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Buyer profile · Central government
Department for Work & Pensions tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 6
- About one every 61 days
- Contracts awarded
- 119
- To 91 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.17bn
- 113 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £25k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 18 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.
- £375kestimated
- £2.19mestimated
- £2.19mestimated
- £1mestimated
- Value not stated
- £120mframework ceiling
- £15mestimated
- Value not stated
- £2mestimated
- £34.5mframework ceiling
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)12%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)83%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Work & Pensions has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 12%
- Lower than 79% of central government buyers
- Based on 137 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 76% of central government buyers
- Based on 120 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2.5
- Fewer than 81% of central government buyers
- Based on 10 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 67% of central government buyers
- Based on 6 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 83%
- Higher than 87% of central government buyers
- Based on 137 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 6 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 2.5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 16 |
| 6–8 bids | 8 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 12%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 26 |
| 10–20% | 23 |
| 20–30% | 20 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 12 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 2 |
| 70–80% | 11 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
This buyer: 38%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 8 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 22 |
| 50–60% | 25 |
| 60–70% | 18 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 8 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN 008 - extension | Cognizant Worldwide Limited | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Practical Accessibility | This Is Gain Ltd | £11k | 1 Oct 2026 |
| ISF Membership | Information Security Forum | £17k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| Tls & pki | Progression Development Ltd | £18k | 1 Nov 2026 |
| The Work Health Conversation - and educational package | The at Work Partnership Ltd | £38k | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Communications Data Investigations Single Point of Contact (CDI SPoC) training. | College Of Policing Ltd | £19k | 8 Nov 2026 |
| ecm_11975 ( Now C4617) Managed Enforcement Services for the Child Maintenance Service | Qualco (UK) Limited | £1.12m | 9 Nov 2026 |
| itSMF Conference November 2026 | Service Management Association Ltd | £15k | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Leading Design Conference November 2026 | Clearleft Limited | £25k | 12 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 |
| Hootsuite CVID 702946 | Hootsuite | £36k | 10 Dec 2026 |
| NNSP - pre-select training | Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside | £26k | 21 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 |
| JEGS Training | Beamans Limited | £38k | 22 Dec 2026 |
| CIPD EA Upgrade | Cipd Enterprises Ltd | £25k | 24 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) | College Of Policing Ltd | — | 28 Sept 2026 |
| CIPD EA Upgrades | Cipd Enterprises Ltd | — | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Introduction to Cybersecurity | Sans Training - UK Limited | — | 18 Sept 2026 |
| Sustainable AI Engineering Course | IT Climate Ed, LLC | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Enterprise Excellence Master Class Courses | S.a. Partners LLP | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Pensions Commission Regional Engagement | British Chamber of Commerce | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Postgraduate offer | King's College London | — | 3 Sept 2026 |
| The Work Health Conversation - and educational package | The at Work Partnership Ltd | — | 1 Sept 2026 |
| BCS Membership 2026-2027 | BCS, The Charted Institute for IT | — | 1 Sept 2026 |
| Internet Intelligence and Investigation - III Practitioner 1 | Vestigo Consulting Limited | — | 26 Aug 2026 |