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Public sector contracts from Department for Business and Trade
183 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 293
- Awards, last 12 months
- 570
- Awards since 2021
- 410
- Distinct suppliers
- £90k
- Median contract value
- 183
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months
- Has published 11 planned procurements
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2023
- Took on 183 new suppliers in the last 12 months
- Has published 3 AI transparency records
293 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 266 the year before, and 570 since 2021 from 410 suppliers.
Department for Business and Trade at a glance
Its most active procurement category is business and professional services.
SGS United Kingdom Limited appears most frequently, holding 12 awards.
The median published contract value is £90k (570 contracts state a value).
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Awards per quarter
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183 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Coming next
11 planned procurements
What Department for Business and Trade has said it will buy, from the pipeline notices it publishes on Find a Tender: the work, the expected tender date and, where given, the value, before the tender is advertised.
Tender expected Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
DBT Business Support Service
£8.3mContract starts Apr 2027
Tender date not given
Business Growth Support Bench
£6.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Feb 2029
Tender date not given
Cyber Security Bench Contract
£5.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Jan 2030
Tender date not given
Digital Partner for Trade and Regulatory Portfolio
£6.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Mar 2028
Tender date not given
Marketing Creative Services - Domestic & International
£10.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Apr 2027
Tender date not given
Marketing Production Services
£2.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Apr 2028
Tender date not given
OPSS Digital and Data Delivery Support
£28.1mAward under frameworkContract starts Apr 2027
Tender date not given
Provision of Data Platform Development and Support for DBT
£16.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Jan 2027
Tender date not given
Provision of Digital Design Support Development Services
£7.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Apr 2028
Tender date not given
Provision of Digital Skills for Technology
£15.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Apr 2027
Tender date not given
Strategic Sites Accelerator - ESM2
£5.0mAward under frameworkContract starts Mar 2026
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What Department for Business and Trade has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
1 Oct 2026 (5 weeks ago)
29 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
29 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
29 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
28 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
Contract award
CR_5544 Auto Supply Chain Data for Automotive Manufacturing and Technology Plan (AMTP)
Awarded to Mobility Group c/o R.L. Polk Limited
28 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
Contract award
Office for Product Safety and Standards Ecodesign Testing Dishwashers
Awarded to SGS United Kingdom Limited
25 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
CR_5542 - Research into Work Stress, Burnout and Employment Outcomes
Awarded to Market & Opinion Research International Limited (Trading as
25 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
Human Resources Position Management, Organisation Design and Workforce Planning System
Awarded to Orgvue Limited
24 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
SIAL Paris 2026 UK Innovation Showcase
Awarded to Food and Drink Exporters Association FDEA
23 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
CR_5532 ASEAN UK EIP Good Regulatory Practice Expert
Awarded to Partners for Reform Ltd
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
21 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
CR_5502 Evaluation of Strategic Sites Accelerator Programme
Awarded to Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
21 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
Evaluation of Strategic Sites Accelerator Programme
Awarded to Ipsos (Market Research) Ltt
18 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
18 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
14 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
11 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Awarded to LSE Enterprise Ltd
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Most frequent suppliers
- SGS United Kingdom Limited12 awards
- Intertek Testing and Certification Limited10 awards
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd10 awards
- Deloitte LLP Ltd8 awards
- Ernst Young LLP7 awards
- POST OFFICE Ltd7 awards
- IFF Research Limited6 awards
- QA Limited6 awards
- RINA Tech UK Limited5 awards
- United Kingdom Testing & Certification Limited5 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
246 of 620 awards
6 of 585 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Department for Business and Trade recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Department for Business and Trade with a profile170
- Accenture (UK) LTD3
- Actica Consulting Limited1
- Addleshaw-Goddard LLC3
- ADS Group Limited4
- Alexander Mann Solutions Limited1
- Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited1
- Allocate Software Limited1
- ALMA Economics Limited1
- Anexsys Limited1
- Arup Limited1
- Ashurst LLP5
- Assist Knowledge Development LimitedSME1
- Aston University2
- ATKINSREALIS UK Limited1
- Avepoint UK LTD1
- Basis Social LTD1
- Beauhurst Limited1
- Behavioural Insights Limited1
- Bloomberg Finance L.P1
- Blue Marble Research Limited1
- BMG Research LTD1
- BPP Professional Education Limited2
- BPP University LTD2
- British Telecommunications PLC1
- Building Design Partnership (BDP) Ltd1
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited2
- CACI Limited2
- Cambridge University Technical Services Limited2
- CapGemini UK PLC1
- Carbon Limiting Technologies Limited2
- CBRE Limited1
- Centre For Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP5
- CGI UK Limited1
- Chartered Trading Standards Institute1
- Clarity Travel Limited1
- Clyde and Co LLP1
- CMC Partnership Consultancy Limited1
- Company Watch Limited1
- Connected Places Catapult1
- CPC Project Services LLP1
- Damar Training Limited1
- Deloitte LLP Ltd8
- Dentons UK and Middle East LLP2
- DLA Piper (UK) LLP1
- DUN and BRADSTREET LTD2
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Limited2
- Environmental Resources Management Limited1
- Epiq Systems Limited1
- Ernst Young LLP7
- Everbridge Europe Limited1
- Experian LTD3
- Fieldfisher LLP2
- Fluent Technology Limited1
- FRONTIER ECONOMICS Ltd2
- Gate One Limited1
- GatenbySanderson LTD2
- H H Associates Limited1
- Hatch Associates Limited1
- Health Partners Group Limited1
- Hogan Lovells International LLP3
- Hogan Lovells LLP2
- Hootsuite INC1
- I.F.F Research Limited5
- IBISWORLD Limited1
- ICF Consulting Services Limited1
- Ideagen PLC1
- IFF Research Limited6
- IFM Engage Limited1
- Informed Solutions Limited2
- Innovas Consulting Solutions Ltd2
- Institute For Employment StudiesCharity1
- Internet Investigation Solutions Limited1
- Intertek Testing and Certification Limited10
- IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd10
- IPSOS MORI UK Limited2
- Jacobs LTD1
- Jacobs U.K.LTD1
- JBA Consulting Limited1
- Kaplan Financial Limited1
- Korn Ferry (UK) LIMITED2
- kpmg LLP1
- Lane, Clark and Peacock LLP1
- LDN Apprenticeships Limited1
- LGC Limited1
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Ltd1
- London Economics Limited2
- LSE Enterprise LTD2
- Lucideon LimitedSME1
- Lyreco UK LTD1
- Made Tech Limited2
- Makers Academy Limited1
- Market & Opinion Research International Limited (Trading as2
- MCKINSEY and COMPANY INC UNITED KINGDOM1
- Metro Dynamics Limited1
- Microsoft LTD1
- Miller Research (UK) Ltd1
- Mintel Group Limited1
- MLC Partners LTD2
- Moody's Analytics UK Limited2
- Moorhouse Consulting LTD1
- Mott MacDonald LTD1
- National Centre For Social ResearchCharity1
- Netpremacy LimitedSME1
- NLA Media Access Limited1
- OCO Global LTDSME2
- Olive Jar Digital LTDSME1
- OMD Group Limited1
- ORACLE Corporation UK Ltd1
- Orgvue Limited1
- OVE ARUP and PARTNERS LIMITED1
- Oxford Brookes University1
- Oxford Economics Limited1
- Oxford Saïd Business School Limited1
- PA Consulting LTD2
- PA CONSULTING Services LTD2
- PAM Wellbeing Limited2
- Phoenix Software LTD4
- PitchBook Data, Inc2
- POST OFFICE Ltd7
- Press Data LTD1
- PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLP1
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC LLP)1
- Public Digital PLC1
- PUBLIC Group International Limited2
- PwC LLP2
- QA Limited6
- Queen Mary University of London3
- RELX (UK) Limited1
- Reward Gateway (UK) LTD1
- RICARDO-AEA Ltd1
- Risk & Policy Analysts Limited2
- Robiquity Limited2
- Russell Reynolds Associates Limited2
- S and P Global LTD3
- S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC1
- Savanta Group LTD1
- SCC Ltd1
- SGS United Kingdom Limited12
- Shakespeare Martineau LLP1
- Shimadzu UK Limited2
- SOFTCAT PlC2
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC3
- Specsavers Optical Superstores LTD1
- Statista LTD1
- TAG Europe Limited1
- Teneo Financial Advisory Limited1
- The Digital Accessibility Centre Limited1
- The Financial Times Limited1
- The JGA Group1
- The Stationery Office Limited1
- Thomson Reuters Limited1
- Through Technology Limited2
- TlT LLP1
- TMC3 Limited1
- Triad Group PLC2
- Tussell Limited1
- UEA Consulting Limited1
- UMI Commercial LimitedSME1
- United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) Ltd1
- University of Cumbria1
- University Of Kent2
- University Of StrathclydeCharity1
- Valiantys Limited2
- Verian Group UK Limited3
- VERSION 1 Solutions Limited2
- Wavemaker Limited1
- WSP UK LImited2
- Yonder Consulting Limited5
- YouGov PLC5
- University of Salford2
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Department for Business and Trade classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 79952000Event services87
- 73110000Research services55
- 72300000Data services33
- 80400000Adult and other education services32
- 48000000Software package and information systems25
- 73200000Research and development consultancy services20
- 71600000Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services18
- 79100000Legal services16
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Department for Business and Trade, in short
Who does Department for Business and Trade award contracts to?
Across 570 contracts recorded since 2021, Department for Business and Trade has used 410 different suppliers. The most frequent are SGS United Kingdom Limited (12 contracts), Intertek Testing and Certification Limited (10 contracts), IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) Ltd (10 contracts).
What does Department for Business and Trade buy?
Its most active procurement categories are business and professional services, research and development, IT services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Department for Business and Trade contracts come up for renewal?
183 contracts awarded by Department for Business and Trade have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 9 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Department for Business and Trade spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £90k, across the 570 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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AI transparency records
AI tools Department for Business and Trade records, and who supplies them
From the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard records this organisation has published on GOV.UK. The supplier is as the record names it.
Beta pilotPublished 16 Oct 2025No supplier named
Business intelligence (BI) subject tagger
ProductionPublished 29 Apr 2025No supplier named
ProductionPublished 27 Feb 2025No supplier named
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Same type of body. National bodies are not grouped by region: a department's notice address is where its commercial team sits, not where it works. Most published awards first.
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards rose, then stayed broadly level in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 24, 266 and 293. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months: 149 of its 256 contracts with an end date still to come end by 8 November 2027. Shown when that is more than half, with at least 5.
- Has published 11 planned procurements: Pipeline notices on Find a Tender whose expected tender date is still to come, or passed in the last 30 days.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2023: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2023 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 183 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Has published 3 AI transparency records: Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard records on GOV.UK, listed further down this page.
- Most recent award: recorded 23 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago).
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Department for Business and Trade [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/department-for-business-and-trade (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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