SQW Ltd

Large enterpriseR&D servicesUK · OxfordCompany No. 01701564

SQW Ltd is a UK limited company, based in Oxford, incorporated in 1983. Has won 220 UK public-sector contracts worth £32.5m across 81 buyers, primarily UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED and R&D services work.

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Active contracts

no new awards in 30d

Contracted (12m)

£2.3m

▲ 102% vs prior 12m

Framework headroom (12m)

—

▼ 100% vs prior 12m

Public buyers

stable this month

Top buyer share

13%

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

Buyer concentration

Each block sized by share of total award value. A dominant block signals dependency on one buyer.

Diversified. Top 3 buyers = 35% of revenue.

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

£4.3m

13%

Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)

£4.0m

12%

DERBY CITY COUNCIL

£3.2m

10%

N H S Shared Business Services

£3.0m

Espo

£2.6m

Title	Buyer	Award type	Value	Awarded	Status
TD1274 - Provision of Consultancy Support for the revision of the D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan	DERBY CITY COUNCIL	Framework call off	£3.2m ceiling · ~£3.2m share	29 Aug 2017	expired
Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health	N H S Shared Business Services	Framework call off	£3.0m ceiling · ~£138k share (÷22)	26 Jan 2024	active
Homes England Strategic Research and Economic Analysis Professional Services Framework 2020-2024	Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)	Framework call off	£2.9m ceiling · ~£122k share (÷24)	11 Dec 2020	expired
Independent Evaluator of the City, Growth, and Devolution Deals	DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES	Direct contract	£1.9m	24 Oct 2022	active
664_17 Consultancy Services	Espo	Framework call off	£1.5m ceiling · ~£11k share (÷134)	31 Mar 2017	expired
664_21 Consultancy Services	Espo	Shared contract	£1.1m lot total · 176 suppliers	22 Aug 2021	expired
BIS Research and Evaluation Framework	UK Shared Business Services Ltd	Framework call off	£1.1m ceiling · ~£13k share (÷83)	01 Jan 2016	expired
Evaluation of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts HQ Retention	Department for Science, Innovation & Technology	Direct contract	£600k	27 Oct 2025	active
PS25121 Evaluation of 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme	Department for Science, Innovation & Technology	Direct contract	£562k	30 Sept 2025	expired
UK SBS CR20055 - Data to Early Diagnostics and Precision Medicine Challenge	UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	Direct contract	£552k	30 Jul 2020	expired
UK SBS CR20052 - Transforming Food Production Evaluation	UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	Direct contract	£489k	06 Aug 2020	expired
GB-Sheffield: NRIF Evaluation	British Business Bank	Direct contract	£450k	21 May 2025	active
CR20157 - Manufacturing Made Smarter (MMS) Process and Impact Evaluation	UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	Direct contract	£450k	26 Mar 2021	expired
UK SBS CR20040 Transforming Foundation Industries - Evaluation	UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED	Direct contract	£400k	24 Jul 2020	expired
22114 2023 GCP Gateway Review Consultancy Support	Cambridgeshire County Council	Direct contract	£399k	05 May 2023	expired

SQW Ltd

Buyer concentration

Contracts won · 220 total · 55 active · 162 expired

Top buyers · by total award value

Award value — last 8 quarters

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Geographic spread

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