Buyer · UK public sector
Tenders awarded by Department for Work & Pensions
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 5 awards we have tracked from Department for Work & Pensions, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
5
awards tracked
£13.8m
total contract value
£2.8m
average award size
0%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Department for Work & Pensions
PIP Tech Enhancement Team G-Cloud
Awarded to Appvia Ltd on 16 Feb 2026 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£1.4m
Data Analytics Protective Monitoring and SIEM
Awarded to Softcat Limited on 23 Jan 2026 · Software package and information systems
£5.9m
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) RM6219 Learning and Training Services (Quarterly Notice)
Awarded to www.reed.com/learning on 4 Dec 2025 · Training services and Specialist training services and Education and training services and Management training services and Staff training services
£1m
Labour Market Evidence Synthesis & Dissemination
Awarded to Institute for Employment Studies on 11 Nov 2025 · Research services
£1.1m
Connect to Work
Awarded to NatCen Social Research on 22 Oct 2025 · Research services
£4.3m
Spend pattern
What Department for Work & Pensions buys, and how the spend behaves
Department for Work & Pensions has issued 5 tracked awards worth £13.8m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £2.8m. Spend skews towards Research services, Software package and information systems and IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. The largest single award we have on record went to Softcat Limited for £5.9m, on a Data Analytics Protective Monitoring and SIEM notice. Only 0% of awards have gone to SMBs, so smaller suppliers are under-represented relative to the wider market. Activity is broadly flat versus the prior month.
Where Department for Work & Pensions actually spends
Research services
2 awards · £5.4m
Software package and information systems
1 award · £5.9m
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
1 award · £1.4m
Training services and Specialist training services and Education and training services and Management training services and Staff training services
1 award · £1m
Biggest single award
£5.9m
Data Analytics Protective Monitoring and SIEM
Won by Softcat Limited on 23 Jan 2026
Busiest month
Oct 25
1 award published, totalling £4.3m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: roughly flat.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Softcat Limited
1 award · £5.9m total
NatCen Social Research
1 award · £4.3m total
Appvia Ltd
1 award · £1.4m total
Institute for Employment Studies
1 award · £1.1m total
www.reed.com/learning
1 award · £1m total
Related sectors
The categories where Department for Work & Pensions concentrates its spend.
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