Spend profile

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

£43.2m
12 m spend
£6.9m
Prior 12 m
+522%
YoY change
£80k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£4.2m£8.4m£13m£17mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

20

£9.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods11 · £182.8m
Unspecified201 · £68.9m
services38 · £52.5m

Instrument type

contract250 · £304.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 187Find a Tender: 63

Awarded contracts · 60 live

All contracts with a published award notice where POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Permanent Futures Ltd.72000000£111k30 Jun 2026active
Osborne Thomas Ltd.79414000£30k12 Jun 2026active
Permanent Futures Limited72000000£246k19 Jun 2026active
Permanent Futures Ltd72000000£40k08 May 2026active
BPP University Limited80500000£22k03 Jun 2026active
QA Limited80500000£27k29 May 2026active
Permanent Futures Limited72000000£38k12 Jun 2026active
Permanent Futures Limited79211000£58k05 Jun 2026active
Permanent Futures Ltd.72510000£53k05 Jun 2026active
Permanent Futures Ltd.72000000£193k22 May 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
SL
1 contract
£50.0mest.
2
MS
£50.0mest.
3
BR
1 contract · SME
£30.0mest.
4
NS
£24.4mest.
5
AI
£10.0mest.
6
PT
1 contract · 21 May
£7.5m
7
CL
1 contract · 01 Dec
£7.1m
8
PF
90 contracts · SME · 01 Apr30 Jun
£6.9m
989
···
81 other suppliers
long tail · 45 SMEs
£43.6m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
121 contracts
£101.4m
37%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£100.1m
37%
Software packages, IT
16 contracts
£55.9m
21%
Other
15 contracts
£8.4m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
16 contracts
£2.8m
1%
Government administration
30 contracts
£2.4m
1%
Education, training
11 contracts
£628k
0%
Support transport services
1 contract
£430k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
IT services, software
2
0
0
7
1
0
5
1
0
1
Radio, TV, communications
Software packages, IT
0
1
Other
0
0
8
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
Government administration
0
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 · 0 in 90 d

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

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

73%
SME supplier share
target 33%
158
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
89
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Companies House
08113293
Contact
Kenny Stewart
Email
commercial@pds.police.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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