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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)
Business continuity and crisis management
We are looking for a supplier to work with us and assess our IT DR strategy and plans to make sure they are fit for purpose. Design, develop and deliver scenario based crisis manag
Contract award - 1424: nhs/dwp data sharing proof of concept
Contract Award Notice: Contract to undertake a proof of concept to understand complexities of data sharing and extraction with the NHS. This will allow the Department to test conse
Reducing parental conflict programme - face to face provision - market engagement supplier event
Market Engagement Supplier Event Where will the event be held? An initial telephone presentation followed by separate one-to-one sessions with individual suppliers. These sessions
Intelligent automation garage uipath software (or equivalent)
A One Stop Shop Arrangement has been agreed up to a limit of £3 million for the procurement of UiPath (or equivalent) Robotic Processing Automation licenses for the DWP Intelligent
Intelligent automation garage nice software (or equivalent)
A One Stop Shop Arrangement has been agreed up to a limit of £3 million for the procurement of NICE (or equivalent) Robotic Processing Automation licenses for the DWP Intelligent A
10GB managed wave service
10GB Managed Wave Service, connecting the Spring Park and Cody Data Centres.
Business analyst for universal credit full service data delivery team
This is the Official Notice for the awarded Contract, Business Analyst for Universal Credit Full Service Data Delivery Team. This was awarded to Capgemini UK Plc for 2 years via th
Delivery manager for universal credit full service data delivery team
This is the Official Notice for the awarded Contract, Delivery Manager for Universal Credit Full Service Data Delivery Team. This was awarded to Capgemini UK Plc for 2 years via th
Developer (data engineer/data scientist) - universal credit full service
This is the Official Notice for the awarded Contract of Developer (Data Engineer/Data Scientist) - Universal Credit Full Service. This contract was awarded to Capgemini UK Plc for
Senior software developer - universal credit full service data delivery team
This is the Official Notice of the awarded Contract for Senior Software Developer - Universal Credit Full Service Data Delivery Team. This Contract was awarded to People Source Con
Retail trade framework - lot 3 the provision of supplying goods to DWP work tools and equipment
An average basket of goods for Lot 3 might include a tool box, hammers, power tools, ladders, paint brushes, buckets and cloths. . The Department for Work and Pensions sought suppl
Retail trade framework - lot 1 and lot 2 - the service of supplying goods to DWP customers
An average basket of goods for Lot 1 might include ladies shirt, trousers, skirt, pullover, cardigan and shoes and gents shirt, trousers, pullover, cardigan and shoes. An average b
Career transition services - HR services
Career Transition Services for Staff requiring access to different delivery mediums according to their personal preferences or their immediate needs, circumstances and prevailing i
Overseas payment service (pass-through)
This is a connectivity "pass-through" solution that will enable DWP payment files for overseas customers to continue to be delivered to the DWP Overseas Banking Partner.
SME & supplier networking event
This is an opportunity for Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) & suppliers to attend a networking event on 9th August 2016 at Five Ways House, Islington Row, Middleway, Birmingh
DWP document and data management service - opportunity for supplier 1-2-1 sessions
This is an opportunity for suppliers to attend a 1-2-1 session with DWP representatives in relation to the future provision of a Document & Data Management Service (comprising of s
1GB crown hosting data centre connection
Contract will provide 1gbps Internet Connectivity at Crown Hosting in Cody Park Data Centre
DWP short messaging service
This Contract will provide Short Message Services (SMS) which will enable the DWP to send and receive text messaging communication.
External website implementation service
This contract was run through GCloud 9 to find a supplier to work with the Regulator in implementing Sitecore (XP) on their MS Azure platform
Property expert services
Provision of property expert services. Please note, the value of the contract is based on usage and therefore unknown, however, an estimate has been made in accordance with the pub