Development Tenders
See open development tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector. The filter behind this page matches 1,118 notices mentioning front-end, back-end, full stack, portal, Drupal, WordPress or JavaScript development, and 398 of them are already awarded.
Two kinds of buying sit side by side here. Some notices are whole builds: a council website, an online schools portal, a headless content management system. Others are one developer role called off a staffing framework. Read the title before you read the value.
1,114 results
- Expired contract
Ruby on Rails Full Stack Developer
- Expired contract
Ruby on Rails Full Stack Developer (x2) and Front End Developer
- Awarded contract
C17704 Technical Lead – Senior Developer (Data Services & Analytics)
- Awarded contract
HMCTS Crime Programme Test Services
- Closed tenderPublished 31 March 2020
Sitecore development, maintenance and support for the University of Portsmouth website March 2020
- Closed tenderPublished 31 March 2020
Sitecore development, maintenance and support for the University of Portsmouth website March 2020
- Closed tenderPublished 20 March 2020
Department for Education Data Engineering Capability
- Closed tenderPublished 20 March 2020
Department for Education Data Engineering Capability
- Awarded contract
Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) Public Beta
- Closed tenderPublished 11 March 2020
DWP Digital Services: Product Design (Retirement, Bereavement and Care)
- Closed tenderPublished 11 March 2020
DWP Digital Services: Product Design (Retirement, Bereavement and Care)
- Awarded contract
HMCTS Delivery and Release Mgmt Services
- Expired contract
DDaT19121 BEIS Office for Product Safety and Standards Senior Ruby-on-Rails Front End Developer
- Closed tenderPublished 3 March 2020
Website UX design, build and user testing
- Closed tenderPublished 2 March 2020
Data Hub Additional Development Team
- Closed tenderPublished 2 March 2020
Data Hub Additional Development Team
- Awarded contract
HMCTS Crime Programme Business Analysis Services.
- Closed tenderPublished 21 February 2020
One Web Phase 3 - Improving Queen Mary University of London's Research User Journey copy
- Closed tenderPublished 13 February 2020
C17704 Technical Lead – Senior Developer (Data Services & Analytics)
- Awarded contract
prj_3151 NHS Digital National Integration Adaptor
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about front-end development, back-end development, full stack development, portal development, backend development, frontend development, drupal development, wordpress development, javascript development, progressive web app in the UK public sector.
What kind of development work do public sector buyers tender for?
Everything between a single front-end developer called off a staffing framework and a full website and portal build. Within this filter, 515 notices mention front-end development, 369 mention back-end development and 209 mention full stack work. Portal builds are a steady stream of their own at 111 notices, and named stacks show up too: 49 for Drupal, 21 for WordPress, 20 for JavaScript.
How many development contracts have already been awarded?
398 of the 1,118 notices in this filter are award notices, so most of this work has already been placed. Awarded records still repay reading. They name the incumbent and the expiry date, which is what tells you when the work comes back round. Platform-wide, 39,820 awarded contracts expire in the next twelve months.
Why do so few development notices show as open?
This work is bought in bursts, and the awarded and closed records outnumber the live ones by a wide margin: 398 notices in this filter are awarded and 15 sit at pre-tender, against almost none currently open. Set an alert rather than refreshing a search. Platform-wide, 2 notices were added last week across every category.
Are CPV codes a reliable way to find development tenders?
Not on their own. The notices here carry a wide spread of codes: 93 sit under 72000000 (IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support), 34 under 72413000 (World wide web (www) site design services) and 23 under 79620000 (Supply services of personnel including temporary staff). That last one matters. A real slice of this market is contract developer resource rather than a software purchase.
How do suppliers usually win public sector development work?
Through frameworks more often than through open competition. 44% of suppliers told the 2026 Stotles Supplier Survey that frameworks are their main route to market, and the notices bear that out: digital delivery frameworks with a web development lot, then call-offs against them. Stotles indexes notices from 100+ portals, so the call-offs surface alongside the parent agreement.
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