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)
Freelance policy advisor (con_29030)
Contract for a freelance policy advisor.
Fusion corporate software assurance 25/28 (con_28948)
Purchase of Fusion Corporate Software Assurance 18 licences
Higher education student and staff omnibus feasibility study (con_28946)
Provision of a comprehensive feasibility study relating to the establishment of (separate) higher education student and staff omnibus panels.
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
Expanding quality early education and childcare fund manager and investor - preliminary market engagement (PME) notice
Please note: This PME does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education (DfE). If the DfE decides
Knowledge pass - project delivery (con_28890)
This is to fund the payment for course attendance for Project Delivery Courses at a discounted rate for quicker and more accessible courses.
DDTS004 - pluralsight renewal (con_28706)
Purchase of 83 licenses for a learning platform that are to be shared across DDT employees.
Windsor leadership programmes 25/26 (con_28850)
For provision of: Windsor Development Leader Programme and Women in Leadership Programme.
Jetbrains s.r.o. (con_28690)
30x software licences to fulfil the need to ensure our quality remains high and consistent.
PDP maths module pilot subject matter experts review (con_28680)
This contract engages subject matter experts to review the Early Years Professional Development Programme early mathematics module.
Freelance policy advisor (con_28676)
Contract for a freelance policy advisor.
Savings management platforms - market engagement
The Academies sector in England currently has financial reserves of over £6bn and receives most of its funding from government in advance of spending commitments. Together this pro
Independent complaints adjudication service for ofsted (icaso)
The Department for Education (DfE) requires a supplier to provide an independent adjudication service in relation to Ofsted's handling of complaints about its work including: handl
Diversification of children’s social care market - preliminary market engagement (PME) notice (updated 20 october 2025)
Please note: This PME amendment does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education (DfE). If DfE de
Project_7478 - the fosterline service 2023
PCR Compliant extension to the Fosterline Service awarded 2023
PRoject_9906 AI tools for education phase 2
This is a Contracts for Innovation competition funded by Innovate UK and delivered by the Department for Education. The aim of this phase is to develop tools which use generative A
Freelance policy advisor (con_28516)
Contract for freelance policy advisor for the Open Innovation team.
Udemy license renewal (con_28492)
Udemy Renewal for 79 licenses - Mar 26 - Mar 27
School teacher recruitment marketing campaign
The objective of the School Teacher Recruitment Marketing Campaign is to support recruitment of c. 35,000 people into Initial Teacher Training every year, alongside the government
Identifying opportunities to solve common challenges between dfe, the sector and MIS suppliers.
The Department for Education is keen to work with MIS suppliers to better understand how data is being utilised by the sector, explore how we can harness the potential of data and