Quick answer — The Insolvency ServiceLast refreshed 29 Apr 2026

At a glance

The Insolvency Service has awarded £301.4m across 196 suppliers, with 94 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 16% · 1 open notice now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£10.1m) · SME share 48% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration16%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share48%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Insolvency Service is a contracting authority, based in UKI41. Tracks 388 published notices and 371 awards on PublicSupply.

388
Notices published
371
Awards
196
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£83.4m
12 m spend
£47.7m
Prior 12 m
+75%
YoY change
£148k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Insolvency Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£13m£25m£38m£51mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

14

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£10.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified368 · £301.4m
services18 · £65.6m
goods2 · £3.4m

Instrument type

contract376 · £319.7m
call off12 · £50.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 361Find a Tender: 27

Awarded contracts · 94 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Insolvency Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Forensic Accountancy PanelDeloitte LLP66171000£500k29 Apr 2026active
Digital Forensics ProvisionINTAFORENSICS LTD35720000£1.8m23 Feb 2026active
Adobe Software Licensing ResellerPhoenix Software Limited48000000£267k17 Mar 2026active
TIS0855 Finance/Accounts Apprenticeship L2 & L3 TIS0855Kaplan Financial80400000£260k16 Feb 2026active
Research ParticipantsPEOPLE FOR RESEARCH LTDactive
TIS0863 Accountancy Level 7 ApprenticeshipBpp Professional Education80000000£42k19 Feb 2026active
Provision of Modern Intranet for Insolvency ServiceUnily Limited72222300£546k26 Mar 2026active
FCMC Delivery ResourcesSmartSourcing Limited79600000£426k27 Mar 2026active
Provision of a Supplier Assurance Risk Management ToolRisk Ledger Ltd48900000£76k27 Mar 2026active
SIAM2 (Service Integration and Management) and Associated ServicesLittle Fish (UK) Limited72500000£8.3m11 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AM
2 contracts · 17 Jun07 Jul
£47.5m
16% of total
New
2
SL
19 contracts · SME · 31 Mar27 Mar
£21.3m
7% of total
▲ 1127%
3
PS
5 contracts · 16 Jun17 Mar
£14.7m
5% of total
▼ 97%
4
ND
7 contracts · 09 Feb28 Mar
£12.6m
4% of total
▼ 100%
5
NL
9 contracts · SME · 17 Feb01 Apr
£10.9m
4% of total
6
TL
4 contracts · 18 Feb11 Jul
£9.7m
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
NW
1 contract · 25 Jul
£9.6m
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
GW
4 contracts · SME · 18 Feb02 May
£8.9m
3% of total
9196
···
188 other suppliers
long tail · 89 SMEs
£165.9m
55% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
99 contracts
£129.4m
37%
IT services, software
120 contracts
£123.4m
35%
Software packages, IT
66 contracts
£36.8m
10%
Financial, insurance
15 contracts
£22.7m
6%
Other
16 contracts
£20.0m
6%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£8.7m
2%
Architecture, engineering
12 contracts
£6.1m
2%
Security, emergency equipment
2 contracts
£3.8m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
46
1
1
1
0
0
IT services, software
0
0
0
8
0
9
Software packages, IT
0
0
1
0
1
0
Financial, insurance
3
1
Other
Support transport services
7
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 Insolvency Service 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.

48%
SME supplier share
target 33%
174
SME award rows
4
VCSE award rows
196
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI41
Contact
Javed Kebede
Email
commercial@insolvency.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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