# Perspective Economics — UK public sector contract awards > A prime supplier profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 24 - Known award value: £1,969,616 - First award: 13 August 2018 - Latest award: 27 February 2026 ## Top public sector buyers - [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards) — 7 awards - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport — 4 awards - [DSIT](/buyers/dsit/contract-awards) — 3 awards - [University of Leeds](/buyers/university-of-leeds/contract-awards) — 2 awards - [University of Plymouth](/buyers/university-of-plymouth/contract-awards) — 2 awards ## Contract awards ### [PS25311 - AI Sector Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ba9525dd-cd04-4c3c-a9db-c130c0723367) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £235,540 · 27 February 2026 · awarded ### [Semiconductor Sector Study 2025 - 26](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5063256f-f83d-4774-a7bc-31251998d6b1) DSIT · £97,931 · 19 November 2025 · awarded ### [OfDIA Market Sectoral analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-213a03ac-321b-4258-ab0b-8457ccf05b7a) DSIT · £149,425 · 15 September 2025 · awarded ### [PS24271 - Understanding the UK Innovation Workforce in Private Sector Organisations](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-48dbc449-5b5f-49d7-9f7d-f1e2a6ad62c4) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £46,050 · 27 March 2025 · awarded ### [Semiconductor workforce study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f670568b-4394-44f8-9bc2-c03ad82a3b62) DSIT · £81,050 · 24 October 2024 · awarded ### [prj\_4697 - AI Sector Study 2024](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cdf29c6d-0db6-4fd5-95b9-61d0f111b19b) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £243,645 · 15 January 2025 · awarded ### [A review of ESRC's investment into the Impact Acceleration Accounts](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cb1d9320-bf9c-450c-b881-0e49571ed083) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £56,725 · 9 November 2023 · awarded ### [PS23321 - Semiconductor sector analysis](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-881f85e6-97a5-4388-bfd7-ee6742d1b945) BEIS · £93,045 · 3 November 2023 · awarded ### [GB-Leeds: Leeds Health & Care Research and Innovation Ecosystem \(LHCRIE\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c1a13902-055b-468b-ac67-d92cc3538d60) University of Leeds · £38,525 · 24 May 2023 · awarded ### [PS22299 - UKRI North America: Demonstrating Value 15th Anniversary Impact Report - MC](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9b66b874-cfae-4f71-83d7-c50d70e82a01) Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · £24,050 · 28 February 2023 · awarded ### [UK Safety Tech Sector Analysis 2022-2023](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c4012ab3-68cd-4f68-9cae-d927ceb56073) DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · £175,000 · 16 December 2022 · awarded ### [Digital Cluster Mapping Research](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-53856f93-d1cd-4a25-b503-f314d158e4bc) West Yorkshire Combined Authority · £48,100 · 15 November 2022 · awarded ### [Foresight Project Impact Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e4ac18ef-e7c6-451a-be90-30d0276030c9) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £18,125 · 10 June 2022 · awarded ### [UK Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) Sector Analysis 2022](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0e0a2f2a-68e7-437e-905a-8c1dcd3b896a) DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · £149,175 · 4 August 2022 · awarded ### [Research on VCSE Procurement](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9cf6bf52-ae43-4a32-bee4-f086a99984c4) DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · £63,675 · 13 January 2022 · awarded ### [PS21213 A study to assess UK strategic advantage in Advanced Materials](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3cb4cc4c-5d5e-4a06-b216-3713d5011fcf) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £55,750 · 20 December 2021 · awarded ### [Environmental Impacts of FDI](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b5c09d65-a1dd-4dba-b33a-8e0915e53ac3) Department for International Trade · £78,275 · 12 March 2021 · awarded ### [EPIC2 External Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4ecd38f2-56fb-49bb-9159-d0bebc7a1500) University of Plymouth · £30,950 · 22 December 2021 · awarded ### [PS21001 - European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts \(ECMWF\) Research Study - RAF102/2021](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4bbb6d2b-48ab-4a21-81ab-2863bc5cf36e) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £22,650 · 18 May 2021 · awarded ### [GB-Leeds: 2021/90 - Leeds City Region Space Cluster](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4cb6c7a3-2ec6-4a8b-9969-70d72395564c) University of Leeds · £50,000 · 13 January 2021 · awarded ### [Impact of the Energy Research Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7272a7ef-842c-4483-81da-39bcde455803) UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £126,200 · 11 May 2020 · awarded ### [GB-London: Online Safety Technology - Sectoral Analysis 2019](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6369562c-2601-4e2d-97da-e5a2e20cadfb) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £67,750 · 7 October 2019 · awarded ### [Epic Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cee61737-1991-4c2f-af0d-9b300f03e819) UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH · £0 · 22 October 2018 · awarded ### [PR2003 - Velocity ERDF Project - Summative Assessment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b4fe3fa8-dea9-491a-8dd8-f06c6a375c1e) SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · £17,980 · 13 August 2018 · awarded