Buyers
Historic England
Historic England awarded 96 contracts between 4 September 2025 and 27 October 2026, to 118 different suppliers. The most common categories were Business & professional services (30 awards), then IT, software & telecoms (23), then Research & development (19). Where a value was stated (14 awards), the median was £30k. 34 of those contracts are due to end in the next 12 months, and it has 9 tenders open to bid now.
Taken from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder contract award notices published between 4 Sept 2025 to 27 Oct 2026. Every row links to the original notice.
- Contracts awarded96
- Period covered4 Sept 2025 to 27 Oct 2026
- Distinct suppliers118
- Contract valuesMedian £30k across the 14 awards that state a value
- Suppliers named45 of 96 awards
Open to bid now
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Repairs Services at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings - UID 340
Historic England needs planned preventative maintenance and reactive repair services for mechanical and electrical systems at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, including statutory compliance testing.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Storage Design and Environmental Requirements Framework for Archaeological Archives in England - UID 369
Historic England is commissioning research to define the ideal design and environmental requirements for a national archaeological archive storage facility in England. The work will establish evidence-based specifications for storage systems, building design, sustainability, and repository layout to support future infrastructure planning.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Heritage as Urban Green Infrastructure: an Evidence Review of Opportunities for Climate Resilience, and Future Directions - UID 366
Historic England wants a rapid evidence review on how heritage assets contribute to urban green infrastructure and climate resilience. The work includes synthesising existing evidence, identifying policy opportunities and barriers, and two case studies.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT (CF) - Digital Preservation System - UID 226M
Historic England needs a full SaaS digital preservation system compliant with the OAIS reference model and ISO14721 to manage their existing digital archive and new datasets. The solution must include secure data hosting.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Mapping Training and Qualifications for Heritage Construction Trades in England - UID 370
Historic England wants research mapping current training and qualifications provision for heritage construction trades across England. The work includes collecting baseline data on training uptake and completion, analysing provision gaps, and developing a repeatable methodology.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Recruitment Applicant Tracking System - UID 390M
Historic England needs a cloud-based applicant tracking system to replace their current solution. The system must handle high-volume and specialist recruitment, provide accessible candidate and hiring manager experiences, and integrate with their HR systems.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Demonstrating the impact of Historic England’s planning advice - UID 368
Historic England wants an evaluation study of whether its planning advice on listed building consent applications actually changes development proposals. You'll design a comparison study between applications that received their advice and matched applications that didn't.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection 2027-2029 - UID 365
Historic England needs assessment and support functions for marine archaeological protection and management in English territorial waters over two years (April 2027 to March 2029). The work focuses on at-risk sites and assets threatened by neglect, decay or other damage.
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Small-firm friendly
ITT - Swindon Archive Decarbonisation Design Team (UID 320)
Historic England wants a multidisciplinary design team to take their Swindon Archive building through RIBA Stage 3, working up detailed designs for decarbonisation and building services replacement. Stage 4 (technical design) may follow if stage 3 is satisfactory.
What they buy
- Business & professional services 30 awards
- IT, software & telecoms 23 awards
- Research & development 19 awards
- Surveying, architecture & engineering 13 awards
- Education & training 12 awards
- Construction & building works 5 awards
Contracts awarded
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RFQ - Supporting implementation of the NPPF (UID 364)
27 Oct 2026 · ends 20 Mar 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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G Cloud 14 (RM1557.14) Online Listening Software
22 Oct 2026 · £5k · ends 14 Jun 2027Awarded to FENIX MEDIA LIMITED (T/A Pulsar)
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Local Government Reorganisation Opportunities and Models for Historic Environment Service Delivery UID304
20 Oct 2026 · ends 26 Feb 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Evaluation of the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund - UID290
5 Oct 2026 · £365k · ends 31 Mar 2031Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Evaluation of the Places of Worship Renewal Fund - UID289
5 Oct 2026 · £415k · ends 31 Mar 2031Supplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - Martyn’s Law guidance and case studies - UID 324
29 Sept 2026 · ends 12 Feb 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Repairs Services at Cannon Bridge House, London - UID 256
3 Sept 2026 · ends 31 Aug 2029Supplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - Swindon Archive Decarbonisation - Measured Building Survey (UID 312)
1 Sept 2026 · ends 31 Oct 2026Awarded to MILTON KEYNES SURVEYS LIMITED
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Adapting for energy and carbon efficiency workshops (UID 307)
25 Aug 2026 · ends 31 Dec 2026Supplier not named in a form we publish
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G-Cloud 14 - RM1557.14 Provision of Computer Aided Facilities Management tool with browser based dashboard - UID 325M
25 Aug 2026Awarded to MRI Software Limited
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RFQ - Cloudflare Software Renewal 26-27 - UID 338M
18 Aug 2026 · ends 5 Aug 2027Awarded to SOFTCAT PLC
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Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Stage 2 – Adaptation of historic buildings and structures to coastal erosion - UID132
14 Aug 2026 · ends 30 Apr 2028Supplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings - 4th Floor Office Fitout - UID 231
11 Aug 2026 · ends 31 Oct 2026Awarded to ICON PROJECTS LTD
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National Planning Policy Framework - Development of training and briefing content
7 Aug 2026 · ends 8 Dec 2026Supplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - E-Learning Training Content - UID 240
4 Aug 2026 · ends 3 Aug 2028Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Knowing the Heritage Sector Phase 4 - catalogue of heritage enterprises in England - UID 148
24 Jul 2026 · amended since awardSupplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - Planned Preventative and Reactive Response Service (M&E, Public Health and Fabric) – Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle (UID 273M)
14 Jul 2026 · ends 30 Jun 2029Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Historic England Specialist Illustration Framework (UID 198)
14 Jul 2026 · ends 1 Aug 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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RFQ - Heritage Counts, Social research - UID 266
8 Jul 2026 · ends 30 Nov 2026Supplier not named in a form we publish
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Planned Preventative and Reactive Response Service (M&E, Public Health and Fabric) – Tanner Row, York - UID 272M
7 Jul 2026 · ends 1 Aug 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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ITT - Archive Strategic Review (UID 267)
1 Jul 2026 · ends 31 Mar 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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DA - Testing of public-facing version of radiocarbon database - UID 255 (2)
29 Jun 2026 · ends 31 Mar 2029Supplier not named in a form we publish
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DA - Testing of public-facing version of radiocarbon database - UID 255 (1)
26 Jun 2026 · ends 31 Mar 2029Supplier not named in a form we publish
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DA - National Blue Plaque Scheme Plaque Production - UID 74 NP 351
26 Jun 2026 · ends 14 Jun 2027Supplier not named in a form we publish
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DA - 2026 / 2027 Historic England and Creative UK membership renewal - UID 287
18 Jun 2026 · ends 26 Jun 2027Awarded to CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FEDERATION
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