Category
IT services contracts in the UK public sector
Software development, systems integration, IT consultancy, hosting and managed services. Consistently the largest single category of UK public sector procurement by notice volume, spanning everything from a council replacing a case management system to a department running a multi-year digital transformation.
- 2,661
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 13,683
- Contracts since 2021
- 1,396
- Buyers active here
- £149k
- Median contract value
- 3,177
- Expiring in 18 months
Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.
Coming up for renewal
3,177 it services contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.
Demand
Who buys it services
Supply
Who wins this work
- 01SoftCat PLC431
- 02Phoenix Software LTD215
- 03INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited200
- 04CapGemini UK PLC158
- 05CDW Limited137
- 06CIVICA UK Limited135
- 07Deloitte LLP126
- 08Specialist Computer Centres PLC119
- 09COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd116
- 10Oracle Corporation UK LTD107
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Working in CPV codes? IT services is CPV division 72, with every code beneath it and how often UK buyers use each one.
Common questions
IT services procurement, in short
Who buys it services in the UK public sector?
1,396 public sector organisations have awarded it services contracts since 2021. The most active are Ministry of Defence (724 contracts), Department for Work And Pensions (416 contracts), NHS England (394 contracts).
How much is a typical it services contract worth?
The median is £149k, across the 13,459 contracts of 13,683 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.
When do it services contracts come up for renewal?
3,177 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.
How do I find new it services tenders?
Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.