Top suppliers
Top suppliers to CPS
Top-five suppliers hold 64% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What CPS buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
48797280733032396422344485556366717590Recent contracts
Latest CPS contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
HR Onboarding
Avature Limited · 2026-09-22
£142K
Workforce Solutions
Alexander Mann · 2026-09-01
£12.5M
PR 2026 019 Provision of ERP, HCM and Guided Learning Contract
Oracle Corporation UK Limited · 2026-08-27
£11.9M
PR 2026 044 Provision of Accessibility Compliance Auditing Services
Zoonou Limited · 2026-08-20
£833K
Provision of GPC Cards Payment Solution
NatWest · 2026-07-30
£78K
Independent Legal Advice, Commercial
Browne Jacobson LLP · 2026-07-27
£113K
Provision of Microsoft Copilot Enablement Programme
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP · 2026-07-27
£354K
Provision of Waste
Restore Datashred · 2026-07-01
£1.0M
LinkedIn Enterprise Renewal
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company · 2026-06-03
£801K
Solicitor Apprenticeship 26
BPP University · 2026-05-21
£375K
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1
framework running
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Market analysis
Bidding into CPS — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
15%
Awards to SMEs
64%
Top-5 supplier share
55%
Framework call-offs
12
Awards to social enterprises
Around 15% of CPS’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 12 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 55%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to CPS
How much does CPS spend on procurement?
CPS awarded 132 contracts totalling £305.4M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 106 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, Trustmarque Solutions Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 64% of contract value.
What does CPS buy from suppliers?
CPS's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
How UK central-government departments evaluate suppliers at the pre-qualification stage.
GUIDE
Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
Most central-government contracts handling personal data require this certification.
SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is CPS's largest spend area.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
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
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