Buyer · UK public sector
Tenders awarded by DESNZ
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 90 awards we have tracked from DESNZ, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
90
awards tracked
£83m
total contract value
£933k
average award size
42.2%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by DESNZ
DDaT25435 - Penetration Testing
Awarded to Security Software Solutions on 5 Apr 2026 · Computer-related professional services
£10k
CSP25292 - Emergency Response, Capabilities and Operations (ERCO) Training and Exercising Contract
Awarded to JOLTS Consulting Limited on 31 Mar 2026 · Training services and Specialist training services
£1.5m
Awarded Contract: Provision of Regulatory Design Services to the Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Awarded to Yellow Wood Energy Consulting Ltd on 25 Mar 2026 · Systems and technical consultancy services and Professional services for the gas industry
£1.9m
DESNZ Leading Together leadership change programe
Awarded to Forward Institute, on 17 Mar 2026 · Training services
£12k
Evaluation for GIGa HALEU Programme
Awarded to RSK Environment,Verian Group,Technopolis on 13 Mar 2026 · Evaluation consultancy services
£1.4m
Evaluation for HALEU Programme
Awarded to RSK Environment on 13 Mar 2026 · Evaluation consultancy services
£1.4m
CSP25449 - Executive Search Agency Recruitment GBE 2025
Awarded to FWB Park Brown Limited on 4 Mar 2026 · Recruitment services
£75k
Support for Deep Water Wind Industry, Market and Technology Insight and Expertise
Awarded to Buro Happold Limited on 2 Mar 2026 · Energy-management services and Technical planning services and Market research services
£165k
RAF 051/2526 Engaging generations in the transition to clean energy
Awarded to Verian Group UK Limited on 18 Feb 2026 · Research services
£70k
PS25193 - Electrification of Heat Programme Evaluation
Awarded to ICF Consulting Services Ltd on 16 Feb 2026 · Research and development services and related consultancy services and Research services
£999k
PS25356 Impact of Inference at the Edge (RAF043/2526)
Awarded to Edinburgh Innovations on 10 Feb 2026 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
£79k
Industrial Electrification Investment Decision Research - Awarded contract
Awarded to PA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED on 3 Feb 2026 · Research services
£140k
Spend pattern
What DESNZ buys, and how the spend behaves
DESNZ has issued 90 tracked awards worth £83m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £933k. Spend skews towards Technical services, Evaluation consultancy services and Recruitment services. The largest single award we have on record went to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for £19.9m, on a Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 2 Global Delivery Partner notice. SMBs hold 42.2% of recorded awards, well above the public-sector average, so smaller bidders genuinely win here. Activity is falling sharply versus the prior month.
Where DESNZ actually spends
Biggest single award
£19.9m
Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) 2 Global Delivery Partner
Won by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on 23 Jun 2025
Busiest month
Dec 25
14 awards published, totalling £5.7m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: sharply down.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Technopolis Limited
3 awards · £1.3m total
Verian Group UK Ltd
3 awards · £262k total
Guidehouse Europe Limited
2 awards · £7.7m total
WSP UK Limited
2 awards · £7.6m total
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED
2 awards · £2.5m total
Building Research Establishment Limited
2 awards · £2.3m total
ICF Consulting Services Ltd
2 awards · £1.5m total
RSM UK Consulting LLP
2 awards · £987k total
Related sectors
The categories where DESNZ concentrates its spend.
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