Service market

Document management system contracts

UK public sector · 75 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
75
Last 12 months
Median contract
£108k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£182m
71 of 74 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
69
Suppliers
46

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most document management system contracts took 28% of them (21 of 75).
  • The median contract, £108k, is close to the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • Ministry of Defence awarded 3% of the document management system contracts (2 of 75).

Who buys document management system

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ministry of Defence2 contracts
  2. 2Social Security Scotland2 contracts
  3. 3FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST2 contracts
  4. 4Highways England2 contracts
  5. 5Luton Borough Council2 contracts
  6. 6Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council2 contracts
  7. 7H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS1 contract
  8. 8Thames Water1 contract
  9. 9BANK OF ENGLAND1 contract
  10. 10Greater Manchester Police1 contract

Top document management system contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NEC Software Solutions6 contracts
  2. 2Idox5 contracts
  3. 3Softcat4 contracts
  4. 4OpenText3 contracts
  5. 5Wavenet3 contracts
  6. 6Civica3 contracts
  7. 7Specialist Computer Centres (SCC)2 contracts
  8. 8Hyland2 contracts
  9. 9OneAdvanced2 contracts
  10. 10CDW2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*26Q1 202615Q2 202613Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 64 · Scotland 6 · Wales 5

London13North West7West Midlands7South East6Yorkshire and The Humber5Scotland5North East4East of England4South West4Wales4East Midlands3UK-wide or not stated13

What is included

Software to store, classify, retain and retrieve electronic documents, email and records, including migrations between records systems.

  • EDRMS and document management systems
  • Records system migrations (TRIM, SharePoint)
  • Email records management add-ins
  • Document management with workflow

What is not included

  • Scanning, digitisation and physical records storage -> it.ent.records-scanning-storage
  • Photo and media libraries -> it.ent.digital-asset-management
  • Intranets -> it.ent.intranet-knowledge-search
  • Construction common data environments -> it.estates.construction-and-bim-information-management
  • Controlled technical manuals -> it.sci.technical-publications-software
  • Electronic signature -> it.ent.electronic-signature

Often bought by the same buyers