BidSkim
SectorUpdated 26 Aug 2026

IT & software tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in it & software, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

106
open for bids now
10,727
awarded, 12 months
£31bn
recorded value, 12m
8,384
ending within 12 months
2,156
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 57,240 recorded it & software awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £150bn across 2,156 public buyers. 106 opportunities are open for bids today, and 47% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 8,384 recorded contracts in this market end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.

Open opportunities

largest of 106 open now
Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) Access Services Extension
CFCrown Commercial ServiceCloses 22 May 2028
£500m
RM6173
CFCrown Commercial ServiceCloses 15 Nov 2026
£100m
Metropolitan Police Service (MPS): Unified Services Procurement (USP) for the Digital Public Contact Portfolio
FTSMetropolitan Police ServiceCloses 27 Aug 2026
£75.0m
Test of Competence: Provision of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Facility and Associated Services
FTSNURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCILCloses 25 Sept 2026
£54.2m
Swindon Integrated Sexual Health Services
CFSwindon Borough CouncilCloses 1 Sept 2026
£23.6m
Wide Area Network (WAN), DDoS, and Internet Access (IA)
FTSBANK OF ENGLANDCloses 13 Sept 2026
£16.0m
Provision for the Test of Competence: Delivery of the CBT
FTSNURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCILCloses 4 Sept 2026
£10.5m
Data Transmission Network (DTN) HS2
CFSiemens Mobility LtdCloses 7 Sept 2026
£10.0m
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Frameworks & DPS in this market

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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
1Softcat2,102 wins
£2.4bn
2Insight1,184 wins
£1.2bn
3Phoenix Software1,176 wins
£4.0bn
4Civica874 wins
£273m
5Computacenter869 wins
£1.2bn
6CDW847 wins
£929m
£273m
£1.6bn
10BT618 wins
£4.3bn

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years
1Home Office973 awards
£13bn
2Ministry of Defence1,868 awards
£13bn
£12bn
£4.2bn
6NHS England916 awards
£3.9bn
£2.0bn
11Atamis Ltd91 awards
£1.7bn
12Highways England421 awards
£1.7bn

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*2027*2028*2029*2032*2044*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
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IT & Software procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many it & software contracts are open right now?

106 it & software opportunities are open for bids across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 26 Aug 2026. New notices arrive daily; a free scan matches them against your business.

Who buys it & software services in the UK public sector?

2,156 public buyers awarded recorded it & software contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Home Office, Ministry of Defence, H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS.

Which it & software frameworks and DPS are open in the UK?

37 framework and DPS routes are currently advertised for it & software work, including Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for Automation Marketplace DPS and Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Programme - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many it & software contracts are coming up for renewal?

8,384 recorded contracts in this market carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £29bn where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

26 Aug 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
57,240
Recorded value, 5 years
£150bn
Buyers active, 5 years
2,156
Ending within 12 months
8,384
Via framework or DPS, 12m
47%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

IT & software tenders: 106 open now, 8,384 ending within 12 months · BidSkim