Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
138 awarded tenders, 120 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
38 Laboratory, optical and precision4 procedures · 3%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting3 procedures · 2%80 Education and training services3 procedures · 2%24 Chemical products2 procedures · 2%32 Radio, television, communication2 procedures · 2%35 Security, fire-fighting, police2 procedures · 2%42 Industrial machinery2 procedures · 2%63 Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel2 procedures · 2%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 125 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract99%(124 notices)
124 of 125 notices are Contract (99%).Framework1%(1 notice)
1 of 125 notices is Framework (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Direct award61%(76 notices)
76 of 125 notices are Direct award (61%).Open13%(16 notices)
16 of 125 notices are Open (13%).Route not published13%(16 notices)
16 of 125 notices are Route not published (13%).Limited / restricted10%(13 notices)
13 of 125 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).Selective3%(4 notices)
4 of 125 notices are Selective (3%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 9 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 126 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| S. H. L. REFRACTORIES (U.K.) LIMITED | 5 | 3.6% | 5 | 5 | — |
| Edinburgh Innovations Limited | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 9 Jun 2025 |
| Contained Air Solutions Ltd | 3 | 2.2% | 2 | 3 | — |
| Atlantas Marine Ltd | 3 | 2.2% | 0 | 4 | — |
| University of Portsmouth | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Queen Mary University of London | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| University of Surrey | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 138 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 120 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| M&E and Civil Construction Minor Works | CONCEPT BUILDING SERVICES (SOUTHERN) LTD | 20 Aug 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £3,000,000 ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| M&E Minor Works | K.J. QUINN SERVICES LTD | 8 Oct 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £3,000,000 ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| PA0000003042 Dstl Shuttle Service | COLLECTIVETECH LIMITED | 18 Aug 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £2,923,222 ≈ £974k/yr |
| Equipment Cabinets and Enclosures | Steatite Limited | 18 Aug 2025 | 2.9 yrs | £1,649,818 ≈ £566k/yr |
| Creative Hub - Lot 1 | Media Zoo Limited | — | — | £1,023,009 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
106 of 137 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| IPMO 2323.03 - Signal Generators | Rohde and Schwarz UK Ltd | 13 Nov 2026 | £98,920 |
| Controlled Key Management Systems | ASSA ABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED T/A Traka | 27 Nov 2026 | £13,796 |
| Dstl0000071686 | Foster & Freeman | 31 Dec 2026 | £33,367 |
| UK7_Support and Service Contract of PLC | SIEMENS PLC | 29 Jan 2027 | £16,215 |
| DSTL0000071484 | Edinburgh Instruments Ltd | 31 Jan 2027 | £91,383 |
| IPMO 2168.12 - High-Speed X-Ray | Dynamic Research Innovations Incorporated | 31 Mar 2027 | £221,600 |
| supply of aluminium plate | MTL Advanced Ltd | 1 Apr 2027 | £49,463 |
| Dstl0000064286 | Timberlake Ventures LLC | 30 Apr 2027 | US$15,000 |
| AutoCAD Software | GRAITEC LIMITED | 30 Apr 2027 | £59,410 |
| Qualtrics Software Licence | Qualtrics LLC | 21 May 2027 | £16,900 |
Soonest 10 of 20 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 162 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Dstl0000071686 | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | — |
| DSTL0000071484 | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Supply of PlaneWave IRDK14 Dall-Kirkham IR telescope, DeltaRho 350 telescope plus accessories and T600 Direct Drive Gimbal Mount. | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| M&E Minor Works | Awarded / complete | 8 Oct 2026 | — |
| BSc (Hons) Risk and Security Management distance learning degree course | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Quantum Technology Applications & Management MSc | Awarded / complete | 1 Oct 2026 | — |
| MSc Data Visualization | Awarded / complete | 29 Sept 2026 | — |
| PhD in Molecular Cell Biology and Neurobiology | Awarded / complete | 25 Sept 2026 | — |
| IPMO 2323.03 - Signal Generators - UK 7 | Awarded / complete | 25 Sept 2026 | — |
| On-Site UKAS Sensor Calibrationi | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Controlled Key Management Systems | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | — |
| UK7 - Contract Details | Awarded / complete | 18 Sept 2026 | — |
| IPMO 1877.04 - Telehandler ProcurementMobile lifting frames | Awarded / complete | 14 Sept 2026 | £120,000 |
| M&E and Civil Construction Minor Works | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2026 | — |
| Technical Services Radio UpgradeRadio equipment | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | £170,000 |
| MSc Forensic Psychology | Awarded / complete | 1 Sept 2026 | — |
| Dstl0000068167 | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Dstl0000068447 | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Safety at Work V3Health and safety services | Open | 21 Aug 2026 | £810,000 |
| Incinerator refractory repairs | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 106 of 137 published contracts have an end date; 4 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.