Benefit services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 75310000Services · classin Administration, defence and social security services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in benefit services

2 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

NoticeAuthorityDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Employee Benefits and Occupational Health ServicesFramework7 lotsGovernment Commercial Agency28 Sept 202610d£1,299,500,000
Income Maximisation, Welfare and Debt Advice Service4 lotsThe City of Edinburgh Council9 Oct 202621d

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 39% (57 notices)
  • Local authorities 37% (55 notices)
  • Other public bodies 14% (21 notices)
  • Education & universities 2% (3 notices)
  • NHS & health 1% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 6% (9 notices)

88 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 91 of 149 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
West Midlands21 · 23%
South West England16 · 18%
South East England16 · 18%
East of England14 · 15%
North West England14 · 15%
Greater London14 · 15%
Scotland11 · 12%
Yorkshire and the Humber11 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)10 · 11%
Northern Ireland10 · 11%
East Midlands9 · 10%
North East England8 · 9%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 67% (100 notices)
  • Framework 33% (49 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 46% (69 notices)
  • Route not published 27% (40 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 20% (30 notices)
  • Selective 7% (10 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 72% (28 notices)
  • Below threshold 28% (11 notices)
Typical tender window30 daysrobust · n=22median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (59) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=13
  • 1 bid 23% (3)
  • 2–3 54% (7)
  • 4–6 23% (3)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £273,613median £529,354p75 £1,691,140
interquartile range of 26 awards · p90 £23,368,135
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=13middle half 2–3
Competed90%robust · n=59open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs55%robust · n=22of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs53%robust · n=19single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally61%robust · n=18winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=59cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot3robust · n=1025 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 214 awards to 93 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 36% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 40 of 149 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution7 notices · 18% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract6 notices · 15%
Sell2Wales3 notices · 8%
SAP Ariba2 notices · 5%
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 5%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 7531. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 8 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 7531. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.