Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department for Work & Pensions
Top-five suppliers hold 61% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Department for Work & Pensions buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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7963000079410000
7941000085140000
8514000085310000
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7131000079710000
7971000079610000
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7951000048510000
4851000079990000
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71530000Recent contracts
Latest Department for Work & Pensions contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Service Design in Government 2026
Software Acumen Limited · 2026-06-10
£11K
Functional Assessment Services (FAS) 2023 -Lot 4
Ingeus UK Limited · 2026-06-08
Vocalink Fixed Extranet Maintenance Services
Vocalink International Limited · 2026-06-07
£446K
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Pre-Prod environment for PIP, CMS, CAMLite, PIP and PXB OCI workloads
Oracle Corporation UK · 2026-06-04
£1.2M
Engineering Lifecycle support (Architecture Insights Service Lifecycle Modelling
Pixel Global · 2026-06-04
£1.2M
Functional Assessment Services (FAS) 2023 – Lot 5
Capita Group Plc · 2026-06-03
£179.7M
LTME Device Call Off
CDW Limited UK · 2026-06-01
£708K
Data Platforms and Operations Data Domain Teams
UBDS IT Consulting Limited · 2026-05-28
£1.9M
Creative Media Productions
TAG EUROPE LIMITED · 2026-05-27
£950K
Functional Assessment Services (FAS) 2023 – Lot 3
Serco Group · 2026-05-22
£587.1M
Chartered Manager Level 6 Apprenticeship ST0272
University of Lancashire · 2026-05-22
£21K
Level 5 Digital Learning Designer Apprenticeship ST0794
LDN Apprenticeships · 2026-05-22
£640K
JEGS Training
BEAMANS LIMITED · 2026-05-22
£38K
CMG Sage X3 Licence's 26&27
Datel Computing Ltd · 2026-05-22
£21K
Hybrid Hosting Transformation (HHT) Overall Delivery Enablement Management Services - C9958
Redesmere Limited · 2026-05-21
£5.8M
Hybrid Hosting Transformation (HHT) Overall Delivery Enablement Management Servi
Redesmere Limited · 2026-05-21
£5.8M
Executive Master in Public Policy - Level 3 of the Policy Profession Standards
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE · 2026-05-21
£15K
NNSP - pre-select training
Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside · 2026-05-21
£26K
Practical Accessibility
THIS IS GAIN LTD · 2026-05-20
£11K
Lift Technical Audit Services 2
TUV SUD Ltd t/a Dunbar Boardman · 2026-05-19
£338K
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Open opportunities
Open Department for Work & Pensions tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Enforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service
Deadline: 2026-08-11
£3.5M
Sponsor Bank Service
Deadline: 2026-09-06
£1.4M
Short Term Payment Contingency
Deadline: 2026-09-06
£2.7M
Short Term Payment Contingency
Deadline: 2026-09-21
£2.7M
DWP Estates 2030 Programme Support
DWP Estates 2030 Programme Support
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Creative Campaign Development and Delivery
£15.0M
Sponsor Bank Service
£1.4M
Short Term Payment Contingency Service
£2.7M
DWP AI Transcription
Appropriate Adult Services
£250K
UC Project Zora - Application Decomposition & Microservices Transition
Future Employment Support
£1.2bn
Transitional Arrangement - Media Buying
£958K
Live Surveillance
£2.0M
Appropriate Adult Services
£250K
Future Employment Support
DWP Courier Services
£30.0M
Employment support products for JCS
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Department for Work & Pensions typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Syntura Circuit Migrations
Expires: 2026-06-19
£83K
Application Delivery Controller F5
Expires: 2026-06-20
£945K
Labour Market System data Migration, data access and database decommissioning
Expires: 2026-06-23
£3.0M
Labour Market System data Migration, data access and database decommissioning
Expires: 2026-06-23
£4.5M
IIAC
Expires: 2026-06-25
£95K
Research Tool - UserTesting
Expires: 2026-06-29
£255K
Restart Scheme
Expires: 2026-06-29
£1.7bn
Data Access Layers (DAL) Factory
Expires: 2026-06-30
£13.8M
Provision of DDaT Resources for DWP Product and Delivery Practice
Expires: 2026-07-08
£32.4M
Oracle Database & Platform Migration
Expires: 2026-07-10
£388K
Participant Recruitment for DWP Digital Modernisation
Expires: 2026-07-16
£200K
DWP Fit Out, Refurbishment, Minor Works, Capex Projects and Life Cycle Works Taxi Rank 2023
Expires: 2026-07-20
£1.6bn
SO072_Expo-e_Crown Hosting Data Centre Internet DDoS_1gb MIG
Expires: 2026-07-26
£9K
Provision of Apprenticeship L3 Customer Service ST0071 for Scotland.
Expires: 2026-07-31
£1.0M
Apprenticeship L3 Customer Service ST0071, for Scotland.
Expires: 2026-07-31
£1.0M
Scope 3 Carbon Emissions Annual Reporting
Expires: 2026-07-31
£202K
Apprenticeship L5 Training Provider Services
Expires: 2026-07-31
£350K
Lived Experiences of Adequacy in Retirement
Expires: 2026-08-02
£65K
Contract Award -Legal Services Scotland for the Child Maintenance Service
Expires: 2026-08-03
£6.6M
Legal Services Scotland -Conflict of Interest Supplier
Expires: 2026-08-03
£5K
Learning Passport Replacement
Expires: 2026-08-07
£80K
DWP SSL Certificates 2025
Expires: 2026-08-17
£298K
DDaT Specialists for The Garage Delivery Factory and Live Service teams
Expires: 2026-08-23
£35.4M
Technical Solution Development (Bereavement and Care)
Expires: 2026-08-31
£3.0M
British Computer Society Membership 2025/2026
Expires: 2026-08-31
£98K
L4 Digital Forensic Technician ST1343 Apprenticeship ecm_12198
Expires: 2026-08-31
£270K
British Computer Society Membership 2025/2026
Expires: 2026-08-31
£98K
Learning and Development Planning Solution
Expires: 2026-09-03
£77K
Hybrid Cloud Engineering Operations Services
Expires: 2026-09-03
£3.0M
ecm_12348 NASSTAR for Historical Call Recording Storage
Expires: 2026-09-06
£35K
Citizen Relationships Service
Expires: 2026-09-07
£1.9M
ID&T Cyber Security Assurance Contractor
Expires: 2026-09-09
£607K
Local Supported Employment
Expires: 2026-09-10
£343K
Local Supported Employment
Expires: 2026-09-10
£343K
Legal Advice for new Service lines under new Workforce Solutions Contract - Awarded Contract
Expires: 2026-09-11
£50K
Provision of Apprenticeship L3 Public Sector Compliance Officer ST0708 to DWP
Expires: 2026-09-16
£900K
The Provision of Apprenticeship L4 Data Protection and information governance practitioner. to DWP.
Expires: 2026-09-17
£120K
HHT Support Data Centre Exit
Expires: 2026-09-19
£1.7M
ecm_11972 Provision of Digital Specialists for Maternity Allowance Modernisation Project
Expires: 2026-09-30
£4.5M
ecm_12052 - Provision of Digital Specialist Resources for DWP Digital Services - Children & Families Function
Expires: 2026-09-30
£11.4M
Integration Transformation Resources
Expires: 2026-09-30
£4.0M
PMO Surge Support
Expires: 2026-10-06
£13.4M
Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Review Frequencies Trial
Expires: 2026-10-09
£238K
OTS Deployment
Expires: 2026-10-12
£520K
PIP/CMS Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Expires: 2026-10-14
£399K
ecm_11330 - DWP Intelligent Automation Garage: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - UiPath Licenses
Expires: 2026-10-17
£10.0M
Fraud, Error & Debt - CFEMS Platform
Expires: 2026-10-27
£23.2M
BT Business Broadband
Expires: 2026-10-30
£79K
ISF Membership
Expires: 2026-10-31
£17K
ISF Membership
Expires: 2026-10-31
£17K
Market analysis
Bidding into Department for Work & Pensions — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
61%
Top-5 supplier share
243d
Avg response window
46d
Median response window
20mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Department for Work & Pensions
How much does Department for Work & Pensions spend on procurement?
Department for Work & Pensions awarded 1,050 contracts totalling £52.0bn between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, working with 598 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £51.7M.
Who are Department for Work & Pensions's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department for Work & Pensions by total award value are MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITED, Business 2 Business, Capita Business Services Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 61% of contract value.
What does Department for Work & Pensions buy from suppliers?
Department for Work & Pensions's procurement is concentrated in 79630000, 79410000, 85140000, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for Department for Work & Pensions contracts?
Department for Work & Pensions 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 Department for Work & Pensions tenders?
Department for Work & Pensions typically gives suppliers a median of 46 days to respond (average 243 days). Standard contract duration is around 20 months.
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