# Department for Business and Trade: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 271 - Known award value: £80,398,281 - Distinct contract winners: 184 - First award: 1 March 2023 - Latest award: 25 September 2026 ## Top contract winners - [ipsos Market Research](/contract-winners/ipsos-market-research/public-sector-contract-awards): 6 awards - QA: 6 awards - [Ashurst](/contract-winners/ashurst/public-sector-contract-awards): 5 awards - Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services: 5 awards - [Yonder Consulting](/contract-winners/yonder-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards): 5 awards ## Contract awards ### [Qualitative Research with Carers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-64b06bee-7e8d-4eb4-b674-bb802ef8d514) Department for Business and Trade · VERIAN UK GROUP LIMITED · £69,430 · 24 October 2025 · awarded ### [Awarded - Provision of Social Media Management Tools](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9bce87de-ec42-4a2e-b6f2-0504b6f1ce9c) Department for Business and Trade · HOOTSUITE INC\. · £188,370 · 16 September 2025 · awarded ### [Awarded - Provision of Social Listening Tool - TalkWalker](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-aab27488-f220-4a97-9b7f-98ddb3b10a01) Department for Business and Trade · Talkwalker S\.à r\.l · £37,800 · 15 September 2025 · awarded ### [Understanding Business Decisions and Behaviour: Unfair Dismissal and Financial Difficulties](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-01b76098-bef6-49fa-af45-357b2ece3318) Department for Business and Trade · IPSOS \(Market Research\) LTD · £147,000 · 8 October 2025 · awarded ### [GSCIP Data Visualisation Tools 2025-28](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8835012f-837b-4c33-8e38-b81c71edd302) Department for Business and Trade · Graphistry Inc · £512,500 · 22 September 2025 · awarded ### [Survey for Employment Applications 2025](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-315a95e4-740d-4f6c-9128-041eaefc2d86) Department for Business and Trade · BMG RESEARCH · £450,000 · 26 September 2025 · awarded ### [Provision of Network Monitoring Solution- Wifi Testing](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-47390b7c-1ae1-40f0-9b66-55540cb14b1f) Department for Business and Trade · Zero Plus Limited · £35,760 · 12 September 2025 · awarded ### [Project- 4392 Provision of Financial Background Checking Tool](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0c142aad-6aaf-4c8f-a679-d9bc3d3725a0) Department for Business and Trade · Dun&Bradstreet Ltd · £88,600 · 17 September 2024 · awarded ### [Short term legal advice on CO2 resilience contract negotiations](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0386da8c-3e5a-4fa1-91ce-cd4f35f82dfb) Department for Business and Trade · Ashurst LLP · £1,000,000 · 1 September 2025 · awarded ### [Post Office Consultation Analysis & Citizen Engagement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-adb102b9-726e-48fa-b4a2-42b8bdb7c7aa) Department for Business and Trade · Basis Social Limited · £300,000 · 26 August 2025 · awarded ### [Price Personalisation and Consumer Harm Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d92c8e4e-2104-40c3-bc1d-cd369b91fc1a) Department for Business and Trade · Alma Economics · £93,500 · 6 August 2025 · awarded ### [Maternal Outcomes and Indicators of Pregnancy Maternity Discrimination](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6f9949cf-333d-4b37-abee-1509d1adf9ed) Department for Business and Trade · INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES · £115,113 · 6 August 2025 · awarded ### [Project\_4850 Research - Potentially harmful OCA online practices](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d6cd907c-487f-4c2b-81a4-7c9004fe2282) Department for Business and Trade · Revealing Reality · £79,925 · 31 July 2025 · awarded ### [Access to Cohort 46 Major Projects Leadership Academy \(the "MPLA"\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-40d296e3-e03f-4aaa-97d9-6b4cc8c23d31) Department for Business and Trade · Oxford Saïd Business School Limited · £18,235 · 8 August 2025 · awarded ### [Project 4861- Provision of Whitelabel Portal \(How to export goods\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6faabc44-227c-450d-9f6a-63b8483a2312) Department for Business and Trade · Mendel Verlag · £840,000 · 6 August 2025 · awarded ### [Software Subscription Licence \(Atlassian\) for Trello Premium \(Cloud\) Licenses](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9794627e-94e8-4590-abee-36809af4a6d2) Department for Business and Trade · Valiantys Ltd · £23,790 · 23 July 2025 · awarded ### [DBT contract for Bill of Shipping Data](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b2b7066b-b037-444f-a4c0-4ffd17e4c87f) Department for Business and Trade · ThinkData Works · £520,000 · 27 September 2023 · awarded ### [Level 7 Digital and Technological Solutions Specialist Apprenticeship](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f6c795d6-2719-432c-a982-dbe4bb097411) Department for Business and Trade · BPP University Limited · £21,000 · 23 July 2025 · awarded ### [Economic Security Survey Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e6b0217f-a0f0-4d27-86b7-ccbecc6135df) Department for Business and Trade · Yonder Consulting Limited · £1,100,000 · 22 July 2025 · awarded ### [Restructuring and Insolvency Advice](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-00f9d50d-a1e0-488f-a8ac-7ee9f4cd99ed) Department for Business and Trade · Teneo Financial Advisory Limited · £600,000 · 30 June 2025 · awarded ### [OPSS ASEAN Economic Integration Programme Consumer Agency Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d0b25af2-ee51-46fc-ae8d-9bbfb28633b0) Department for Business and Trade · Centre For Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP · £44,900 · 22 July 2025 · awarded ### [Short Term Financial Advice - Departmental Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-580ee767-0eb5-42d1-b006-66a3ec496204) Department for Business and Trade · PWC · £240,000 · 4 July 2025 · awarded ### [Project\_4692 - Digital Adoption Trials](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9c4083b2-9352-4ea0-a82b-a36278645e0d) Department for Business and Trade · Verian Group UK Limited · £300,499 · 27 June 2025 · awarded ### [Provision of Vulnerability Tool - AWARDED CONTRACT](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ebd5ccbd-226a-4709-9e64-ac2963ee39ee) Department for Business and Trade · Specialist Computer Centres Plc · £149,571 · 30 June 2025 · awarded ### [Domestic and Overseas Participant Recruitment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b8e94d35-27aa-4f3b-95d4-e531dc11ffb0) Department for Business and Trade · Meister\.works Limited · £400,000 · 15 July 2025 · awarded Page 5 of 11; 271 total records.