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)
Ambition programme – lone parents and carers
Support will be targeted at IS Lone Parents and Carers to help them develop employability skills, prepare for, move and remain into work. The Participant groups targeted by this pr
Media monitoring
Provision of media monitoring (including social media monitoring) and press cuttings.
Lone parent support programme for south and west yorkshire
The provision aims to assist pre and post Work Programme Lone Parent claimants who are in receipt of welfare to work benefits [Income Support (IS) or Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)] to
Voluntary early intervention - back pain pilot
South East Wales District intend to use FSF to carry out a small-scale feasibility pilot to test the concept of providing access to a telephone triage service and National Institut
HTML conversion
Conversion of the Authority's trustee toolkit programme modules to CSS/HTML/JavaScript as one version to meet the needs of a wider range of customers.
Provision OF enforcement legal services TO THE health AND safety executive
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is seeking to appoint a panel of solicitor agents to provide enforcement legal services, primarily in support of its regulatory work in Englan
Voluntary early intervention – occupational health advice pilot for work coaches
The Occupational Health Advice (OHA) Pilot for Work Coaches is to be run by Birmingham and Solihull JCP District who intend to test the concept of providing a telephone-based OHA s
Vmware licence estate + support/maintenance 2015/16
Renewal of VMware Licence Estate + Support/Maintenance for 2015/16 Period
The provision of LGV category C (class 2) training services
The Greater Manchester E&W and C&C Jobcentre Plus Districts have identified a need to support JSA Claimants to find and keep a job in the Transport and Logistics Sector, specifical
Mental health support east london
The required provision is to support and encourage participants with moderate to severe mental health problems in to sustainable employment. It will enhance claimants’ motivation a
PSN video conferencing services
The contract will provide Video Conferencing Services to the Department of Work and Pensions and awarded through the Crown Commercial Service PSN Framework RM 1498, Lot 3 (Conferen
Digital forensics
The requirement is for computer forensics and to include; • Specialist staff with range of CFIP; CMFS, CMI, CFIS certification • Appropriate Security clearances • Data collection –
Trustee research
Provision of a robust, independent research study.
Staging tracker research
Provision of employer survey to continue monitoring awareness and readiness for Automatic Enrolment.
West yorkshire ESA transitioning ahead
West Yorkshire District wishes to purchase FSF Ad –Hoc A motivational course to progress ESA/JSA claimants closer towards the labour market. To develop confidence in managing perso
Online supported cognitive behavioural therapy
The Autumn Statement signalled the Government’s commitment to improving mental health and employment outcomes, building on evidence-based interventions that improve the employment
Vmware licence estate + support/maintenance
Additional VMware Licence Estate + Support/Maintenance
RSA estate support/maintenance
RSA Token Estate Support/Maintenance
Mentoring & employability skills for 50+ claimants in south london JCP district
The provision is targeted at claimants primarily in receipt of JSA or ESA aged 50+ .It is intended to assist claimants to tackle challenges and remove barriers that maybe preventin
Employability support programme - ESA claimants - durham & tees valley JCP district
'Roll on role off' programme of 8 weeks support, including 2 week work placement, for 250 claimants maximum support ESA claimants who have been identified as needing support to inc