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Department for International Trade

Observed by BidSkim 4 Jan 202120 Mar 2025#131 in the UK by recorded volume
990
procurements
£821m
recorded awarded value
£60k
median contract
0
open now
32
ending within 12 months

Department for International Trade has 990 recorded procurements on the official UK sources, awarding a recorded £821m to 442 suppliers over the last five years, led by business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000). The median recorded contract is £60k and 38% of awards ran through a framework or DPS. 0 competitions are open for bids today and 32 recorded contracts end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.

Who wins this work, by value

top suppliers by recorded value · 5 years
1Hays2 wins
£150m
3Bray Leino5 wins
£76.2m
4TLT LLP4 wins
£26.8m
5ES Global1 wins
£24.0m
6Oracle1 wins
£23.7m

Who wins the most contracts

top suppliers by number of recorded wins · 5 years
1Ipsos9 wins
£7.8m
3RX Global7 wins
£521k
5Deloitte6 wins
£5.9m
£1.2m
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What they buy, by CPV code

recorded procurements per code · all years
CPVDescriptionContractsRecorded value
79000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security104£64.0m
79900000Miscellaneous business and business-related services93£56.4m
72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support80£31.2m
72300000Data services69£12.8m
79952000Event services60£22.1m
48000000Software package and information systems40£20.1m
79100000Legal services39£96.9m
79950000Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services38£1.1m
79600000Recruitment services31£156m
73000000Research and development services and related consultancy services29£9.9m

A contract carrying several codes counts under each. Values are floors.

Awarded contracts by year

recorded awards per year
202020212022202320242025
Contracts awarded*current year part-year
Recorded value£5.5m£66.0m£265m£490m£272m£3.8m

Recent activity

latest recorded notices
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Renewal radar

contract timing signals

Published or derived contract timing signals, not confirmed re-tenders. Use them to decide when to verify the source and engage the buyer.

Domestic and International Business Travel
£100m · published end date · held by Clarity Travel Limited
ends 22 Apr 2027
Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry- Document Disclosure 2024-2025
£26.8m · published end date · held by TLT LLP
ends 11 Sept 2026
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Department for International Trade procurement, answered

computed from this buyer's notices

Who supplies Department for International Trade?

442 suppliers hold recorded awards from this buyer over five years. The largest by recorded value are Hays, Clarity Business Travel, Bray Leino; by number of contracts, Ipsos and UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) lead. 0 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months.

What does Department for International Trade buy?

Its recorded procurement concentrates in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, miscellaneous business and business-related services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support (CPV 79000000, 79900000, 72000000). The median recorded contract is £60k.

How many Department for International Trade contracts are coming up for renewal?

32 of its recorded contracts carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £204m where a value was published. With a free account you can set an alert on this buyer; predicted re-tender windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

How do I win work from Department for International Trade?

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Buyer snapshot

26 Aug 2026
Region
London
Recorded procurements
990
Recorded value
£821m
Median contract
£60k
Average contract
£1.2m
Via framework or DPS, 5y
38%
Awarded, 90 days
0
Ending within 12 months
32
Publishes on
CF · FTS

Competitive read

how open this buyer is

442 distinct suppliers hold recorded awards over five years; the top five take 55% of recorded value. 0 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months.

What they buy, by market

recorded procurements

Commercial contacts

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About this data. Built from 990 recorded procurements on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Unpublished call-offs are invisible to notice data, so every figure is a floor. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Department for International Trade: 990 recorded procurements, £821m awarded · BidSkim