Buyer profile
Department for Education
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Total contracts
2,285
Known spend
£53bn
1896 disclosed
Average value
£28m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
TILBURY DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 2
MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 3
Kings College London
4 winslatest 23 Sept 2026£18m
- 4
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd
4 winslatest 17 Jan 2026£171,768
- 5
WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 6
KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 7
MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITED
£15bn
- 8
King's College London
£4m
- 9
Mutual Ventures Ltd
3 winslatest 13 Jul 2026£4m
- 10
Mott MacDonald
3 winslatest 01 Oct 2026£4m
What they buy
By CPV categoryEducation & trainingCPV 80
874 contracts · £5bn
R&D servicesCPV 73
338 contracts · £119m
IT servicesCPV 72
288 contracts · £510m
Business servicesCPV 79
154 contracts · £399m
Health & social workCPV 85
150 contracts · £217m
SoftwareCPV 48
42 contracts · £63m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
28 contracts · £207m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
23 contracts · £628m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- RM6297 Print and Digital Communications (con_31757)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Dec 2026).
Dec 2026
60% confident
- AI and Automation Apprenticeships - June 2026 Cambridge Spark (con_31809)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (9 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Feb 2027).
Feb 2027
60% confident
- L5 Operations Mgr Apprenticeships - IODA (con_31739)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (9 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council & City of York Council (con_31569)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract Buckinghamshire & East Sussex (con_31545)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract to London Boroughs of Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark and Waltham Forest (con_31653)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract St Helens, Manchester & Wigan (con_31669)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract: Trafford (con_31714)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (2285)
Older buildings research (OBR) professional engineering expert advice role
The Department for Education (DfE) requires further specialist technical services from an existing supplier to support the final phase of the Older Building Research (OBR) project.
Code of practice (con_30782)
The appointed organisation has been contracted to outline what a framework for managing international partnerships in higher education could include.
Case studies and workshop facilitation (con_30696)
The contract is for the development of several hypothetical scenarios on international partnerships, issues relating to academic freedoms and student safety to be tested with the H
Federation of awarding bodies training to support end point assessment organisations (con_30885)
Contract with the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) to develop training to support Apprenticeship Awarding Organisations (AAOs).
Renewal and retrofit programme (previously advertised as dfe education estates programme)
**THIS PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF AN UPCOMING MARKET ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO A POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMME**. The Department for Education’s (DfE) Education Estat
Whitehall TV managed service (con_30930)
To broadcast, distribute and maintain the ‘Parliamentary IPTV’ service to / within Sanctuary Buildings, London..
Design support on project production (con_30918)
Supply of design services for cross-government policy innovation commissions
Threat modelling training course (con_30752)
Tailored threat Modelling training and support for 20 people.
Cyber security training platform licences (con_30912)
Cyber Security training platform licences for product TryHackMe.
Secure coding training platform (con_30812)
Secure Coding Platform licences (90) for SecureFlag.
SEND and inclusion CPD lead drafter (con_30660)
Contract for lead drafter to develop the content frameworks for new CPD courses on SEND and inclusion for teachers and leaders.
Freya johnson ross - freelance consultant OIT (con_30568)
Contract for a freelance policy advisor for the Open Innovation team.
POst-16 qualifications reform - subject content writing services (con_30564)
Expert contractors in education to support the Department for Education to deliver its reforms of post-16 level 3 and below pathways.
POst-16 qualifications reform - subject content writing services (con_30560)
Expert contractors in education to support the Department for Education to deliver its reforms of post-16 level 3 and below pathways.
POst-16 qualifications reform - subject content writing services (con_30558)
Expert contractors in education to support the Department for Education to deliver its reforms of post-16 level 3 and below pathways.
Andrew cowan - freelance policy advisor (con_30830)
Contract for a freelance policy advisor for the Open Innovation Team
Assistive technology lending library pilot - support service contract (con_30712)
Short‑term contract to provide expert guidance to the SEND and AP Change Programme for local authorities on the set up and running of 'Assistive Technology Lending Libraries' to pr
Adoption and special guardianship data collection and analysis
The required service will continue and expand upon the existing management service for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Data Collection, which includes the collection, analysi
Case management system support for the families first partnership programme
The Families First Partnership (FFP) programme is rolling out significant reforms to children’s services, introducing a new Family Help system by bringing together targeted Early H
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This contract is issued under the DPS Contract with the reference number RM6322 for the provision of the Turing Scheme Year 6 Assessment Service.