Quick answer — THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTELast refreshed 18 May 2026

At a glance

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE has awarded £12.0m across 47 suppliers, with 66 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 56% · 31 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£305k) · SME share 58% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 4 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration56%
Modifications · 90 d4
SME spend share58%
Pipeline · open now31
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE is a contracting authority, based in UKJ25. Tracks 174 published notices and 133 awards on PublicSupply.

174
Notices published
133
Awards
47
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£305k
12 m spend
£7.3m
Prior 12 m
-96%
YoY change
£103k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£5m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

31

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£305k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified137 · £11.2m
services18 · £3.8m
goods6 · £1.3m
works13 · £866k

Instrument type

call off20 · £8.8m
contract154 · £8.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 92Find a Tender: 82

Awarded contracts · 66 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Site Emergency Generator MaintenanceVital Power Ltd£56k18 May 2026active
ISO 11 - Fumigation Lobby Replacement Project ManagerGrationeer Ltd£65kest.active
Grounds Maintenance for The Pirbright Institute and Housingcomplete
Plowright and Brooksby CETP BETP Calibrations Service Contractcomplete
Brooksby Incinerator PLC Systems and Scada ModificationsLUHRFILTER LIMITED£249k07 May 2026active
Brooksby Incinerator PLC Systems and Scada ModificationsLUHRFILTER LIMITED£249kpending
Provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance for Air Compressors at The Pirbright Institute42120000£250kest.active
Plowright Formaldehyde (HCOH) Detection System Replacement31642000£40kest.active
Plowright Formaldehyde (HCOH) Detection System Replacement31642000£40kest.active
Plowright Formaldehyde (HCOH) Detection System Replacement31642000£40kest.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
SE
3 contracts · SME · 05 Sept12 Dec
£6.7m
56% of total
▼ 100%
2
RH
1 contract · 29 Sept
£1.6m
13% of total
3
FC
3 contracts · 21 Nov
£860kest.
7% of total
▼ 100%
4
LL
3 contracts · SME · 07 May
£498k
4% of total
New
5
CF
3 contracts · SME · 14 Apr31 May
£347k
3% of total
6
CB
1 contract · 05 Sept
£281k
2% of total
7
TT
£281k
2% of total
8
SA
1 contract · 31 Oct
£200k
2% of total
947
···
39 other suppliers
long tail · 23 SMEs
£1.2m
10% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
19 contracts
£8.4m
53%
Repair & maintenance
6 contracts
£2.0m
12%
Architecture, engineering
30 contracts
£1.3m
8%
Industrial machinery
10 contracts
£1.3m
8%
Other
46 contracts
£932k
6%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£900k
6%
Electrical machinery
16 contracts
£651k
4%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£456k
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Repair & maintenance
Architecture, engineering
Industrial machinery
Other
0
Software packages, IT
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 · 4 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 4 notices 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.

58%
SME supplier share
target 33%
37
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
47
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
UKJ25
Companies House
00559784
Contact
Lester Demmer
Email
Procurement.department@pirbright.ac.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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