Quick answer — UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities CouncilLast refreshed 08 Oct 2024

At a glance

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council has awarded £3.1m across 52 suppliers, with 3 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 6% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration6%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 53 published notices and 53 awards on PublicSupply.

53
Notices published
53
Awards
52
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£300k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£47k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

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

Unspecified53 · £3.1m

Instrument type

contract53 · £3.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 53

Awarded contracts · 3 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Swindon: UKRI-3755 Double Beam Turning ChamberEGKenn Vacuum Technology SP. Z O. O.44112700£73k26 Jan 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4173 Repair and Calibration of KERN Micro HD High Performance CNC Milling MachineRainford Precison Machines Ltd38293000£41k05 Jul 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4165 APA panelsLocker Wire Weavers Ltd44175000£53k03 Jul 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4164 Electromagnetic simulation software licensesAnsys UK lTD48000000£28k03 Jul 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4371 ACS Motion Control systemsPI (Physik Instrumente) Ltd.92100000£37k08 Oct 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4370 Aperture frequency doubling crystalsLLC31712336£37k08 Oct 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4370 Aperture frequency doubling crystalsGooch & Housego (Ohio)31712336£37k08 Oct 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4335 R04 Phase II - Project Management Services RIBA 02-07AtkinsRealis PPS Ltd72224000£67k23 Sept 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4095 COATS sensorControl Loop Concepts Limited35125100£45k04 Jun 2024active
GB-Swindon: UKRI-4070 UKRI Africa Networking EventInclusive Innovation79952000£26k24 May 2024active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PS
1 contract · SME · 23 Jan
£178k
6% of total
2
EV
2 contracts · SME · 26 Jan17 May
£124k
4% of total
3
NA
1 contract · SME · 10 May
£113k
4% of total
4
SY
1 contract · SME · 07 Nov
£112k
4% of total
5
SC
1 contract · 16 May
£105k
3% of total
6
MP
1 contract · SME · 13 Nov
£96k
3% of total
7
LU
1 contract · SME · 04 Mar
£95k
3% of total
8
NW
1 contract · SME · 13 Feb
£94k
3% of total
952
···
44 other suppliers
long tail · 28 SMEs
£2.2m
71% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Laboratory, scientific
12 contracts
£722k
30%
Software packages, IT
10 contracts
£454k
19%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£355k
15%
Electrical machinery
5 contracts
£278k
12%
Construction materials
4 contracts
£224k
9%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£140k
6%
Furniture, cleaning
2 contracts
£126k
5%
Industrial machinery
2 contracts
£107k
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Laboratory, scientific
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
Electrical machinery
Construction materials
Repair & maintenance
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.

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.

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
36
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
52
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
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.

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