The National Archives: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

The National Archives has published 57 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 3 September 2026.

Its buying spans 12 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 11 awarded contracts the median value is £158k.

Its published awards total £56.3m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from The National Archives's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 32 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 10 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.5 tenders a month, measured over 38 months of history.
Half of their 11 awarded contracts are worth £158k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, software package and information systems, recreational, cultural and sporting services.
Their most frequent suppliers are SPARK INSIGHT AND RESEARCH LTD (4), Lamb Personnel Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Archives Revealed Evaluation 2026-2029	SPARK INSIGHT AND RESEARCH LTD	9 March 2026	£144.9k
Archives Revealed Evaluation 2026-2029	SPARK INSIGHT AND RESEARCH LTD	9 March 2026	£144.9k
AIR 83 Records of the Royal Flying Corps and successors, Gal...	Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company	26 June 2023	£993
Co Managed Network	Network Surety Ltd T/A Camwey	20 June 2023	£158k
Environmental Monitoring System	Hamilton Robson ltd	-	£108.9k
UK GOVERNMENT WEB ARCHIVE & EU EXIT WEB ARCHIVE	MIRRORWEB LIMITED	-	£2m

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
SPARK INSIGHT AND RESEARCH LTD	4	£289.9k
Lamb Personnel Limited	2	-