Quick answer — Pension Protection FundLast refreshed 05 Mar 2026

At a glance

Pension Protection Fund has awarded £664.3m across 199 suppliers, with 155 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 24% · 9 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration24%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share20%
Pipeline · open now9
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Pension Protection Fund is a contracting authority, based in UKI62. Tracks 307 published notices and 309 awards on PublicSupply.

307
Notices published
309
Awards
199
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£168.4m
12 m spend
£58.9m
Prior 12 m
+186%
YoY change
£150k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Pension Protection Fund — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£21m£42m£62m£83mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

9

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified281 · £409.3m
services21 · £83.4m
goods5 · £55.0m

Instrument type

contract287 · £361.0m
call off20 · £186.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 273Find a Tender: 34

Awarded contracts · 155 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Pension Protection Fund is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Oracle Software Licence Agreement 2026ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITED48000000£934k26 Feb 2026active
Audio Visual Support PartnerCharterhouse Voice & Data Ltd32320000£150k24 Feb 2026active
Security Operations CentreCyberCX UK Ltd48730000£1.1m05 Mar 2026active
Pensions Administration Software48000000planning
Oracle Support ServicesACCENTURE (UK) LIMITED72253000£288k26 Jan 2026active
PR Agency Services79416000£1.4mest.active
Supply of HP LaptopsTeqex Limted30213100£283k11 Feb 2026active
Employee Health Insurance BrokerageAon UK Ltd.active
Electronic Board SupportDiligent Boardbooks Ltd48310000£95k02 Feb 2026active
Internet Protocol (IP) Connect ServicesBritish Telecommunications PLC72720000£250k05 Jan 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
BF
4 contracts · 20 Jan29 Jul
£157.0mest.
24% of total
New
2
TN
£53.0mest.
8% of total
3
JC
£53.0mest.
8% of total
4
IN
2 contracts · 20 Jan29 Jul
£47.0m
7% of total
New
5
BS
27 contracts · 15 Nov03 Dec
£29.7m
4% of total
▲ 1410%
6
OC
6 contracts · 06 Jan
£22.5mest.
3% of total
New
7
CC
£17.5mest.
3% of total
New
8
HS
3 contracts · 11 May06 Jan
£10.2mest.
2% of total
New
9199
···
191 other suppliers
long tail · 57 SMEs
£221.5m
33% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
72 contracts
£310.4m
38%
Software packages, IT
72 contracts
£245.0m
30%
Business, legal, advisory
64 contracts
£142.5m
18%
Other
47 contracts
£75.0m
9%
IT services, software
74 contracts
£33.1m
4%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£1.8m
0%
Education, training
12 contracts
£1.6m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
11 contracts
£1.4m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Financial, insurance
0
0
Software packages, IT
74
0
0
0
15
1
1
Business, legal, advisory
Other
75
IT services, software
0
0
0
1
Support transport services
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

20%
SME supplier share
target 33%
71
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
199
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI62
Contact
Claire Lefort
Email
commercialservices@ppf.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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