Spend profile

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

£4.3bn
12 m spend
£4.0bn
Prior 12 m
+10%
YoY change
£400k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ministry of Defence, DIO, — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1138m£2276m£3415m£4553mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

83

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£2.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes
78 recorded contracts worth £168.5m end within 12 months.View expiry radar →

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified712 · £11.9bn
services184 · £3.1bn
goods95 · £1.2bn
works9 · £960k

Instrument type

contract944 · £16.0bn
call off56 · £127.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 652Find a Tender: 348

Awarded contracts · 219 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ministry of Defence, DIO, 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
RS
7 contracts · 12 Nov01 Sept
£4.1bn
2
TU
6 contracts · 10 Dec11 May
£2.9bn
3
SL
2 contracts · 17 Feb25 Apr
£2.2bn
4
CP
1 contract · SME · 31 Jul
£400.0m
5
FA
2 contracts · 17 Dec
£346.0m
6
CT
£190.2m
7
KC
2 contracts · 19 Feb
£117.7m
8
ES
2 contracts · 10 Dec
£100.9m
9464
···
456 other suppliers
long tail · 169 SMEs
£1.4bn

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Radio, TV, communications
11 contracts
£4.2bn
28%
Repair & maintenance
36 contracts
£4.0bn
27%
IT services, software
129 contracts
£1.8bn
12%
Business, legal, advisory
39 contracts
£1.8bn
12%
Security, emergency equipment
23 contracts
£1.3bn
9%
Other community services
8 contracts
£895.5m
6%
Education, training
49 contracts
£862.8m
6%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
34 contracts
£274.9m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Radio, TV, communications
0
4107
1
Repair & maintenance
1
0
IT services, software
1
15
0
0
9
2
Business, legal, advisory
0
3
0
0
Security, emergency equipment
95
Other community services
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

32%
SME supplier share
target 33%
230
SME award rows
13
VCSE award rows
464
Distinct suppliers
40%
SME share of awarded value
where SME status recorded
Local suppliers
0 of 0 with known office
Value to local suppliers
£0 of £0
0%
Postcode coverage
0 of 464 matched suppliers
Local-supplier analysis unavailable — no postcode recorded for this buyer.
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 32% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
United Kingdom

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.

Resources

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