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Department For Work and Pensions
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Total contracts
1,270
Known spend
£28bn
1027 disclosed
Average value
£27m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited
2 winslatest 28 Apr 2025£2bn
- 2
Mitie FM Ltd
2 winslatest 15 Apr 2025£1bn
- 3
Capita Group Plc
2 winslatest 17 Jul 2026£861m
- 4
SHARED SERVICES CONNECTED LIMITED (‘SSCL’)
2 winslatest 25 Jul 2025£807m
- 5
INGEUS UK LTD
2 winslatest 17 Jul 2026£755m
- 6
Adzuna Limited
2 winslatest 09 Apr 2025£30m
- 7
IBM UK Ltd
2 winslatest 29 Sept 2025£23m
- 8
MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITED
1 winlatest 17 Jul 2026£942m
- 9
Capita Business Services Ltd
1 winlatest 17 Jul 2026£721m
- 10
Serco Group
1 winlatest 17 Jul 2026£721m
What they buy
By CPV categoryIT servicesCPV 72
387 contracts · £844m
Education & trainingCPV 80
190 contracts · £421m
Business servicesCPV 79
180 contracts · £5bn
SoftwareCPV 48
113 contracts · £528m
R&D servicesCPV 73
87 contracts · £1m
Health & social workCPV 85
48 contracts · £3bn
Financial & insuranceCPV 66
32 contracts · £35m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
29 contracts · £34m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Legal Services for Synergy Business Process Service (BPS) - Awarded Contract
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
40% confident
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Pre-Prod environment for PIP, CMS, CAMLite, PIP and PXB OCI workloads
Predicted using explicit duration found in the tender description (12 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
80% confident
- Transactional Print for Printed Customer Communications
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jul 2027).
Jul 2027
40% confident
- Crown Hosting Service
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (17 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Nov 2027).
Nov 2027
60% confident
- Public Cloud Services (G-Cloud 14)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (17 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Nov 2027).
Nov 2027
60% confident
- Level 4 Software Tester Apprenticeship Rapid Award
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (15 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Nov 2027).
Nov 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (1270)
DWP asset disposal
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for a supplier to handle the disposal of its surplus or end‑of‑life assets, such as office furniture, IT equipment, and other non‑essential items.
Professional services to support the timms review - awarded contract
The contract is for professional co‑production expertise to help run the TIMMS review of the Personal Independent Payment scheme, with an optional six‑month extension worth £300,000 (ex VAT).
Jobs and career services
The government is running a pilot of the Jobs and Careers Service at three research sites and needs evaluation work to test delivery models and collect early insights.
Digital workplace AI support
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for a supplier to provide specialist support for its Copilot Agents and other Digital Workplace AI tools, helping it build a secure, scalable AI capability.
Solution integration services for enterprise productivity platform
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for a supplier to create and run an Enterprise Productivity Governance Capability within its cloud environment.
Synergy applicant bulk sifting tool
Synergy is looking for a software tool that can quickly sift through large numbers of job applicants and automatically feed the data into their Oracle ERP system. The aim is to make big recruitment campaigns run smoother and stay aligned with internal workflows.
Independent review of operational contract management (OCM)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Commercial Directorate is seeking an independent review of how it manages its operational contracts, aimed at identifying improvements and ensuring value for money.
Laptop device call off 2026
Call Off contract for Lenovo Laptop Devices
Workplace services - security guarding
Note this is a replacement for the notice at the link below https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/89a40ba2-9308-4510-8c42-3d12cc086a55 About The DWP: The Department for
Payment exception project
Payment Exception Project is a cash-out service required to fulfil the Secretary of State obligation to ensure payment of entitlement to customers who do not have a transactional a
Level 4 software tester apprenticeship rapid award
Delivery of the Level 4 Software Tester Apprenticeship to DWP employees. This contract was awarded from the Framework RM6102
Transactional print for printed customer communications
Printing and despatch of Customer Communications relating to benefit entitlement and DWP internal reports
Functional assessment services (FAS) 2023 – lot 5
This contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (Lots 1 to 4) and the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland (Lot 5). The service provision
Opentext exstream extended support 2026
Extended Support and Maintenance for OpenText Exstream
Crown hosting service
Crown Hosting Data Centres (CHDC) Hosting Contract via RM6262 - Crown Hosting 2 The Customer shall have the right to extend the Initial Term for five (5) further periods of up to o
Public cloud services (g-cloud 14)
Public Cloud Hosting Services
Transitional arrangement - media buying
The Media Buying element of this contract purchases the advertising space on either TV, Radio, digital channels, newspaper etc. Please note this has been published retrospectively
Digital forensics - aggregated software
Scalable contract for the acquisition of digital forensics software
Legal services for synergy business process service (BPS) - awarded contract
This is a contract award notice for legal services that has already been completed and awarded — it is not an open tender opportunity for new bidders.
Property legal services (PLS) 3
This contract provisions for all property legal services to DWP Estates across its whole estate; including real estate advice, conveyancing, and litigation services related to all