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IT & Software tenders in United Kingdom.
Sell to State lists 13 United Kingdom portals and buyers that publish IT and software tenders. The award numbers below come from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices.
Search United Kingdom IT & Software tenders →🇬🇧 Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Who wins IT and software contracts in the United Kingdom?
CPV sector: the sector of each award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Other counts on the site use keyword labels and can differ.
642 IT and software awards in the United Kingdom went to 420 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. Of 420 winning suppliers, 82% won once. Their awards are 54% of the total. The United Kingdom is below the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 10%, against 15% in the median country (23 countries).
Ranked by stated value, the top 1% of suppliers hold 68% of GBP 1.55 billion. That is 58 points above the top 1% share of awards. The largest supplier, Softcat plc, won 33 awards (5%).
- Awards
- 642
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 420
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 82%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 10%
- Share of awards won by the 4 suppliers with the most awards.
Fewer than 2,000 awards in this window. Read the numbers with care.
Top suppliers
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (GBP) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Softcat plc | 33 | 5% | 25.5 million | 2% |
| 2 | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | 12 | 2% | 20.8 million | 1% |
| 3 | CIVICA UK LIMITED | 11 | 2% | 2.96 million | under 1% |
| 4 | Phoenix Software Limited | 10 | 2% | 2.47 million | under 1% |
| 5 | Permanent Futures Ltd. | 10 | 2% | 1.88 million | under 1% |
| 6 | Computacenter | 10 | 2% | 889,799 | under 1% |
| 7 | Specialist Computer Centres PLC | 8 | 1% | 8.03 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Softcat | 8 | 1% | 1.56 million | under 1% |
| 9 | INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD | 7 | 1% | 1.93 million | under 1% |
| 10 | Idox Software Ltd | 7 | 1% | 1.26 million | under 1% |
Top buyers
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (GBP) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NHS England | 13 | 2% | 117 million | 8% |
| 2 | Ministry of Defence | 12 | 2% | 3.17 million | under 1% |
| 3 | National Highways | 10 | 2% | 9.44 million | under 1% |
| 4 | Cabinet Office | 9 | 1% | 1.46 million | under 1% |
| 5 | POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE | 9 | 1% | 921,486 | under 1% |
| 6 | DSIT | 8 | 1% | 31.4 million | 2% |
| 7 | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 8 | 1% | 2.09 million | under 1% |
| 8 | West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 8 | 1% | 1.89 million | under 1% |
| 9 | H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | 7 | 1% | 42.5 million | 3% |
| 10 | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 7 | 1% | 3.44 million | under 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
How we counted
- Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices for the United Kingdom. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- November 2024 to October 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for the United Kingdom, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- 5% of the award records for the United Kingdom in this window have a CPV code. A record without a code is in no sector. IT & Software here means software packages (CPV 48), IT services (72), computer equipment (302), the repair and installation of computers, and educational software. It leaves out medical software (Healthcare & Medical), telecom equipment and services, office machines such as copiers, and video surveillance (Defense & Security). Each award counts in one sector only. We do not use our keyword sector labels here. A hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors. How we counted in 39 countries.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in GBP. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in the United Kingdom. 97% of the awards state an amount, GBP 1.55 billion in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
Snapshot 31 October 2026. Awards from November 2024 to October 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.
The app shows the same counts for the other sectors in the United Kingdom and for each live country.
Read the United Kingdom data story →Sell to State holds Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices for the United Kingdom. Describe the IT and software work you sell in plain English and get tender IDs, buyers, values and dates.
United Kingdom portals with IT and software tenders
This is a directory of portals. The numbers above come from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices only.
Contracts Finder
IT Services · Defense · NHS Healthcare · Professional Services · Infrastructure
UK Department for Education Procurement
Education · education · education-supplies · school · Digital learning resources
eTendersNI (Northern Ireland)
Construction · IT Systems · Healthcare · Professional Services · Education
Public Contracts Scotland
IT Services · Construction · Healthcare · Professional Services · Social Care
Scottish Water Procurement
Water · Wastewater · sanitation · Drainage
Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace
Cloud Services · IT Services · Software Development · Cybersecurity · Data and Analytics
Homes England Procurement
construction · Public housing · Housing · civil-works · Infrastructure
National Highways — Procurement
construction · engineering · maintenance · technology · professional-services
NHS England Procurement and Commercial Directorate
Healthcare · NHS Healthcare · Hospital Equipment · Medical Supplies · medical-supplies
Transport for London — Procurement
construction · engineering · IT · maintenance · professional-services
NESO Procurement
Energy · Power · Renewable Energy · energy · electricity
NHS Supply Chain
Medical devices · Pharmaceuticals · Hospital supplies
Sell2Wales Welsh Procurement Portal
Construction · IT Services · Healthcare · Professional Services · Social Services
Other United Kingdom tender sectors
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Questions
- Who won the most IT and software contracts in the United Kingdom?
- Softcat plc won the most IT and software awards in the United Kingdom from November 2024 to October 2026: 33 of 642 (5%). PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED won 12 and CIVICA UK LIMITED won 11. The top 10 is on this page.
- How many IT and software suppliers in the United Kingdom win only one contract?
- 82% of the 420 suppliers with an IT and software award in the window won exactly one. Together they hold 54% of the awards. We count suppliers by normalised name, so this share is an upper bound.
- How concentrated are IT and software contracts in the United Kingdom?
- The top 1% of suppliers (4) won 10% of the awards, and the top 10% won 36%. The Gini coefficient of awards across suppliers is 0.32: 0 means that each supplier wins the same number, and 1 means that one supplier wins all. By stated value, the top 1% hold 68%.
- Which buyers sign the most IT and software contracts in the United Kingdom?
- NHS England signed the most: 13 awards (2%). The ten largest buyers signed 14% of the 642 awards from November 2024 to October 2026.
- Where are IT and software tenders published in the United Kingdom?
- Sell to State lists 13 portals that publish IT and software tenders in the United Kingdom, for example Contracts Finder, UK Department for Education Procurement, eTendersNI (Northern Ireland). We hold Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices for the United Kingdom.
- Can foreign vendors bid on United Kingdom IT and software contracts?
- Eligibility depends on each tender's rules and the procurement law of the United Kingdom. Many IT and software contracts are open to international bidders, sometimes through a local partner or a registration. Always check the notice itself; Sell to State links the source listing so you can verify it.
- How does Sell to State help with United Kingdom IT and software procurement?
- Sell to State collects Find a Tender, Contracts Finder and Public Contracts Scotland award notices for the United Kingdom on a regular schedule. Every record shows its publication date.
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