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CDW UK Ltd

Software packages · London
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CDW UK is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider serving businesses, government, education, and healthcare organisations across the United Kingdom. The company offers a broad portfolio of hardware, software, and services from hundreds of technology partners, helping customers design, configure, and manage their IT infrastructure. CDW UK provides expert advisory services and lifecycle solutions to help organisations navigate digital transformation.

uk.cdw.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£1.5bn
Live
269
Buyers
242
12m
£478.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts269 / 1000
  • Top buyers242
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — CDW UK LtdUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

CDW UK Ltd has won £1.5bn across 242 public-sector buyers, with 269 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Global Commercial Services Group Ltd at 16% · 76% in Software packages · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
269 of 1000Live contracts
16%Top-buyer concentration
76%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

↔ Cross-checked
Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 9
Hardware procurement
Software licensing
Cloud solutions
Cybersecurity
Networking
Data centre solutions
Managed services
IT consultancy
Device as a Service
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • NIHR Digital Strategy ContractDepartment of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £35.0m
  • STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND CO-LOCATION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICESCoventry University · £25.0m
  • Software Licence Agreements, Applications and Associated Services FrameworkNottinghamshire County Council · £20.0m
  • TD1814 - Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Software and Related Services: MicrosoftDERBY CITY COUNCIL · £11.7m
  • The Provision of End User Devices and AccessoriesLGSS · £5.0m
  • Desktop Hardware and Associated ServicesSanctuary Housing Association · £2.6m

Extracted automatically from uk.cdw.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships · 3

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 4/6
Cyber EssentialsListed on site✓
Cyber Essentials PlusListed on site✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityListed on site✓
ISO 9001 — QualityListed on site✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓

Extracted automatically from uk.cdw.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 269 live · 731 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: T25-0017 - Palo Alto Firewall Replacement
Northumbria University4873200029 Jun 2026£865k3 yrsLive
DDaT26277
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED4882000026 Jun 2026£32k6 moLive
Third-party Maintenance Services
The National Archives5032410001 Jul 2026£35k12 moLive
Opkey
Birmingham City Council4800000001 Jul 2026£165k2 yrsLive
EAS Multifactor Authentication Hardware Tokens
Department for Work & Pensions4431640008 Jun 2026£941k3 yrsLive
Demographic Community Surveys
British Transport Police7931100012 Jun 2026£144k12 moLive
End User Computing Hardware
UK Hydrographic Office3020000001 Jun 2026£1.0m2 yrsLive
Maths Private GPU Node
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON3023000024 May 2026£38k1 moClosed
Provision of a Cisco Enterprise Agreement
Leicester City Council—26 May 2026£211k5 yrspending
Pendragon
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS4800000001 Mar 2026£228k3 yrsLive
Total live value £673.3m · mean award £1.5m1–10 of 1000

Top buyers · 242 buyers · top 3 = 38%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Global Commercial Services Group Ltd
1 contract
16%
since 2025
2
Department for Work & Pensions
37 contracts
13%
since 2020
3
Ministry of Justice
30 contracts
9%
since 2020
4
Thames Valley Police Welfare Fund
1 contract
8%
since 2025
5
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
18 contracts
5%
since 2020
6
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
51 contracts
4%
since 2020
7
Home Office
19 contracts
3%
since 2020
8
JISC
4 contracts
3%
since 2021
9
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
3 contracts
3%
since 2020
10
London Borough of Ealing
1 contract
3%
since 2023

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 76%.

✓ From notices
Software packages48
76%
Office & computing30
9%
Radio & TV equipment32
7%
IT services72
6%
Construction materials44
1%
Other (4)
0%
⚠ Concentration: 76% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London197 contracts
45%
South East90 contracts
23%
South West86 contracts
7%
East Midlands32 contracts
6%
North West85 contracts
5%
West Midlands140 contracts
5%
Yorkshire55 contracts
4%
North East29 contracts
3%
Eastern44 contracts
2%
Wales18 contracts
1%
Northern Ireland1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 80% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). CDW UK Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
CU
CDW UK Ltd
No£478.2m—
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.0m1
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
TS
Trustmarque Solutions Ltd
No£65.7m3
SC
Specialist computer centres
No£60.6m5
AT
Atamis Ltd
Yes£36.4m3
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

↔ Cross-checked
Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 01 Feb 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
02465350
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
31 Jan 1990
Reg. office
3rd Floor One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF
SIC codes
63990
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • VAN BARTHOLD, Lorraine Helen — director
    Appointed 19 May 2023
  • WILLIAMS, Penelope Ruth — director
    Appointed 14 Nov 2022
  • CORLEY, Christina Marie — director
    Appointed 01 Mar 2018
  • Cdw Finance Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
CDW LIMITED
02465350 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.