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)
Social mobility, community and family: changes in opportunity for british children over recent years
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for quantitative research into the changing relationship between social mobility, communit
Mandarin expansion programme for the department for education contract award march 2016 (indicative)
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 diplomatic b
World war one debates
As part of the World War One Centenary Commemoration Programme, the Department for Education is inviting proposals to run a series of regional debates for schools in 2016. These ar
School performance - accountability and benchmarking services
One of the Department for Education’s (DfE) goals is to drive educational excellence. To enable this there is a focus on transforming accountability in the education sector. This h
Item writing framework
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to appoint a number of Suppliers onto a framework to deliver Item Writing services for a range of tests. The core requirements for
Development of child and family social worker employer endorsement guidance as part of the assessment and accreditation system
We require a contractor with the relevant experience and expertise to develop guidance that will enable employers to confidently endorse their child and family social workers as ha
The teaching line and associated services
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an executive agency of the Department for Education, anticipates that, in early 2016, it will look to commence a procuremen
Recruitment of high performing staff in banking and sciences
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (www.gov.uk/smcpc) is inviting proposals for qualitative research into the drivers of recruitment selection decisions in major bank
Department FOR education supplier OPEN DAY technology FIT FOR THE future: modernisation programme
DESCRIPTION DFE IT Group has embarked upon a Modernisation Programme, “Technology Fit for the Future”. The aim of the Programme is to transform the IT offering within the Departmen
Grant proposals TO improve THE teaching OF english TO students AGED 16 TO 19
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A GRANT AND NOT A CONTRACT. These grants will provide funding to support enhanced collaboration between 16-19 providers (including FE colleges, Sixth Form coll
Grant proposals TO improve THE teaching OF maths TO students AGED 16 TO 19
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A GRANT AND NOT A CONTRACT. These grants will provide funding to support enhanced collaboration between 16-19 providers (including FE colleges, Sixth Form coll
Test operations services (tops)
The STA was set-up as an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) in October 2011. The purpose of the STA is to develop and administer National Curriculum Assessments
Test operations services (tops)
The STA was set-up as an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) in October 2011. The purpose of the STA is to develop and administer National Curriculum Assessments
Social work fast-track entry programme
The Department intends to procure a fast-track entry programme that recruits and provides participants with a two year regulator-approved training course, leading to a postgraduate
Social work fast-track entry programme
The Department intends to procure a fast-track entry programme that recruits and provides participants with a two year regulator-approved training course, leading to a postgraduate
Practice leaders assessment and accreditation contract
To design and deliver a continuous assessment programme and assessment/accreditation system for Practice Leaders based on the knowledge and skills statement for Practice Leaders. T
Contract to develop employer endorsement guidance
To develop guidance for use by employers in order to endorse the performance of Child and Family Social Workers. This will include observer records, user feedback, reflective dialo
Item writing framework for the standards and testing agency (STA) from 2016
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE). The STA’s main functions are to: • develop high quality and rigorous DfE tests
Earlsdon park restack and sub-let project
The project is across the 6th, 7th, and 9th floor at Earlsdon Park, Coventry and it entails enabling works in order to allow the relocation of circa 200 staff across the building.
School lunch take up in junior and secondary schools
To increase school lunch take up by at least 5% in junior and secondary schools.