Sector · CPV division 48

Software & information systems: UK public contracts

3,085 UK public software & information systems contracts in the last 12 months, worth £6.34bn. Who is buying, who is winning, and 26% without competition.

Covers CPV division 48, “Software package and information systems”. The busiest buyers recently were UK Shared Business Services Limited and NHS England.

Contracts (last 12 months)
3,085
Published value
£6.34bnwhere stated
Without competition
26%791 contracts
Won by SMEs
36%of 2,904 with size known
Contracts awarded per month 6,866 contracts · busiest month March 2025

Biggest buyers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. UK Shared Business Services Limited 85 contracts · £42.1m
  2. NHS England 62 contracts · £39.3m
  3. UK Health Security Agency 35 contracts · £45.3m
  4. Ministry of Defence 29 contracts · £64.4m
  5. National Highways 28 contracts · £50.9m
  6. Bip Solutions Limited 28 contracts · £6.25m
  7. British Transport Police 27 contracts · £9.86m
  8. West Yorkshire Combined Authority 25 contracts · £7.54m

Top suppliers

By number of contracts, last 12 months.

  1. Softcat PLC 293 contracts · £1.5bn
  2. Phoenix Software Limited 165 contracts · £1.55bn
  3. Civica UK Limited 99 contracts · £32.6m
  4. Insight Direct (UK) Ltd 82 contracts · £1.02bn
  5. Bytes Software Services LTD 78 contracts · £902m
  6. Academia Limited 55 contracts · £529m
  7. CDW Limited 51 contracts · £1.24bn
  8. Idox Software Ltd 38 contracts · £6.64m
  9. boxxe Limited 36 contracts · £508m
  10. Access UK Limited 35 contracts · £33.4m

By region

Latest contracts

Date Contract Buyer Supplier Value
2 Nov 2026 Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust Softcat Ltd £75,189
2 Nov 2026 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lyrebird Health Ltd £38,400
31 Oct 2026 MHS Homes Group Civica UK Limited £89,742
30 Oct 2026 Historic England Software One UK Ltd £2m
30 Oct 2026
Connected Kingston No competition
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Idox Software Limited £58,800
29 Oct 2026 West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Medisoft Limited SME £198k
29 Oct 2026 Mid Devon District Council Idox Software Limited £404k
29 Oct 2026 Leicestershire County Council Ultima Business Solutions Ltd £38,460
29 Oct 2026 Construction Industry Training Board Academia Technology Group £199k
28 Oct 2026 Central Bedfordshire Council WPC Software Limited SME £105k
28 Oct 2026 DfTc - Department for Transport Omniplex (Group) Limited SME £250k
28 Oct 2026 Leicester City Council Rocktime Limited SME £769k
28 Oct 2026 North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Fraxinus Information Technology Limited SME £649k
28 Oct 2026 NHS Business Services Authority Cybit Limited SME £1.28m
28 Oct 2026 Suffolk Coastal District Council and Waveney District Council Idox Software Limited £249k
28 Oct 2026 NHS England Outsystems Limited £136k
28 Oct 2026 Dover District Council Exacom Systems Limited £37,400
28 Oct 2026 Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lyrebird Health Ltd £28,500
28 Oct 2026 Ofgem Meltwater (UK) Ltd SME £280k
28 Oct 2026 Isle of Wight Council Rimini Street. Inc. £266k
28 Oct 2026 Salford City Council Arcus Global Ltd £342k
28 Oct 2026 Kirklees Council Interworks Europe Limited SME £221k
28 Oct 2026 Kirklees Council RH Environmental Limited t/a RHE Global SME £27,896
28 Oct 2026 Leicester City Council Talk Straight Limited SME £44,699
27 Oct 2026 Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council Cognisoft Limited SME £79,730
27 Oct 2026 The Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey House on the Hill Limited SME £53,700
27 Oct 2026 Bedford Borough Council CDPSoft Ltd £69,000
27 Oct 2026 Manchester City Council Totalmobile Ltd £1m
27 Oct 2026 Sunderland City Council Symetri Limited £69,622
27 Oct 2026 Suffolk Coastal District Council and Waveney District Council CIPHR Ltd £325k
27 Oct 2026 NHS England Onefile Ltd SME £273k
27 Oct 2026 National Highways Limited IFS Canada Inc (formerly Copperleaf Technologies Inc.) £1.66m
27 Oct 2026 Sunderland City Council Chevin Computer Systems Limited SME £167k
27 Oct 2026 National Highways Limited Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, UK Branch £4.7m
27 Oct 2026 H M Revenue & Customs Avolution (UK) Ltd £417k
27 Oct 2026 British Transport Police Castlepoint Systems Limited SME £574k
27 Oct 2026 East Staffordshire Borough Council Metastreet Ltd £37,000
27 Oct 2026 Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Accurx Limited £165k
27 Oct 2026 Ofgem RiskLedger Ltd £439k
27 Oct 2026 Essex County Council Arribatec UK Ltd SME £137k
27 Oct 2026 Essex County Council CDW International Limited £324k
26 Oct 2026 Sheffield City Council Phoenix Software Limited SME £16.9m
26 Oct 2026 Sheffield City Council Microsoft £778k
26 Oct 2026 The Insolvency Service Sayari Labs Limited SME £182k
26 Oct 2026 Together for Children Sunderland Limited CPOMS Systems Limited SME £44,806
26 Oct 2026 London Borough of Newham Granicus-Firmstep Limited SME £93,230
26 Oct 2026 Norfolk County Council EVouchers Limited £1.5m
26 Oct 2026 Equality and Human Rights Commission MHR International UK Limited £178k
26 Oct 2026 Westmorland and Furness Council IESE Innovation Ltd SME £93,600
26 Oct 2026 Homes in Somerset Limited Voicescape Limited £209k