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Public sector tenders and awarded contracts from Intellectual Property Office, tracked by Skim across every UK and EU procurement portal.

Live opportunities
2
Awarded contracts
19
Total awarded value
£7,508,887
Country
United Kingdom

Also awarded in 2 other currencies: €37,181 · US$22,050

Procurement pipeline

21 published notices

Live
210%
Awarded
1990%

Find the key decision makers

The people who scope, score and sign contracts at Intellectual Property Office — names, roles and how to reach them.

Tenders & awards

Showing 19 of 21 on this page. 2 live and 19 awarded in total.

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£3,388,614

Provision of Workday Licences

Won by Softcat PLC

Awarded 27 October 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom€18,865

Global Trademark & Patent Cases (Darts IP) 26-27

Won by Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited

Awarded 27 October 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£12,000

Orchestrating Major Projects Programme

Won by Oxford Said Business School Ltd

Awarded 19 October 2026

In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£16,667

Procurement/Contract Think Kit - KS3 - KS4 Resource Update

Won by Route Education Ltd

Awarded 13 October 2026

In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£1,398,431

Provision of Work day Implementation Partner

Won by Cognizant Worldwide Ltd

Awarded 8 October 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£98,799

Prov. of Research Support: Counter-Infringement Strat. & IP Crime Syst. Design

Won by The Royal United Services Institute

Awarded 1 September 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£23,300

Investors in People Accreditation

Won by INVESTORS IN PEOPLE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Awarded 23 August 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£870,698

Law Enforcement Community Network (LECN)

Won by Home Office

Awarded 3 August 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£475,996

Provision of a Data Delivery Partner for the OneIPO Transformation Programme

Won by Hitat

Awarded 16 July 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£527,950

Provision of Certificate/Diploma in Law and Intellectual Property (DipLIP)

Won by USW Commercial Services Ltd

Awarded 6 July 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£29,822

NLA Media Access (26/27)

Won by NLA Media Access Limited

Awarded 30 June 2026

In deliveryUnited KingdomGoods£99,616

Provision of Mobile Telecoms Services

Won by Daisy Communications Limited

Awarded 4 February 2026

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£19,868

Complete Freedom Collection

Won by Elsevier Limited

Awarded 31 December 2025

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£13,350

Royal Society of Chemistry – Journal Articles (25-26)

Won by Royal Society of Chemistry

Awarded 31 December 2025

In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£99,000

Kofax Maintenance & TM10 FileNet

Won by Open Connections Solutions Ltd

Awarded 18 December 2025

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£150,326

Mintel Databases (25-26)

Won by Mintel Group Ltd

Awarded 7 November 2025

In deliveryUnited Kingdom€18,316

Global Trademark & Patent Cases (Darts IP)

Won by Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited

Awarded 31 October 2025

In deliveryUnited Kingdom£284,450

Westlaw subscription

Won by Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited

Awarded 31 August 2025

In deliveryUnited KingdomUS$22,050

MAP - metered access pricing - tokens

Won by American Chemical Society

Awarded 30 July 2025

Procurement profile

What Intellectual Property Office has awarded over the last five years, from 27 award notices.

Awarded value each year

In GBP, from awards with a published value

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£725k
£7m

2022

0

2023

0

2024

0

2025

13

2026*

14

Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date

Key figures

Median contract value
£38,161
Last 3 years
Typical contract length
1 year
Median, last 3 years
Suppliers used
26
Last 3 years
Awards to SMEs
21%
As declared in notices

Top suppliers

By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded

  • Softcat PLC£3.4m

    1 award · 53.6% of value

  • Home Office£871k

    1 award · 13.8% of value

  • USW Commercial Services Ltd£528k

    1 award · 8.4% of value

  • Hitachi Solutions Europe Ltd£476k

    1 award · 7.5% of value

  • THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED£284k

    1 award · 4.5% of value

  • MINTEL GROUP LTD£150k

    1 award · 2.4% of value

  • Daisy Communications Limited£100k

    1 award · 1.6% of value

  • Open Connections Solutions Ltd£99k

    1 award · 1.6% of value

What they buy

Awards by CPV division, last 3 years

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security13
  • Education and training services6
  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support4
  • Software package and information systems2
  • Printed matter and related products2
  • Postal and telecommunications services1

How they buy

Procedure behind each award, last 3 years

  • Direct award78%
  • Open procedure11%
  • Framework call-off7%
  • Limited competition4%

When they award

Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: October

Awards by calendar month, last 3 years
January0
February1
March1
April3
May0
June2
July3
August5
September2
October6
November1
December3

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

12 contracts, worth £1,001,984

Soonest first, by recorded end date, not counting extension options

9 more contracts end by November 2027

Incumbent, value and end date for every contract Intellectual Property Office has ending, with an alert when it starts re-procuring.

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