UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) is a government-owned shared services provider based in Swindon, delivering finance, HR, payroll, IT and procurement services to its public-sector client departments. It runs centralised procurement on behalf of UKRI, DSIT, DESNZ and the Department for Business and Trade, sourcing professional services, technology, research equipment and corporate goods at scale.

Quick answer — UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED has awarded £167.8m across 592 suppliers, with 150 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 0 open notices now · 33 awards in last 90 d (£7.8m) · SME share 43% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share43%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d33

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) is a government-owned shared services provider based in Swindon, delivering finance, HR, payroll, IT and procurement services to its public-sector client departments. It runs centralised procurement on behalf of UKRI, DSIT, DESNZ and the Department for Business and Trade, sourcing professional services, technology, research equipment and corporate goods at scale.

1000
Notices published
999
Awards
592
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£11.1m
12 m spend
£40.3m
Prior 12 m
-72%
YoY change
£45k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£5m£9m£14m£19mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

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)

33

£7.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified999 · £167.8m
services1 · £0

Instrument type

contract859 · £118.7m
call off141 · £49.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 999Find a Tender: 1

Awarded contracts · 150 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Legal ServicesMills & Reeve LLP79000000£50k20 May 2026active
PS26097 - ET Claim- NS v UKRIDac Beachcroft Llp79100000£100k15 Apr 2026active
DDaT25544 - Penetration TestingPrism Infosec Ltd72212984£58k19 Apr 2026active
DDaT25169 - Learning Platform licencesQA Ltd48000000£30k22 May 2025active
PS25375 - Print Management Services; including strategic and transformational requirements - Command and House Paper Service (Acas27460)HH Associates Limited79811000£100k09 Apr 2026active
PS25217 - The Provision of Audit Services for Obesity ProgrammesForvis Mazars LLP79212000£1.3m21 Apr 2026active
PS26100 - Employment Advice & ClaimsDWF Law LLP79000000£25k31 Mar 2026active
DDaT25528 - SIP Trunking and Cloud Telephony ServicesGamma Network Solutions Ltd32500000£55k31 Mar 2026active
DDaT25319 - GSE Members SiteConnect Internet Solutions Ltd72000000£79k17 Mar 2026active
PS25328-Advice on jurisdictional boundariesEversheds Sutherland International LLP79100000£50k09 Apr 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DC
28 contracts · 17 Jul03 Mar
£16.9m
10% of total
▼ 92%
2
AT
1 contract · SME · 22 May
£8.0m
5% of total
3
GR
1 contract · 28 Jul
£6.9m
4% of total
4
VL
2 contracts · SME · 13 Mar25 Nov
£5.8m
3% of total
5
QM
£5.5m
3% of total
6
MC
£5.0m
3% of total
7
XL
12 contracts · 28 Nov26 Nov
£4.7m
3% of total
▼ 98%
8
CC
1 contract · SME · 25 May
£4.5m
3% of total
9592
···
584 other suppliers
long tail · 285 SMEs
£103.5m
62% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
196 contracts
£40.5m
29%
IT services, software
76 contracts
£29.4m
21%
Software packages, IT
134 contracts
£15.5m
11%
R&D services
124 contracts
£13.6m
10%
Laboratory, scientific
124 contracts
£12.3m
9%
Office equipment, IT
35 contracts
£10.0m
7%
Education, training
21 contracts
£9.3m
7%
Architecture, engineering
29 contracts
£6.8m
5%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
0
2
0
IT services, software
4
0
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
R&D services
0
1
0
Laboratory, scientific
Office equipment, IT
0
0
1
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 SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 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.

43%
SME supplier share
target 33%
382
SME award rows
28
VCSE award rows
592
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
UKK14
Companies House
06330639
Contact
Goods and Self Service
Email
coreservices@uksbs.co.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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