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Quick answer — National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)Last refreshed 03 Feb 2026

At a glance

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has awarded £152.9m across 112 suppliers, with 69 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 28 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 45% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share45%
Pipeline · open now28
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is a contracting authority, based in UKI. Tracks 169 published notices and 144 awards on PublicSupply.

169
Notices published
144
Awards
112
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.9m
12 m spend
£28.4m
Prior 12 m
-86%
YoY change
£100k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£5m£11m£16m£22mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

28

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services45 · £122.0m
Unspecified122 · £57.8m
goods2 · £0

Instrument type

contract166 · £179.4m
call off3 · £393k
Source:Contracts Finder: 122Find a Tender: 47

Awarded contracts · 69 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
TEN-2526-038 (PCR15) - Change Enhancement ServiceSullivan & Stanley Limited72224000£400k03 Feb 2026active
TEN-2324-010 Call-Off Contract 3Cleartech Consulting Ltd72222000£153k02 Dec 2025active
TEN-2526-024 (PCR15) Insurance BrokerMarsh Limited66518000£800k27 Oct 2025active
TEN-2324-016 Call-Off Contract [2]—79410000£488k17 Oct 2025active
TEN-2324-016 Call-Off Contract Willis Tower WatsonWillis Tower Watson79000000£200k11 Dec 2025active
TEN-2526-028 (PCR2015) Change Enhancement InitiativeSullivan & Stanley Limited72224000£170k21 Oct 2025active
TEN-2425-019 Brand and Marketing MeasurementEkimetrics UK Ltd73000000£390k15 Oct 2025active
TEN-2425-028 -C- Forward Institute Call-Off Contract NO 2Responsible Leadership Foundation trading as Forward Instit79000000£173k01 Oct 2025active
TEN-2425-028-C-Call-Off Contract NO1 -Responsible Leadership Foundation trading as Forward Institute79000000£53k25 Aug 2025active
TEN-2526-001 - Travel ServicesWorld Travel Centre trading as Selective Trave63515000£780k30 Sept 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TN
The Northern Trust Company (London Branch)
1 contract
£39.5mest.
26% of total
—
2
NT
Northern Trust Global Investments Limited
1 contract
£39.5mest.
26% of total
—
3
GH
Goodstuff Holdings Ltd
1 contract · 24 Jan
£19.8m
13% of total
▼ 100%
4
EL
Exponential-e Limited
1 contract · 13 Jul
£11.5m
8% of total
—
5
DL
Deloitte LLP
2 contracts · 10 Jan
£5.3mest.
3% of total
—
6
TK
The Kite Factory
1 contract
£2.0mest.
1% of total
—
7
NW
National Westminster Bank Plc
1 contract
£2.0mest.
1% of total
—
8
PL
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
3 contracts · SME · 23 Jun – 03 Nov
£1.6m
1% of total
—
9–112
···
104 other suppliers
long tail · 51 SMEs
£24.6m
16% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
26 contracts
£163.5m
62%
Other
26 contracts
£42.9m
16%
Business, legal, advisory
66 contracts
£38.6m
15%
IT services, software
21 contracts
£14.3m
5%
R&D services
13 contracts
£2.0m
1%
Support transport services
1 contract
£780k
0%
Software packages, IT
7 contracts
£503k
0%
Education, training
6 contracts
£402k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Financial, insurance
1
Other
Business, legal, advisory
0
1
0
IT services, software
0
0
0
0
R&D services
0
Support transport services
1
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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.

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

45%
SME supplier share
target 33%
59
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
112
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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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
UKI
Contact
1
Email
procurement@nestcorporation.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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