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Buyer profile · Central government
Department for Work & Pensions tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 7
- About one every 52 days
- Contracts awarded
- 138
- To 107 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.17bn
- 114 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £25k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 21 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Department for Work & Pensions has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.04mestimated
- £1.04mestimated
- £56mestimated
- £375kestimated
- £1mestimated
- Value not stated
- £120mframework ceiling
- £15mestimated
- Value not stated
- £5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)10%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)11%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)78%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Work & Pensions has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 10%
- Lower than 79% of central government buyers
- Based on 155 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 41%
- Lower than 67% of central government buyers
- Based on 138 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 62% of central government buyers
- Based on 10 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 66% of central government buyers
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 78%
- Higher than 87% of central government buyers
- Based on 155 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 7 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 10%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
This buyer: 41%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department for Work & Pensions.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| The WorkHealth Conversation - an educational package | The at Work Partnership Ltd | £35k | 15 Nov 2026 |
| CyberThreat 2026 | Sans Training - UK Limited | £12k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Applying Metrics for Predictability | ProKanban | £11k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Pensions Commission Regional Engagement | British Chamber of Commerce | £22k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Leading AI and Digital Transformation | Institut Europ Administ Affair | £11k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum | ProKanban | £11k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) | College Of Policing Ltd | £22k | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Hootsuite CVID 702946 | Hootsuite | £36k | 10 Dec 2026 |
| EQ-i 2.0 360 Leadership Assessment | Psysoft Limited | £69k | 16 Dec 2026 |
| Executive Master in Public Policy - Level 3 of the Policy Profession Standards | London School of Economics and Political Science | £15k | 21 Dec 2026 |
| NNSP - pre-select training | Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside | £26k | 21 Dec 2026 |
| JEGS Training | Beamans Limited | £38k | 22 Dec 2026 |
| CIPD EA Upgrade | Cipd Enterprises Ltd | £25k | 24 Dec 2026 |
| SAP Business Objects Maintenance (2026) | SAP (UK) Limited | £644k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| (HUCAMA) - Psychometric Assessment Tool | Psysoft Limited | £40k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| EQ-i 2.0 360 Leadership Assessment Programme | Psysoft Limited | £15k | 9 Jan 2027 |
| Level 2 Award in Advanced Driving and Riding Skills | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents | £80k | 14 Jan 2027 |
| MSC Artificial Intelligence | University of Liverpool | £109k | 30 Jan 2027 |
| Postgraduate offer | King's College London | £11k | 31 Jan 2027 |
| Legal Support | Henderson chambers | £23k | 1 Feb 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| UDAT Remediation (Citrix to AzurE) | UBDS Limited | £944k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| CyberThreat 2026 | Sans Training - UK Limited | — | 12 Nov 2026 |
| CIPD Experience Assessment and Upgrade | Cipd Enterprises Ltd | — | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Data Camp licences | Data Science Central UK Limited | — | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Coursera Learning Licences | Coursera, Inc | — | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Crisis and Resilience Fund | IFF | £775k | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Financial Support Services – Proof of Solution (PoS) | Accenture UK Ltd | £19.2m | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) | College Of Policing Ltd | — | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Child Poverty Strategy Parents and Carers Longitudinal Study | IFF | £1.98m | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Insurance Brokerage Services | Willis Limited | £9,600 | 30 Oct 2026 |