IT services and software development contracts expiring in West Midlands: 138 worth £48m

138 it services and software development contracts in West Midlands carry a published end date, worth £48m between them. They are held across 55 buyers, and the typical one is worth £70k.

85 of them expire within twelve months, and 19 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 62% of this market back in play inside a year.

128 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 6% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

2 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire (15), Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (10), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (8).

The contracts here are most often held by Police Digital Service (4), Dedalus Ltd (2), MAPCHESTER LTD (2).