# Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 1473 - Known award value: £203,576,239 - Distinct contract winners: 728 - First award: 9 November 2013 - Latest award: 26 September 2026 ## Top contract winners - [Qinetiq](/contract-winners/qinetiq/public-sector-contract-awards): 59 awards - BAE SYSTEMS \(FARNBOROUGH 3\) LIMITED: 36 awards - [Frazer Nash Consultancy](/contract-winners/frazer-nash-consultancy/public-sector-contract-awards): 29 awards - [The University of Strathclyde](/contract-winners/university-of-strathclyde/public-sector-contract-awards): 20 awards - [ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED](/contract-winners/roke-manor-research/public-sector-contract-awards): 20 awards ## Contract awards ### [AI Communications Strategy](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-39cf7f68-48a5-483c-9390-c76bead52c63) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED · £69,344 · 21 March 2022 · awarded ### [Manufacture of Boat Cradle](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-487055a3-4551-4662-ae2c-5bc47e45a534) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Stead and Wilkins Limited · £73,945 · 8 April 2022 · awarded ### [Support to \[Redacted\]](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eefb5828-b0f6-4770-a336-5b84211e6a90) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Frazer Nash Consultancy Ltd · £149,995 · 14 March 2022 · awarded ### [DSTL0000002220](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-176f7b19-ee35-4407-ac64-bc08117ade02) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · PRO-LITE TECHNOLOGY LTD · £14,625 · 28 March 2022 · awarded ### [3 Year PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e9dc18d6-60b9-4e8f-8ded-194743ed9ec5) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · £99,985 · 4 April 2022 · awarded ### [3 Year PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-90fcab90-780f-47e9-a390-1dc9401179bb) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · University of Strathclyde · £94,852 · 4 April 2022 · awarded ### [3 Year PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b4abdad3-1f80-4e37-a40f-e116be18a07f) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · £99,848 · 6 April 2022 · awarded ### [3 Year PhD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f24707ab-c1e8-41db-a9d6-5c7df392a125) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY · £99,833 · 4 April 2022 · awarded ### [Report Licenses](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3dd98f25-dfcc-40ec-b66f-7a445c237c4f) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Yole Developpement · £28,136 · 3 March 2022 · awarded ### [Improvement of ML predictions from COTS game data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-82ab8f65-c506-49f8-addc-fa5c0186a39d) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · NEWMAN & SPURR CONSULTANCY LIMITED · £60,080 · 11 March 2022 · awarded ### [Scanning Electron Microscope](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6b9a7871-f49c-40f2-b8cc-ff2d00832540) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED · £69,850 · 21 February 2022 · awarded ### [Trace Screening Instruments \(TSI\) for Explosives](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d326b24b-f9c8-4411-b55e-f55f742912f7) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED · £61,107 · 4 March 2022 · awarded ### [Engineering Task 21211 \(Test Coupons\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bbfa6d25-a33c-4a79-9747-fb40362218eb) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · STEAD & WILKINS LIMITED · £44,654 · 15 March 2022 · awarded ### [SyncServer](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fb33927f-370c-4997-89f1-3d24f7dadb35) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · MILEXIA UK LTD\. · £14,378 · 16 March 2022 · awarded ### [Purchase of equipment maintenance](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f8ad7450-f848-4ed6-b31c-4566829f81a3) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · BAE Sytems Marine Ltd · £11,500 · 29 March 2022 · awarded ### [Metron Actuators](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-85943631-9739-4d35-997e-0b1e24ee67d8) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Chemring Energetics UK Ltd · £40,335 · 7 March 2022 · awarded ### [Testing assumptions regarding potential behavioural responses during an emergency](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2a70c788-d1e8-4321-b276-ba8dd688bb72) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · LANCASTER UNIVERSITY · £99,679 · 23 March 2022 · awarded ### [BFAI - Home Office](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2e64fab4-1ddf-4ef5-b848-3276d387a904) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Home Office · £10,056 · 21 December 2021 · awarded ### [Nylon Materials](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-74d3f2c9-18c1-41dc-b52d-19be71bd7bab) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · LASER LINES \(UK\) LIMITED · £20,547 · 22 March 2022 · awarded ### [R700 and Cables](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d9b56a49-8576-4111-bc49-7486914cbd4e) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Digital Barriers Services Limited · £24,400 · 2 March 2022 · awarded ### [ROV switching Circuit](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1891ca43-8353-40f6-b0d0-66334d275e86) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ATLANTAS MARINE LIMITED · £88,200 · 16 March 2022 · awarded ### [User Filled Directional Over Pressure Charge](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-49fef9f4-3274-4542-8acd-2779074bc3ed) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ALFORD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · £181,190 · 2 March 2022 · awarded ### [Foundry Mathematics Database](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e6b0ab50-614b-48b2-a108-4695be0ad8e2) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED · £25,135 · 23 February 2022 · awarded ### [Installation of Lab Asset](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f6f4a858-28ca-4333-975f-d499bcb820f1) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd · £100,291 · 28 March 2022 · awarded ### [Shape changing robotics: current status and future directions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-026ca140-809b-4ebb-a382-5a20ab620342) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · 30 March 2022 · pre\_procurement Page 44 of 59; 1473 total records.