cpv 73 · Research and development services
research and development
25,883 UK public sector contracts and tenders for research and development, from 2,284 buyers since 17 Dec 2014. The typical contract is worth £50,000. 56 are still open.
the biggest awarded contracts in research and development
Contracts that name a winning supplier, ranked by the value the buyer published, excluding those flagged as a maximum rather than a price. Figures are as published; gvtcx does not adjust them. A large contract is often a multi-year framework, so the value is what may be spent over its whole life — and where several suppliers share one framework, each is shown against the framework's full value rather than its own share.
who wins this work
Suppliers with the most recorded awards in this category. Median rather than total, because framework ceilings are published in the same field as real contract values.
| supplier | awards | median value |
|---|---|---|
| Arup | 302 | £73,666 |
| Ove Arup & Partners Limited | 250 | £55,200 |
| wsp | 233 | £99,969 |
| WSP UK Limited | 224 | £67,252 |
| IFF Research Ltd | 215 | £58,075 |
| Alexander Mann Solutions Limited | 191 | · |
| Ipsos MORI | 169 | £52,500 |
| AECOM Limited | 133 | £41,013 |
| ICF Consulting Services Limited | 129 | £74,497 |
| National Centre for Social Research | 120 | £96,467 |
| Ricardo-AEA Ltd | 119 | £48,164 |
| RSK ADAS Limited | 116 | £49,686 |
| Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd | 105 | £74,153 |
| Frontier Economics Limited | 98 | £49,726 |
| Atkins | 97 | £36,135 |
who buys it
by region
- London 3,138
- South East 1,833
- South West 1,281
- Scotland 1,057
- North West 986
- North East 984
- Yorkshire and the Humber 962
- East Midlands 932
- West Midlands 852
- East of England 747
- Wales 367
- Northern Ireland 177
over time
| year | contracts | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 342 | |
| 2016 | 2,361 | |
| 2017 | 1,463 | |
| 2018 | 1,843 | |
| 2019 | 2,235 | |
| 2020 | 2,026 | |
| 2021 | 2,993 | |
| 2022 | 3,324 | |
| 2023 | 3,367 | |
| 2024 | 2,915 | |
| 2025 | 2,081 | |
| 2026 | 931 |
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