Spend profile

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

£351.0m
12 m spend
£9.0m
Prior 12 m
+3786%
YoY change
£250k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Imperial War Museums — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£79m£157m£236m£315mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

4

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

18

£3.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services64 · £597.6m
Unspecified325 · £144.5m
works29 · £22.4m
goods3 · £1.5m

Instrument type

contract421 · £766.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 275Find a Tender: 146

Awarded contracts · 86 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Imperial War Museums 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
CC
£74.0mest.
2
TT
3 contracts · 23 Mar24 Mar
£40.5m
3
PE
2 contracts · 23 Mar24 Mar
£36.0m
4
OU
4 contracts · SME · 07 Aug
£32.6mest.
5
DJ
5 contracts · SME · 03 Jun24 Mar
£25.6m
6
AL
1 contract · SME · 24 Mar
£24.8m
7
JW
1 contract · SME · 24 Mar
£24.8m
8
MA
1 contract · SME · 24 Mar
£24.8m
9132
···
124 other suppliers
long tail · 45 SMEs
£202.4m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
106 contracts
£418.0m
82%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£37.0m
7%
Business, legal, advisory
27 contracts
£36.2m
7%
Construction works
23 contracts
£8.3m
2%
IT services, software
14 contracts
£5.6m
1%
Recreational, cultural, sport
22 contracts
£3.8m
1%
Other community services
4 contracts
£1.8m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£1.5m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Apr
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Jul
Other
2
56
0
1
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1
0
286
3
1
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
IT services, software
Recreational, cultural, sport
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.

Imperial War Museums 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.

39%
SME supplier share
target 33%
74
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
132
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UKI44
Contact
Olly Clifford
Email
erowberry@iwm.org.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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