Quick answer — National Audit OfficeLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

National Audit Office has awarded £1.0bn across 414 suppliers, with 375 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 18% · 30 open notices now · 9 awards in last 90 d (£568k) · SME share 39% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration18%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share39%
Pipeline · open now30
Awards · 90 d9

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Audit Office is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 1000 published notices and 1028 awards on PublicSupply.

1000
Notices published
1028
Awards
414
Suppliers engaged
2014
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£144.1m
12 m spend
£23.3m
Prior 12 m
+518%
YoY change
£85k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Audit Office — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£20m£39m£59m£78mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

30

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

9

£568k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified932 · £283.4m
services66 · £185.8m
works2 · £500k

Instrument type

contract989 · £465.9m
call off11 · £3.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 920Find a Tender: 80

Awarded contracts · 375 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Audit Office is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Success at School Apprentice Campaign 2026/2027Success at School Ltd79600000£19k20 May 2026active
Hosting Virtual Assessment CentresTopScore Technologies Limited79600000£126k01 Aug 2022active
Candidate Screening and InterviewingGraduate Recruitment Bureau79600000£193k01 Aug 2022active
Complexity Thinking TrainingCognitive Edge Ltd80510000£15k20 Apr 2026active
CPT_26_16 Ideagen PentanaIDEAGEN SOLUTIONS LIMITED72000000£101k13 Mar 2026active
Laptop Chargeable Repairs - 2026/28HP INC UK LIMITED50312000£15k13 Mar 2026active
CPT_26_14 - SmartExporter 2026-27CaseWare UK Ltd48000000£18k13 Mar 2026active
CPT_26_06 Network Hardware SupportSPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC72222300£200k02 Apr 2026active
Vodafone backup SimsVODAFONE LIMITED72222300£25k26 Mar 2026active
CPT_26_03 IT Service management (ITSM)48000000£1.5mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DL
29 contracts · 16 Jan25 Feb
£182.6mest.
18% of total
New
2
EY
55 contracts · 18 Jul25 Feb
£174.0mest.
17% of total
New
3
KL
22 contracts · 19 Sept25 Feb
£169.7mest.
17% of total
New
4
GT
47 contracts · 22 Jun25 Feb
£89.0mest.
9% of total
▲ 8414%
5
ML
7 contracts · 01 Aug20 May
£51.4mest.
5% of total
6
PL
32 contracts · 07 Mar25 Feb
£41.7mest.
4% of total
New
7
AA
£40.1mest.
4% of total
8
AL
3 contracts · SME · 27 Nov
£16.6mest.
2% of total
9414
···
406 other suppliers
long tail · 217 SMEs
£231.1m
23% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
578 contracts
£800.0m
58%
Other
84 contracts
£492.7m
36%
IT services, software
162 contracts
£51.3m
4%
Software packages, IT
62 contracts
£15.5m
1%
Construction works
10 contracts
£5.8m
0%
Office equipment, IT
25 contracts
£5.6m
0%
Education, training
52 contracts
£4.0m
0%
Support transport services
4 contracts
£2.6m
0%

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other
0
70
1
57
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
7
0
0
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
Construction works
Office equipment, IT
0
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.

39%
SME supplier share
target 33%
394
SME award rows
7
VCSE award rows
414
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
UKI32
Contact
Ima Orosei
Email
NAO.Procurement@nao.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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