Research and development contracts expiring in West Midlands: 36 worth £6.7m

36 research and development contracts in West Midlands carry a published end date, worth £6.7m between them. They are held across 16 buyers, and the typical one is worth £78k.

26 of them expire within twelve months, and 7 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 72% of this market back in play inside a year.

39 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 14% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

1 is a framework rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are National Highways Limited (6), COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED (4), The National Lottery Community Fund (4).

The contracts here are most often held by IMPACT RESEARCH LTD (2), CREST ADVISORY (UK) LIMITED (2), THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (2).