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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)
Teacher recruitment support service (TRSS)
This contract is for the Teacher Recruitment Support Service (TRSS), an advisory service that supports both candidates to apply to initial teacher training (ITT) and teachers to re
Provision of quality assurance resource for the standards and testing agency
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to appoint resource to support Quality Assurance processes within STA in relation to key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curricul
Fosterline contract for england
Please note: Because the DfE has issued a revised evaluation template, (Annex F of the ITT) the deadline for bidders to respond has been extended by two additional working days to
Governance recruitment service
Background: The Government is committed to delivering education excellence everywhere. We want every child to attend a good school to get the best start in life and enable them to
Workforce support – schools
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
Contract to provide support for children and young people with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
Support to enable effective participation of young people in special educational needs and disability decision-making.
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
Contract to provide delivery support to early years providers, schools and post-16 providers to improve outcomes for children and young people with sensory impairment.
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
Contract to provide special educational needs and / or disabilities support for the further education sector in england
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
Contract to support the improvement of services for young offenders who have special educational needs and disabilities.
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consist
SIF 3 developer framework: functional services
The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for education and children’s services in England. It works to achieve a highly educated society in which opportunity is equal for
Educational and children's social care professionals
To be sourced and invited to respond to opportunities published via the 'Education and Children's Social Care' Dynamic Purchasing System (ECSC DPS) you will need to be an approved
Post 16 choices by background
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for a data analysis exercise which explores how post 16 choices relate to prior attainment
Review of the evidence on ethnicity, gender and social mobility
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for a data and literature review on ethnicity and gender and social mobility. The provider
Mandarin teaching expansion programme
Background: China is a country of huge strategic importance to the UK and education plays a key role in developing that wider relationship with important economic, educational and
Teacher reference group vacancies
The Department for Education is looking to appoint classroom teachers to a Teacher Reference Group that will act as an advisory body for Ministers and policy makers. If you are int
Grant for the development of undergraduate degree courses with ‘opt-in’ qualified teacher status (QTS). please note this is for a grant and not a contract.
Seed-funding is being offered by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) to successful bidders to support the rapid development of undergraduate mathematics and/or
Phonics roadshows
The Department for Education is inviting proposals from organisations to work with the Department and the eight phonics partnerships to design and deliver up to 10 local stakeholde
Valuation of academy land and buildings professional technical support
The EFA is required to consolidate the accounts of academy trusts into its own. In order to ensure land and buildings are valued consistently, the EFA commissions its own depreciat
High potential initial teacher training programme rfx 122
The Department for Education’s (DfE) vision is for a highly educated society in which opportunity is more equal for children and young people, no matter what their background or fa