Spend profile

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

£8.6m
12 m spend
£26.4m
Prior 12 m
-68%
YoY change
£118k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
OFCOM — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.5m£3.0m£4.5m£6.0mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£286k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified547 · £159.4m
services78 · £82.7m
goods11 · £3.8m

Instrument type

contract626 · £239.1m
call off10 · £6.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 467Find a Tender: 169

Awarded contracts · 132 live

All contracts with a published award notice where OFCOM 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
CL
2 contracts · 18 Nov
£88.0mest.
2
CR
8 contracts · SME · 13 Feb18 Jun
£6.5mest.
3
BR
8 contracts · SME · 13 Feb25 Sept
£6.0mest.
4
RS
11 contracts · 15 Dec08 Apr
£5.8mest.
5
BS
4 contracts · 14 Feb01 Jan
£5.7mest.
6
IA
2 contracts · SME · 14 Feb
£5.6mest.
7
LE
2 contracts · SME · 14 Feb
£5.6mest.
8
TM
2 contracts · SME · 14 Feb
£5.6mest.
9336
···
328 other suppliers
long tail · 135 SMEs
£195.0m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
266 contracts
£747.7m
82%
IT services, software
54 contracts
£51.4m
6%
Office equipment, IT
14 contracts
£47.3m
5%
Laboratory, scientific
25 contracts
£37.0m
4%
Other
101 contracts
£12.2m
1%
Software packages, IT
41 contracts
£9.5m
1%
R&D services
52 contracts
£5.7m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
18 contracts
£5.1m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Business, legal, advisory
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
IT services, software
Office equipment, IT
0
Laboratory, scientific
Other
1
2
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
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.

44%
SME supplier share
target 33%
268
SME award rows
4
VCSE award rows
336
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
Mark Lundy
Email
mark.lundy@ofcom.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.

Resources

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