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)
High potential senior leaders programme
The Department for Education will launch a tender during autumn 2016 for the delivery of a new “High Potential Senior Leaders” programme, providing an accelerated development route
Supplier for a continuous professional development (CPD) programme on permanence for child and family social workers.
The Department made a commitment in Adoption: A vision for change (March 2016) - available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/512826/Adop
Supplier to provide training for foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (USAC) who are at risk of going missing from care due to being onward trafficked.
We are seeking a supplier to deliver a programme of training that will help build expertise and capacity amongst foster carers and support workers for UASC. The training should ena
Market opportunity: school performance – accountability and benchmarking services
One of the Department for Education’s (DfE) goals is to drive educational excellence everywhere – to ensure that every child and young person achieves to the best of his or her abi
Civil service fast stream 2017-18
Fast Stream Recruitment costs for bidding for 2017-18 intake. Work takes place in 2016-17.
Survey OF school AND college provision FOR mental health AND character education
To deliver a nationally representative survey of schools which will provide: • Robust national estimates of the activity which schools and colleges currently offer around mental he
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
Final assessment of national professional qualifications (npqs)
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an executive agency of the Department for Education, anticipates that, during 2016, it will look to commence a procurement
Modified tests framework agreement: origination of modified test materials for 2016 cycle and school helpline services
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is responsible for developing National Curriculum tests on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). STA has a statutory responsibility t
Provision of item writing services
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is responsible for developing National Curriculum tests on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). This ITQ has been issued by the Stan
Call-off 7: may 2014 item validation trial for key stage 1 english reading; english grammar, punctuation and spelling; and mathematics
DfE wishes to develop items for use in future national curriculum assessments. This Call Off sets out its requirements for an Item Validation Trial in key stage 1 English reading;
Smartline international service (smart survey)
To provide DfE with one corporate Smart Survey account and 100 user accounts, including upto 10 hours of webinar training.
Fees and expenses payment system
A service for the payment of fees and expenses to Independent Education Experts (IEE’s) who work on behalf of the STA.
Recruitment of her majesty’s chief inspector of education, children’s services and skills
A search agency or head hunter to assist in the recruitment of the next Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (HMCI).
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools
THE provision OF expert education advice FOR THE department FOR education
Specialist contractors to support the Academies and Free Schools Programme and help deliver the Department’s aim to ensure high educational standards in academies and free schools