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)
Multi-disciplinary training offer for professionals on the impact of parental imprisonment
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to procure a bespoke package of high-quality multidisciplinary training on parental imprisonment for professionals across England (e.g
Erasmus+ pre market engagement
At the first UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK government agreed to work towards association to the Erasmus+ Programme. We are taking forward the next stage of negotiations with
Independent complaints adjudication services for ofsted
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
Measurement of pupil wellbeing and experience
The purpose of this notice is to initiate market engagement with providers who offer services to education settings to help them measure pupil wellbeing and experience. This notice
Coaching supervision for coaching academy FY 25-26 (con_28135)
Coaching Supervision for 50 Coaches within the Department FY25-26
Ellipses contract (con_27677)
Ellipses Ltd has been contracted to provide business development professional services.
FE prevent teaching materials procurement (con_27625)
Procurement for teaching resource packs for FE Prevent
Educational supplies
Planned Procurement Notice. Notice Reference (Unique ID): PPN-DFE-SCT – LVHV - 2025-01 Title of the Procurement: Standardisation and Supply of Tail-End Goods for Schools Contractin
Con_27698 - national centre for family hubs & integrated family services 25/26
This contract is for a delivery partner to deliver a National Centre for Family Hubs (NCFH) that will provide support to Local Authorities (LAs) in the implementation of the Family
Modification of a framework agreement without a new procurement procedure
Modification of a contract under Regulation 71(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). The Department for Education (DFE) awarded the DfE Construction Framework, a mu
Supporting holocaust survivor testimony in teaching
The Department for Education (the department) is looking for a provider to help schools with fulfilling the ambition for young people to hear recorded survivor testimony by enablin
Risk factors for serious violence – from the point of view of affected youths (con_27687)
The DfE is commissioning a qualitative study of youths who have perpetrated serious violence and their parents/carers.
SEN unit and resourced provision guidance
The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of a forthcoming market engagement event relating to a potential procurement of an experienced Delivery Partner
SEN unit and resourced provision guidance
The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of a forthcoming market engagement event relating to a potential procurement of an experienced Delivery Partner
Funding service - TLT legal advice (con_27724)
Payment for legal advice received from TLT through GLD.
EYFS space requirements consultation: analysis OF responses (con_27994)
External analysis of responses to the government's “Space requirements in early years childcare settings in England” consultation, which ran from 12 May to 11 July 2025.
Evaluation consultant for open innovation team (con_27998)
Contract for the provision of evaluation consultant service to the Open Innovation team.
DDTS003 - brand partnership - membership renewal until 2026 (con_27946)
Contract for Brand Partnership membership renewal until 2026 - Women in Data
Premiercx 2425 contract (con_27853)
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Professional Services, including voice recordings, scripting, consultancy and AI tools.
Evaluation consultant for the open innovation team (con_27849)
Contract for an evalutaion consultant service to the Open Innovation team.