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Commercial Strategy and Procurement Delivery Services

Department for Work & Pensions · Central government

In brief

Department for Work & Pensions has announced plans to buy consultancy work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £10,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 3 years with extensions, starting 17 July 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 5 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

A contract for commercial and procurement services, from advisory to leading on or assisting the activities across the end-to-end procurement cycle for both complex and tactical projects/programmes. The contract will allow us to draw down on two distinct but integrated service lines: • Service Line A — Commercial Strategy & Complex Programmes (Outcome/Deliverables Led) Outcome/deliverable defined strategic work for larger or more complex portfolios/programmes/projects. This includes, for example, shaping category and sourcing strategies, designing complex and/or novel commercial models, developing negotiation strategies and benefits cases, and providing commercial assurance with structured knowledge transfer to DWP teams. Delivery is typically multi month and led by a multi disciplinary supplier team. • Service Line B — Operational Procurement & Surge Delivery (Tactical) Agile support to existing DWP commercial teams and/or to run smaller, lower value and less complex procurements and in life tasks. E.g., drafting ITT packs, managing evaluations, contracting and variations, mobilisation support, and MI/KPI improvements. Delivery may be resource as a service based (T&M) or fixed fee micro/small package deliverables. It will also enable short notice surge support.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 012661-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 012687-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 013212-2026

About the buyer

Department for Work & PensionsLast 12 months

Procurements

167

Awards

117

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From notice 012661-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 12 February 2026, last updated 13 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.