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)
Actian novation (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
Actian novation (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departmental contracts)
GBS merchant acquiring services (RM3702) (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
GBS Merchant Acquiring Services (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departm
Access to work mental health support service - southern england (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Access to work mental health support service - london & the home counties (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Access to work mental health support service - central england (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Access to work mental health support service - north west england (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Access to work mental health support service - north east england (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Access to work mental health support service - scotland (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service (MHSS) offers support to individuals with a mental health condition who are absent from work or finding work difficult. (This contr
Specialist advice proof of concept
Call-off from CCS Framework RM3711. Procurement to secure a supplier to provide up to 885 hours of Healthcare Professional (with Occupational Health experience) time to take part i
Specialist advice proof of concept
Call-off from CCS Framework RM3711. Procurement to secure a supplier to provide up to 885 hours of Healthcare Professional (with Occupational Health experience) time to take part i
Managing sickness absences in smes: Phase2
The Provision of Research and Innovation Services for Managing Sickness Absences in Small and Medium Enterprises: Phase 2, a Joint Work and Health Unit initiative. The Authority is
Surface hubs for manchester only
The department would like to buy, deliver and deploy Surface Hubs in our Manchester Hub.
CADS cloud hosting
Provision of Cloud Hosting services for DWP's Carer's Allowance Digital Service
Nhs/dwp data sharing proof of concept - phase 2
Undertake 2nd Phase of Proof of Concept to understand in detail the complexities of data sharing and extraction with the NHS
Health PDU - software engineering/product design services
Provision of cloud software engineering, product design service. Full stack development, front end development, backend java development, quality assurance and DevOps
Applicant tracking and recruitment tool/service
A cloud-based recruitment platform for HR teams.
Ecase correspondence complaints case management system
eCase is a flexible and secure case management system designed specifically for Public Sector. The service enables a single platform for management of Freedom of Information (FOI),
Citizenspace oed_strat consultation tool
Online consultation and engagement platform, including survey analysis and feedback mechanisms.
Digital service desk - department for work and pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is considering options for the future delivery of its Digital Service Desk and is inviting Digital Service Desk providers to complete a R
PSN data centre connections
This contract will provide PSN Connectivity from two DWP Data Centres