NS&I: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

NS&I has published 34 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 9 awarded contracts the median value is £950k.

Its published awards total £944.8m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from NS&I's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

They publish about 0.7 tenders a month, measured over 52 months of history.
Half of their 9 awarded contracts are worth £950k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, financial and insurance services.
Their most frequent suppliers are Sopra Steria (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Legal Advice on Remediation	Addleshaw Goddard LLP	22 May 2026	£900k
Courier and Specialist Movements	CitySprint (UK) Limited	10 February 2026	£32k
Business to Business Outsourced Services	Sopra Steria	21 June 2023	£92.3m
Digital Market Intelligence Support	11:FS Group Limited	19 June 2023	£200k
Accelerating Service Blueprints and Service Design	Rainmaker Solutions Ltd	17 May 2022	£238.3k
Digital Experience and Digital Enablement	IBM United Kingdom Limited	-	£99.8m