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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)
Dataworks developer (devops engineer) - position 1
The DevOps Engineer will play a key role delivering and supporting the Universal Credit Data Platform.Working as part of a multidisciplinary agile team,they will support Network,Te
Dataworks developer (devops engineer) - position 2
The DevOps Engineer will play a key role delivering and supporting the Universal Credit Data Platform.Working as part of a multidisciplinary agile team,they will support Network,Te
DWP data & analytics managed hosting
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the largest holders of data within Government, and one of the biggest data service providers in the United Kingdom. It delivers
UC platforms - oracle design, implementation and tuning support
Several of the UC Platforms depend upon an Oracle Database. Generally there is a shortage of Oracle skills to support changes to the UC Platforms, in particular there is a requirem
VME-R runtime software
Runtime Software
Virtual machine environment-replacement (VME-R) professional services and migration tooling for PSCS, ISCS, IICS, famis (conversion & benchmark) SFCS, WPCS, jsaps, dlacs (benchmark).
A 2 year GCloud 9 Framework contract with Advanced 365 Limited for the delivery of Cloud support services, covering the Specialist Cloud, Legacy Application and Data Migration for
Virtual machine environment-replacement professional services for PSCS, ISCS, IICS, famis SFCS, WPCS, jsaps, dlacs
A 2 year GCloud 9 Framework Contract with Advanced 365 Limited for the delivery of Cloud support services, covering the Specialist Cloud, Legacy application and Data Migration for
HR employment advice and training
The Regulator is inviting tenderers to quote for the provision of Employment Law Service to the HR team, providing advisory services relating to legal implications of staff managem
National estates contractor framework
The Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) is looking to put in place a new Estates Contractor Framework providing Minor Works and Capital Projects to cater for DWP's estate. DWP'
DWP estates contractor framework
DWP is looking to put in place prior to 01.04.18 a new Estates Contractor Framework providing Minor Works & Capital Projects together with all ancillary & incidental works and/or s
Mongo DB enterprise subscription- awarded
This contract is to purchase MongoDB's Enterprise Advanced subscription. The subscription gives DWP access to a 24x7 support service and emergency patches, but also to a suite of e
Caxton internet bearer
1 Gbps internet bearer connection to DWP Site (Caxton House).
IT programme consultancy
Consultancy provision for support and advice on the delivery of the IT Programme.
The pensions ombudsman IT managed service
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has a requirement for an IT Managed Service. TPO has organised its requirements into 9 high level service headings: Platform, IDaam, Desktop, Hardware
Occupational health services and workstation assessments
Provision of occupational health service and provision of workstation assessments Additional information: All companies must confirm that they have registered to our e-Sourcing por
Hard standing & electrical services (SK17 9JN)
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) invites Tenders for the provision of a hard standing area to house a mobile cabin and a new ducted electrical supply, at their Science Division
Tarmac resurfacing (SK17 9JN)
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) invites Tenders for the upgrade of two tarmac service yards at their Science Division (Health & Safety Laboratory) located at Harpur Hill, Buxto
CYOD mobile solutions helion
hosting platform for mobile device management solution
Quarry house shuttle bus service
Contract Award was to Tetley's Motor Services Limited to provide a 5 working days a week staff shuttle bus service from Quarry House Leeds to the Central Leeds Railway Station. Add
Expert services
Provision of expert services. N.b. the value of the contract is based on usage and therefore unknown, however, an estimate has been made in accordance with the public contracts reg