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)
Data insight platform
Supply of data analystics for UCDS (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing depa
Advanced persistent threat detection
Advanced Persistent Threat Detection (APTD) to guard DWP against the most sophisticated cyber threats. (This contract award predates the launch of this current version of Contracts
IT health checks for UC digital service
IT Health Checks for UC Digital Service (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing
Software licence and support - SAP
Software Licence and Support (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing department
Network hardware
Additional hardware and software components to add capacity, resilience and improved data representation tools to the Cyber Resilience Centre / Cyber Analytical Environment. (This
Enterprise licence agreement - experian
Enterprise Licence Agreement (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing department
Macbooks for UC
The purchase of macbooks for UC via the Tech Products Framework (RM1054) (This contract award predates the launch of this current version of Contracts Finder. It has been published
Software licenses, maintenance & support - oracle
Software Licenses, maintenance & support (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existin
DIP expansion
Data Insight Platform infrastructure via the Technology Products Framework (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purpo
Security design review
UCDS security design review (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departmenta
Forensic lab (hardware/software)
Digital forensic work station (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departmen
Graduate development services phase 2
Graduate Development Services Phase 2 (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing d
IT health check for UC live service - zone 3 migration (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
Software Engineering Consultancy (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing depart
IT health check and penetration testing
IT Health Check and Penetration Testing (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing
Licence & maintenance agreement (FICO). (note: published for completeness, see description for details)
CIS 2 Janus Project from Discovery Stage - Digital Services 2 Framework Call Off (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency
Technology products - centerprise
Macbooks and Yubikeys (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 cont
SAS subject matter expert
Subject Matter Expert (SME) service consultancy man-days. (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a
Macbooks for UCDS
Macbooks for UCDS (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 contract
Cloud enterprise accreditation
Accreditation Support Services via the G-Cloud Digital Marketplace Framework (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency pur
Technology products - misco
AV Projector, HDD's, Secure Network File Storage, Interactive Whiteboard (This contract award was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purpose