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)
Defining and collecting metrics on the quality of school governance: a feasibility study
Following an open competitive tender exercise the National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) and the National Governors Association (NGA) were commissioned to explore whet
Social work fast-track entry programme
This contract is to ensure the delivery of a national programme designed to attract high-quality graduates into social work. Additional information: The contract value includes a p
Market opportunity: pupil and school performance data – matching and production services
One of the Department for Education’s (DfE) goals is to drive educational excellence – to ensure that every child and young person achieves to the best of his or her ability regard
Dfe organisation review
The provision of professional resource to provide strategic advice and expertise in designing the future operating model and associated changes required to deliver the Government’s
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
Design and delivery of quality assurance models for reception baseline assessments
Contract for the Design and Delivery of Quality Assurance Models for Reception Baseline Assessments
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
Governors development– 2 new national workshops
To support our drive to improve the effectiveness of governance, we want governing boards to have access to high quality training and development opportunities in order to improve
Curriculum advisors
The Standards and Testing Agency have engaged Operational Associates to act as experts in English reading; English grammar, punctuation and spelling; mathematics; and science: at k
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
Evaluation of high potential middle leaders programme
A multi-method research project comprising analysis of existing data and focused additional primary research to provide a summative evaluation of the High Potential Middle Leaders
CSR e-recruitment EA to G6
For the purpose of this Purchase Order 33570026201, the amounts relate to fixed on boarding project costs for CSR: - Project running costs - A one -off project management (onboardi
To provide training for foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) 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
Governor advice service
To support our drive to improve the effectiveness of governance, we want governing boards to have access to high quality advice to assist them in the performance of their duties. T
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 national mathematics education centre
We propose to tender for a national organisation to support the teaching of mathematics in schools. The contract for the National Mathematics Education Centre will commence from 1
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
Notice OF THE accreditation launch event for privileged early access to performance data through the raiseonline replacement service
** New Information added 16.11.2016** An event that suppliers can attend to learn more about the new accreditation process, walkthrough the draft application document set and gain