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)
Engineering lifecycle support (architecture insights service lifecycle modelling
A 12 month G14 contract to provide Engineering Lifecycle support services. This will focus on expanding the capability across the digital estate, embedding it into routine operatio
Oracle cloud infrastructure (OCI) pre-prod environment for PIP, CMS, camlite, PIP and PXB OCI workloads
This is a 12-month contract to provide cloud computing services using Oracle's platform. The government needs a pre-production (testing) environment to run four specific applications: PIP, CMS, CAMLite, and PXB. You'd be supplying the cloud infrastructure and platform services that let these applications run and be tested before they go live.
Creative media productions
We require an agency to work across all campaigns in the DWP Communications Directorate & HSE, that can adapt our core creative work, producing asset variations that are impactful
Future debt solution
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ("the Authority") has an obligation to protect public funds and to ensure wherever possible, overpayment and penalty debt is recovered su
Conversational AI platform
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ("the Authority") is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy within the UK. As the UK’s biggest public service de
FSF dynamic purchasing system 2 for the provision of work focused activities
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure Work Focused Activities for Jobcentre Plus Districts in England, Scotland and Wa
FSF dynamic purchasing system 2 for the provision of work focused activities
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure Work Focused Activities for Jobcentre Plus Districts in England, Scotland and Wa
FSF dynamic purchasing system 2 for the provision of work focused activities
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure Work Focused Activities for Jobcentre Plus Districts in England, Scotland and Wa
Functional assessment clinical assurance and training services (facats)
OVERVIEW DWP commissions the provision of circa 2 million Assessments per year, which are conducted on behalf of DWP by Healthcare Professionals (HPs) employed by suppliers that we
Nexus AI
The Authority requires a strategic Supplier capable of meeting requirements related to the exploration, deployment, and ongoing support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and
Dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for employment and health related test and learn provision
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has extended the anticipated duration of the the Dynamic Purchasing System for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision by
Get britain working coaching academy
In support of the ambitions set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, DWP is seeking to design and implement a Get Britain Working Coaching Academy. This initiative is centra
Undeclared living together
A data processing and analysis pilot service to identify undeclared living together.
DWP estates 2030 procurement and operating model support
Contract for specialist strategic advice & recommendations on operating model and procurement pipeline opportunities.
Payment exception service
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
DWP call off order form (COOF) from the [independent shared service centre two (ISSC2 framework agreement)]
Provision of: 1. shared critical business support services including human resources, finance and accounts, payroll and procurement to Crown and other public sector bodies 2. ‘Tran
Digital job boards
The supply of Job Boards (including Women Tech and Diversity in Tech)
Synergy programme delivery partner
The Authority is seeking to engage the market to work with The Synergy Programme and its stakeholders to procure a new client-side Delivery Partner, to support the deployment, embe
Payment exception service - preliminary market engagement notice
DWP is procuring a Supplier to create and operate a system (the "Payment Exception Service") which will allow benefit and pensions recipients (which DWP refers to as “Customers”) w
Property legal services (PLS) 3 - stage 1: invitation to participate
The Authority requires a replacement Property Legal Services (PLS) contract. This contract will allow DWP Estates teams to continue to access property legal services following the