts
£42.0m
0%
Repair & maintenance
3 contracts
£23.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
0
1
1
1
0
11
7
8
0
Postal, telecoms
IT services, software
0
1
1
1
3
8
1
5
5
1
Radio, TV, communications
0
0
R&D services
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
3
0
Laboratory, scientific
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 · 30 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 30 notices 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.

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.

41%
SME supplier share
target 33%
199
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
268
Distinct suppliers

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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
Tim Collis
Email
commercial@ukspaceagency.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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