Top suppliers
Top suppliers to CPS
Top-five suppliers hold 69% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What CPS buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest CPS contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Solicitor Apprenticeship 26
BPP University · 2026-06-17
£375K
LinkedIn Enterprise Renewal
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company · 2026-06-08
£801K
Provision of Car Hire
Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK Limited · 2026-05-28
£50K
VTP Evaluation Services
Crest Advisory (UK) Limited · 2026-05-13
£500K
Digital Product Management Consultancy
Global Resourcing · 2026-05-01
£101K
SAP Business Objects Maintenance
SAP UK Ltd · 2026-04-30
£127K
Provision of GPC Cards Payment Solution
NatWest · 2026-04-22
£78K
Product Management Consultant
Global Resourcing · 2026-03-30
£35K
PR 2025 084 Employee Assistance Programme
Optima Health UK Limited · 2026-03-17
£182K
PR 2024 114 Occupational Health Services
Health Partners Group Limited · 2026-03-16
£1.8M
Web and Social Recruitment Advertising
Republic of Media · 2026-03-12
£2.3M
Smarter Working for Home and Office
Bates Office Services LTD · 2026-03-11
£941K
Employee Benefits
reward gateway · 2026-03-04
£55K
Oracle Onboarding Consultancy
Oracle Corporation UK Limited · 2026-03-03
£205K
Oracle Cloud Learning Subscriptions
Oracle Corporation (UK) Limited · 2026-02-20
£45K
Business Continuity - Contingent Labour
Marlborough Consulting LLR · 2026-02-09
£200K
CPS moves within London
Crown Prosecution Service · 2026-02-03
£49K
Omnigov Short Term Contract
Manning Gotlieb /t/a Omnigov · 2026-01-14
£80K
Employee Background Checks 25
Complete Background Screening · 2026-01-05
£100K
PR 2025 118 Financial Policy Development
Reed Talent Solutions Limited (trading as Consultancy+) · 2025-12-11
£167K
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Open CPS tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Provision of Network Cabling Service
Digital Jury Bundle (Pilot & Potential Implementation)
Evaluation Services for the Victim Transformation Programme
£650K
Evaluation Services for the Victim Transformation Programme
£650K
Evaluation Services for the Victim Transformation Programme
£650K
Transfer and storage of Multimedia and Data
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, CPS typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Provision of Car Hire
Expires: 2026-09-01
£50K
Executive Recruitment Search
Expires: 2026-09-10
£80K
PR 2023 143 Provision of Small Scale Data Factory (SSDF)
Expires: 2026-09-22
£829K
PR 2022 108 HR Onboarding Application
Expires: 2026-09-22
£328K
Employee Benefits
Expires: 2026-09-30
£55K
1-2-1 Groups
Expires: 2026-10-29
£25K
Employee Background Checks 25
Expires: 2026-11-30
£100K
PR 2022 167 Provision of Executive Recruitment Services
Expires: 2026-11-30
£507K
PR 2024 154 Financial and Workforce Modelling Software
Expires: 2027-01-30
£1.2M
Digital Apprenticeship
Expires: 2027-02-16
£120K
Oracle Cloud Learning Subscriptions
Expires: 2027-02-27
£45K
SAP Business Objects Maintenance
Expires: 2027-03-31
£127K
NetApp's Subscription
Expires: 2027-03-31
£89K
Amazon Web Services
Expires: 2027-03-31
£2.0M
Oracle Onboarding Consultancy
Expires: 2027-04-05
£205K
VTP Evaluation Services
Expires: 2027-04-13
£500K
Support Services for Microsoft Dynamics 365
Expires: 2027-05-31
£57K
PR 2024 157 -Provision of Digital Accessibility Training
Expires: 2027-06-05
£466K
Provision of ZScaler Software Renewal
Expires: 2027-06-05
£1.9M
CPS Multimedia File Transfer and Storage System
Expires: 2027-07-29
£2.3M
Market analysis
Bidding into CPS — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
69%
Top-5 supplier share
21d
Avg response window
17d
Median response window
20mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to CPS
How much does CPS spend on procurement?
CPS awarded 123 contracts totalling £284.2M between 2023-08-01 and 2026-08-01, working with 101 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.3M.
Who are CPS's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to CPS by total award value are Jigsaw Systems Limited, CGI IT UK Limited, Accenture (UK) Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 69% of contract value.
What does CPS buy from suppliers?
CPS's procurement is concentrated in data-processing machines (hardware), computer-related management services, programming services of packaged software products, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for CPS contracts?
CPS publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.
What's the typical response window for CPS tenders?
CPS typically gives suppliers a median of 17 days to respond (average 21 days). Standard contract duration is around 20 months.
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PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-08-01
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
- · Spend Network
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.