Buyer profile
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)
Time and attendance / flexi time
Provision of Time and Attendance software services to TPR.
Call-off travel agreement on behalf of bpdts ltd
Provision of online and offline travel and accommodation arrangements (rail, hotel and flights) for employees of BPDTS Ltd through use of a single supplier, Redfern and Solution '4
Sponsor bank for short term payment contingency
This procurement relates to the provision of the Short Term Payment Contingency (STPC) service, specifically to the Sponsor Bank element which is required to support the functional
APM HPE hardware
Requirement to re-platform the Application Performance Monitoring centralised infrastructure from a Virtualised MVP to a strategic physical platform
Single modular code
The Buyer is looking for a supplier to work with them to bring together 15 codes of practice on different topics related to running a pension scheme, into a coherent single code of
Board effectiveness review phase 2
Provision of a second stage of Board Effectiveness Review.
HPE secure site service support
This is a 2-year contract that will co-term DWP's HPE Hardware Support and Maintenance agreements and providing HPE's Secure Site Service.
Communications campaign partner
Provision of Campaign Partner services to assist TPR with communication activities.
IT cloud security review
Provision of an independent third-party cloud security assessment to provide assurance that the technical foundations are ready for transfer.
Cisco_support_renewal
This contract is for the renewal of DWP's Cisco support and maintenance which provide switching hardware / software and is an integral part of CNI.
Diversity membership
Membership of external diversity organisation to allow for ongoing achievement of our diversity objectives
PDP training
Contexualised Learning to be delivered in the form of workshops & 121 sessions
Inclusive employers membership
Membership of Incluisve Employers to support ongoing achievement of diversity objectives
In work progression - lot 1 conversations with employers and lot 2 supporting good decisions around job switching
This notice relates to two Contracts that have been awarded against In Work Progression: Lot 1 - Conversations with Employers Lot 2 - Supporting Good Decisions Around Job Switching
Coolgen contract
Contract to cover the coolgen migration as current production environment is being decommissioned.
Review phase 2
Provision of the second phase of an internal review
DWP independent investigation services
DWP Independent Investigation Services - Awarded contract notice
User research ID&T
DWP requires research recruitment participants who reflect the diverse make-up of individuals who use/claim DWP services. We require participants who interact with DWP online and t
DOS enhancing ID&T capability
Provision of Agile Digital teams with flexible capacity and capability to meet changes in demand over the life of the contract. These teams will work across multiple disciplines in
Spaces accommodation
Accommodation services