Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department For Work and Pensions
Top-five suppliers hold 99% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Department For Work and Pensions buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
728079487371303209856435753944663850652298920370Recent contracts
Latest Department For Work and Pensions contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Twilio SMS Authentication
Ciptex Ltd · 2026-08-19
Coaching L5 Apprenticeship ST0809
ioda Limited · 2026-08-17
Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship ST0002
Peak Accountancy Training · 2026-08-12
Forum Sentry API Security Gateway Flex Licences Networks UC
Computacenter (UK) Ltd · 2026-08-11
Level 4 Software Tester Apprenticeship Rapid Award
THE CODERS GUILD LTD · 2026-08-02
£18K
Transactional Print for Printed Customer Communications
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited · 2026-07-30
Keep Britain Working Social Licence and Data Sharing
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd · 2026-07-26
SSL Certificates 2026
Network Integration Techologies Ltd T/A ITogether · 2026-07-22
Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration - Call off under the RM6322 - Fund Administration and Disbursement Services (FAADS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Ernst and Young LLP · 2026-07-16
Digital Payment Services - Payments as a Service - Bacs Payment Fulfilment
Form3 UK Limited · 2026-07-16
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Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision
Deadline: 2026-09-17
£20.0M
FSF Dynamic Purchasing System 2 For the Provision of Work Focused Activities
Deadline: 2028-09-30
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision
Deadline: 2029-02-10
£20.0M
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision
Deadline: 2029-02-10
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employment and Health Related Test and Learn Provision
Deadline: 2029-02-10
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Department For Work and Pensions typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Provision of Apprenticeship L3 Public Sector Compliance Officer ST0708 to DWP
Expires: 2026-09-16
The Provision of Apprenticeship L4 Data Protection and information governance practitioner. to DWP.
Expires: 2026-09-17
HHT Support Data Centre Exit
Expires: 2026-09-19
Integration Transformation Resources
Expires: 2026-09-30
Strategic Advice to support the Young People and Work Report - Awarded Contract
Expires: 2026-09-30
ecm_11972 Provision of Digital Specialists for Maternity Allowance Modernisation Project
Expires: 2026-09-30
ecm_12052 - Provision of Digital Specialist Resources for DWP Digital Services - Children & Families Function
Expires: 2026-09-30
PMO Surge Support
Expires: 2026-10-06
Universal Credit Intensive Work Search Review Frequencies Trial
Expires: 2026-10-09
OTS Deployment
Expires: 2026-10-12
Market analysis
Bidding into Department For Work and Pensions — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
25%
Awards to SMEs
99%
Top-5 supplier share
73%
Framework call-offs
36
Awards to social enterprises
Around 25% of Department For Work and Pensions’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 36 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 73%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 Department For Work and Pensions
How much does Department For Work and Pensions spend on procurement?
Department For Work and Pensions awarded 583 contracts totalling £6.5bn between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 377 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £104.8M.
Who are Department For Work and Pensions's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department For Work and Pensions by total award value are MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITED, IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED, Restore Digital Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 99% of contract value.
What does Department For Work and Pensions buy from suppliers?
Department For Work and Pensions's procurement is concentrated in it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, education and training services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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
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- · Contracts Finder
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