Software Packages & ERP: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 48000000·Services · division·51 classes with notices·Official label: Software package and information systems
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 379 lots from 358 competitions run by 241 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 187 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 192 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 3,173 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 243 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 92 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Digital Customer Engagement Platform | Codi Group Ltd | 25 Nov 2026 | 30d | £200,000 |
| ITT - Recruitment Applicant Tracking System - UID 390M | Historic England | 14 Nov 2026 | 19d | £140,000 |
| CCHA 0328 Legal Services Framework for Land and Development | Castles and Coasts Housing Association | 24 Nov 2026 | 29d | £650,000 ceiling |
What software packages & erp covers
Official CPV label: Software package and information systems · editorial summary
Enterprise software licences and SaaS subscriptions bought by UK public bodies: ERP, electronic health records (EHR), GIS mapping and financial accounting.
Typical requirements: Financial Management Systems · Electronic Health Records (EHR) · Customer Relationship Management (CRM) · GIS & Mapping Software · Office Productivity SaaS.
Sub-sectors of software packages & erp
51 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 3,414 of 7,491 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 9 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package48300000 | 0 | 8 | — | — | |
Flight control software package48120000 | 0 | 7 | — | — | |
Aviation ground support and test software package48130000 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | |
Railway traffic control software package48140000 | 0 | 5 | — | — | |
General, compression and print utility software package48770000 | 0 | 3 | — | — | |
Computer game software package, family titles and screen savers48910000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Spreadsheets and enhancement software package48990000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Bar coding software package48720000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Calendar software package48940000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government31%(2,256 notices)
2,256 of 7,196 notices are Central government (31%).Local authorities28%(1,982 notices)
1,982 of 7,196 notices are Local authorities (28%).Education & universities16%(1,131 notices)
1,131 of 7,196 notices are Education & universities (16%).Other public bodies14%(972 notices)
972 of 7,196 notices are Other public bodies (14%).Police, fire & emergency6%(433 notices)
433 of 7,196 notices are Police, fire & emergency (6%).Not classified6%(422 notices)
422 of 7,196 notices are Not classified (6%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 303 | 152 | 0 |
| Coventry University | Education & universities | 116 | 65 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 85 | 23 | 0 |
| Leicester City Council | Local authorities | 84 | 28 | 1 |
| GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED | Central government | 68 | 36 | 0 |
| National Highways Limited | Central government | 61 | 54 | 0 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 60 | 20 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 57 | 13 | 0 |
| Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham | Police, fire & emergency | 53 | 44 | 0 |
| Derbyshire County Council | Local authorities | 50 | 27 | 0 |
1,451 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 4,840 of 7,491 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 4 | 30% | 22% | |
| North West England | 4 | 33% | 12% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 30% | 11% | |
| South West England | 4 | 31% | 10% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 32% | 9% | |
| West Midlands | 4 | 30% | 9% | |
| East of England | 4 | 35% | 9% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 33% | 33% | |
| North East England | 3 | 32% | 5% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 35% | 6% | |
| Scotland | 6 | 41% | 14% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | 33% | 29% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract96%(7,177 notices)
7,177 of 7,491 notices are Contract (96%).Framework4%(293 notices)
293 of 7,491 notices are Framework (4%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(21 notices)
21 of 7,491 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Direct award27%(2,059 notices)
2,059 of 7,491 notices are Direct award (27%).Route not published25%(1,880 notices)
1,880 of 7,491 notices are Route not published (25%).Limited / restricted23%(1,699 notices)
1,699 of 7,491 notices are Limited / restricted (23%).Open19%(1,395 notices)
1,395 of 7,491 notices are Open (19%).Selective6%(458 notices)
458 of 7,491 notices are Selective (6%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold72%(833 notices)
833 of 1,149 notices are Above threshold (72%).Below threshold28%(316 notices)
316 of 1,149 notices are Below threshold (28%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (4,706) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid15%(58)
58 of 379 lots fall in 1 bid (15%).2–331%(118)
118 of 379 lots fall in 2–3 (31%).4–632%(120)
120 of 379 lots fall in 4–6 (32%).7 or more22%(83)
83 of 379 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 379 lots from 358 competitions run by 241 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 187 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 192 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
909 of 4,216 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 490 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
885 SME bids out of 1,369, on 296 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
694 of 2,274 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 230 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
92 of 4,706 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 72 lots from 33 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 5,497 awards to 2,542 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Softcat Plc | 152 | 154 | 83 | 104 |
| Phoenix Software Ltd | 142 | 142 | 79 | 88 |
| CIVICA UK LIMITED | 84 | 86 | 31 | 67 |
| Insight Direct | 57 | 59 | 30 | 36 |
| Access UK Ltd | 47 | 48 | 21 | 44 |
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | 41 | 42 | 21 | 33 |
| CDW Limited | 40 | 40 | 20 | 27 |
| IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | 38 | 38 | 20 | 31 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,214 of 7,491 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in software packages & erp
92 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 48, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 24 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.