Quick answer — United Kingdom Hydrographic OfficeLast refreshed 29 Sept 2020

At a glance

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office has awarded £66.2m across 211 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 15% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 3% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration15%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share3%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is a contracting authority, based in UKK. Tracks 528 published notices and 527 awards on PublicSupply.

528
Notices published
527
Awards
211
Suppliers engaged
2016
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
£34k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office — 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)

1

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

Unspecified527 · £68.2m
services1 · £1.1m

Instrument type

contract528 · £69.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 527Find a Tender: 1

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Next Generation Sailing Directions Data Migration£1.1mest.active
Next Generation Sailing Directions Data Migration72312000£0active
GB-Taunton: Digitising Hard Copy Publications 202279999100£0active
GB-Taunton: Taxi services for UKHO60120000£0active
GB-Taunton: Production and supply of NP133A and NP133C - folders and inserts22800000£0active
Translations and Interpreting Services for the UKHOGlobal Voices Limited79530000£240k29 Sept 2020active
Translations and Interpreting Services for the UKHO79530000£0active
Supply of a Feature Database System for the UKHO v2Envitia Limited48610000£907k30 Jan 2020active
Supply of Interim Call Off Printing Services for the UKHOHobbs the Printers Limited79810000£640k06 Feb 2020active
Supply of Interim Call Off Printing Services for the UKHOHenry Ling Limited79810000£640k06 Feb 2020active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AC
4 contracts · 21 Aug27 Dec
£9.7m
15% of total
2
ML
1 contract · 14 Jun
£4.0m
6% of total
3
ID
22 contracts · 25 Oct19 Dec
£3.1m
5% of total
4
AU
3 contracts · 01 Sept29 May
£3.0m
5% of total
5
EL
12 contracts · 14 Dec21 Dec
£2.2m
3% of total
6
SL
£2.0m
3% of total
7
FG
3 contracts · 20 Nov17 Dec
£1.8m
3% of total
8
FE
2 contracts · 27 Oct09 Jul
£1.7m
3% of total
9211
···
203 other suppliers
long tail · 6 SMEs
£38.6m
58% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
175 contracts
£21.0m
37%
Software packages, IT
119 contracts
£11.6m
21%
IT services, software
99 contracts
£6.5m
12%
Architecture, engineering
17 contracts
£5.2m
9%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£4.0m
7%
Musical instruments, sport
3 contracts
£3.0m
5%
Office equipment, IT
15 contracts
£2.6m
5%
Laboratory, scientific
9 contracts
£2.4m
4%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
Architecture, engineering
Support transport services
Musical instruments, sport
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.

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 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.

3%
SME supplier share
target 33%
15
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
211
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 3% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK
Email
Melanie.Jones@UKHO.gov.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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