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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)
Provision of asbestos management services
Provision of Asbestos Management Services ( excluding removals) The purpose of this Contract is to appoint a single Consultant to deliver the Services across the UK nationally to m
DWP digital channels contact centre (DC3)
DWP's existing contact centre is the largest across all UK government departments and is one of the largest contact centres in Europe. The current contact centre platform is delive
Leasehold transaction services
This is a contract is for a Leasehold Transaction Service to support DWP Estates function
Gen AI lighthouse projects
Provision of services to support DWP gen AI lighthouse projects.
Pensions landscape – 20 years on from turner commission
The Labour Manifesto committed the government to undertake a Pensions Review, to consider what further steps are needed to increase investment in UK markets and improve outcomes fo
DWP estates security services contract
The provision of Security Services delivery across the DWP Estate. The services required will include security guarding, installation of new security systems, maintenance of existi
DWP fire risk assessment services
DWP Fire Risk Assessment Services The Buyer requires the Services of an experienced and appropriately qualified organisation to assist in complying with its statutory duty to manag
DWP water safety management services
DWP Water Safety Management Services - The Supplier shall assist the Buyer in complying with its statutory duty to manage water safety across the Buyer’s estate and comply with all
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The provision of Security Services delivery across the DWP Estate. The services required will include security guarding, installation of new security systems, maintenance of existi
Find a job service extension
Provision and support of a free-at-the-point-of-use national jobs board for jobseekers and employers.
Find a job service extension
Provision and support of a free-at-the-point-of-use national jobs board for jobseekers and employers.
Digital corporate services extension
Digital, Data and Technology digital specialist services to support the Synergy Programme with development of accurate Technical and Functional detailed requirements that meet orga
Functional assessment services (FAS) 2023 – lot 2
Contract Award Notice reference: 2023/S 000-030453 Published 16 October 2023 This contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (Lots 1 to 4) and the D
Property lease regears to support DWP estates strategy
This contract is for the provision of lease regearing services. This procurement procedure was a Further Competition under the CCS RM6168 Estate Management Services framework.
Request for information (RFI) - language services
This procurement is for the provision of spoken (foreign language) and non-spoken interpretation and translation services, and for the translation of foreign language customer docu
Management of the quarry house leisure centre
Management and operation of Quarry House Leisure Centre in Leeds For the management and operation of the Quarry House Leisure Centre in Leeds
Employment support for older workers - west london - local enterprise partnership area
This Provision is voluntary and will focus on a package of tailored support to address worklessness of unemployed individuals who are aged 50+. The provision will engage with the i
ESF 2014-20 enterprise M3
The Provision is a package of tailored support for unemployed and economically inactive individuals - particularly those who are disadvantaged and facing multiple barriers to emplo
ESF 2014-20 the marches
The Provision is a package of tailored support for unemployed and economically inactive individuals - particularly those who are disadvantaged and facing multiple barriers to emplo
Gloucestershire - local enterprise partnership area
The contract will cover the entire County of Gloucestershire which is co-terminus with the Gloucestershire LEP area. Gloucestershire is a largely rural County with main population