Quick answer — UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Last refreshed 21 Jan 2022

At a glance

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has awarded £5.7m across 26 suppliers, with 44 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 60% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 14% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration60%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share14%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 41 published notices and 37 awards on PublicSupply.

41
Notices published
37
Awards
26
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£600k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) — 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)

6

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

Unspecified2 · £3.4m
services34 · £2.7m
goods5 · £0

Instrument type

contract41 · £6.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 39Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 44 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
UKRI-6045 Child friendly temporary accommodation consultancy79930000£0active
UKRI-1800_37 UKGEOS Due DiligenceOve Arup and Partners Limitedactive
UKRI-1800_36 Additional sprint work on clean energy superpower missionOve Arup and Partners Limitedactive
UKRI-3140_29 RRS Discovery Hybrid StudyHoulder Limitedactive
UKRI-3140_28 Detailed Market Assessment of the UK USV marketHoulder Limitedactive
UKRI-5776 BGS - Supply & Installation of a Desktop Micro-XRF SpectrometerQuantum Design UK and Ireland Ltdactive
UKRI-5886 BGS Geothermal project – legal adviceDLA Piper LLP79100000active
Bespoke Imaging System (MRC-LMB)Intelligent Imaging Innovations Ltdactive
UKRI-1819_08 EIGL1 Phase 3 and 4 Chiller Installation Works – BGS 1357OCS MandE Services Limited79993100active
UKRI-5867 BGS Supply of gas (both rental and supplies) 2026-2027BOC Ltd24100000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EI
2 contracts · 21 Jan
£3.4m
60% of total
2
BW
£995kest.
17% of total
3
PL
£200kest.
3% of total
4
ML
1 contract
£200kest.
3% of total
5
FA
£200kest.
3% of total
6
RE
£125kest.
2% of total
7
WH
£120kest.
2% of total
8
BL
1 contract
£120kest.
2% of total
926
···
18 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£360k
6% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
15 contracts
£5.8m
56%
Education, training
1 contract
£3.4m
33%
Other
26 contracts
£995k
10%
R&D services
1 contract
£125k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Business, legal, advisory
Education, training
Other
R&D services
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 · 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 & Innovation (UKRI) 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.

14%
SME supplier share
target 33%
6
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
26
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 14% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UK
Companies House
14697629
Contact
Corporate Procurement Team
Email
nercprocurement@ukri.org

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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