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)
£220,920
This is a Corrigendum notice for the CSC Secretariat 2025-2026 Compliant Extension.
Secureflag 2526 (con_26793)
"SecureFlag Unlimited | 1 Year Main Features: - Unlimited usage of the SecureFlag Platform - Access to all Labs and Learning Paths for all supported technologies - Access to Threat
Fosterlink service - foster carer recruitment
The Department for Education has appointed a contractor for the provision of Fosterlink Service. The successful contractor will be responsible for developing, co-ordination and man
Designated family judge trailblazer
The family justice (FJ) system is one of the most complex and cross-system policy areas in Children’s Services. DfE holds responsibility for public law, covering all vulnerable chi
High potential initial teacher training and leadership development programme 2022/23 con_8477
The Authority has appointed a contractor to deliver a single national contract for the provision of the Programme. The Programme aims to support the Government’s ambition that all
Sustainability & climate change youth focal points (yfps) programme
The purpose of this notice is to seek insight from the market regarding a potential requirement relating to the provision of training and supports services for a Sustainability You
Data science and data directorate devops contract
A contract for technical support that will cover the full range of DevOps roles, but with a heavy focus on cloud infrastructure and platform support.
Care leaver covenant
The CLC is the leading platform for care leavers to access employment opportunities at the forefront of industry and other support to help them live independently. Covenant signato
Data engineering delivery
We require a development partner who will be able to provide the technical capability on digital and technical projects as part of the DfE’s Data Transformation Portfolio. You will
Contract FOR THE NEXT GENERATION:30 years projects (con_6123)
The Contractor has agreed to carry out research to identify the leading enablers and barriers that structurally affect social mobility, and to co-design a 30-year measurement frame
NLP and webchat services
Providing support for The National Careers Service with AI enabled Telephony and Chatbot services
Software development capability - service delivery for academies & free schools
For the provision of Software Development Capabilities to help build, deliver and improve services for academies and free schools amongst a range of services at multiple phases del
T levels branding campaign
This work is to design and deliver a new brand, integrated communications strategy, framework and campaign for T Levels. The new campaign will be launched in September 2019. Contra
Devops support and advisory service (dfe sign in) (con_7549)
This contract provides third line support as well as advice and guidance on the delivery and future improvement of the DfE Sign In application.
Establishing high quality training provision for senior mental health leads in schools and colleges
The Government has committed to incentivise and support all state schools and colleges to identify and train a senior lead for mental health by 2025. A link to the press notice fro
PR brief for the skills toolkit
The Department for Education is looking for a January 2021 PR campaign to rival its April 2020 launch for The Skills Toolkit. The Skills Toolkit has been very well received since i
Core systems finance system development
The delivery partner will assist DfE continue to deliver / develop its Core Financial Services and associated interfaces. This will be a mix of continuous improvement to existing s
Children's social care lead reviewer
The Contractor will be required to lead a widescale review of children's social care in England.
ESFA data science services - oracle policy automation (OPA)
Project delivery and development services to support the development of a wide variety of Online Collection Services.
ESFA independent review of customer service
A short three month review of all existing customer service provision within ESFA.