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    ContractsDepartment for Work and Pensions: Digital and Transformation External Resourcing Programme
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    Department for Work and Pensions: Digital and Transformation External Resourcing Programme

    DWP seeks supplier engagement for a £1 billion strategic external resourcing programme to secure digital and technology specialists across multiple disciplines to support service modernization.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 17 Aug 2026· TodayviaFind a Tender

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    • Contract value
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    • Closing date
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    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened today.

    17 August 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking to establish a strategic external resourcing programme (SERP) valued at approximately £1 billion over multiple years. This programme will consolidate the procurement and management of external digital and technology specialists to support DWP's Digital & Transformation Group in modernizing services for over 20 million UK citizens. DWP is conducting market engagement to understand supplier capacity and readiness for delivering augmented resources across the following disciplines: Engineering, Product & Delivery, User Centred Design, Architecture, Data, Cyber Security, Project Management Office (PMO), and Artificial Intelligence. Roles will align to the Government Digital and Data (GDaD) capability framework. The primary objective of this engagement is to gather insights from potential suppliers on market interest, capacity, drivers for value for money, and suitable commercial routes. This is a pre-procurement consultation phase; no formal procurement has yet been launched. Following this engagement period, DWP will finalize its commercial strategy and announce any formal procurement opportunities through appropriate channels. Suppliers capable of delivering augmented digital resources across single or multi-disciplinary areas are invited to participate in this market engagement exercise. Current analysis suggests the Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) 7 framework (RM1043.9) may be the primary route to market, though this will be tested during the engagement process.

    Track record

    7 awards · 6 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, Department for Work & Pensions has awarded 7 contracts to 6 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Ernst and Young LLP2× · 29%
    2. Experian Limited1× · 14%
    3. BEDIGITALUK LTD1× · 14%
    4. Stadia Consulting Group Ltd1× · 14%
    5. MOBILISE CLOUD SERVICES LIMITED1× · 14%
    6. Datel Computing Ltd1× · 14%

    Across it software, the most active winners are SOFTCAT PLC, PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD, SOFTCAT LTD - FCA — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ef
    DF
    Buyer
    Department for Work & Pensions
    Sector
    IT & Software