Architect Tenders

An architect tender is a contract for a named IT or data specialist role, such as a data, enterprise, solutions, security, software, cloud or infrastructure architect. These are technology roles, and most are supplied as interim resource against a framework, such as a staffing or digital outcomes framework, rather than tendered from scratch each time.

Stotles brings together IT architect tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Most IT architect roles are called off from IT staffing and Digital Outcomes and Specialists frameworks, so many opportunities reach only suppliers already listed.

Architect roles on government systems often need security clearance, such as BPSS or SC, and suppliers handling personal data must comply with UK data protection law. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Central government departments, agencies and regulators are the heaviest buyers, often sourcing through Crown Commercial Service staffing frameworks or the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework. Local authorities, NHS bodies and non-departmental public bodies also run smaller, standalone appointments, particularly for data architecture and cloud migration work.

Read digital and data strategies, cloud migration plans, IT staffing framework renewal dates and early market engagement notices, which show IT architect work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

There is no CPV code specific to these IT architect roles. Notices carry general codes instead: 79620000 (Supply services of personnel including temporary staff) and 72000000 (IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support). Both also cover unrelated IT staffing and consultancy work.