In brief
- £10.1 million, five-year Palantir Foundry data platform contract
- Commissioner’s largest award since 2024 in GovMarket records
- Palantir holds 29 UK contracts worth £405.1 million since 2018
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire has awarded Palantir Technologies UK a £10.1 million contract for the Palantir Foundry data platform for five years, according to a notice published on 6 November.
The platform will provide enterprise-wide data integration and analytics, enabling secure ingestion, linking and analysis of data from multiple systems and sources across the policing environment.
It is the commissioner's largest contract since 2024 in GovMarket records. The previous biggest award was £5.9 million to Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre in 2026.
Palantir has 29 UK public sector contracts worth £405.1 million since 2018 in GovMarket records. Its main buyers include NHS England and the Ministry of Defence. Its largest other contract was £182.2 million with NHS England in 2023.
This is the first contract between the commissioner and Palantir in GovMarket records.
The contract runs from 9 October 2026 to 8 October 2031.
Key facts
* 2026 so far
| Year | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £384k | 1 |
| 2025 | £759k | 3 |
| 2026 | £17.2m | 11 |
* 2026 so far
| Year | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £1.7m | 1 |
| 2022 | £102.6m | 9 |
| 2023 | £208.1m | 4 |
| 2024 | £413k | 1 |
| 2025 | £500k | 1 |
| 2026 | £32.2m | 7 |
Written from published notices and GovMarket contract records. Totals cover GovMarket records, which start at different dates for each source.
