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)
Teaching vacancies marketing (PR procurement)
The aim of this Statement of Work is to engage a PR agency who will build on the solid foundation we have established over the last twelve months, and make a significant step chang
Teaching vacancies marketing (PR and social media campaign procurement)
The aim of this brief is to engage a digital agency who will build on the solid foundation we have established over the last twelve months. We want the agency to make a significant
Adviser in dudley
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Slough children's services transition project legal services
Legal services for the drafting of key corporate governance documentation (Memorandum of understanding, articles of association and governance side agreement) operational governanc
AY2021 acclimatisation contract for ITRP here (prospero) (con_5917)
The DfE will award the contract for the acclimatisation and retention of teachers recruited for academic year of 2020/21 with a review of the service delivery at the end of the del
Family & friends advice line contract award
We are proposing to contract for an information and advice service for families, kinship carers and special guardians. Often these will be carers for children who are either at ris
Fosterline helpline contract award
Re-procurement of existing Fosterline contract, under a competitive tender, to bring about improvements in service delivery and protect independent and free-to-access nature of the
Contract FOR THE provision OF biard leadership - together FOR children
Fulfil a procedural role in the operation of the Company. This will include: Chairing and leading all Board meetings, strategy reviews, and other such meetings; Ensuring adequate t
Commissioner in middlesbrough
The Commissioner will play a high profile role in a challenging political and delivery environment. He or she will bring extensive and proven skills in children's social care trans
Middlesbrough improvement adviser
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Adviser in bournemouth, christchurch and poole council
The Leadership Improvement Partner is expected to support the Council to prioritise children's social care services, to co-ordinate action and to implement change in a strategic wa
Children's social care intervention adviser in trafford metropolitan borough
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Stoke-on-trent commissioner
The Commissioner will play a high profile role in a challenging political and delivery environment. He or she will bring extensive and proven skills in children's social care trans
Adviser in surrey
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Adviser in north east lincolnshire council
NOTE: The original contract was below the threshold for Contracts Finder publication, this is an extension to that original contract The Contractor will provide a clear and sustain
Improvement adviser in luton
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Improvement adviser in medway
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Financial advice in sandwell
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
Adviser in dudley
The Contractor will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement and ensure independent oversight of the authority's progress in line with improvement plans. In
National roll-out of the early career framework
Appointment of lead providers to a Framework Agreement for the delivery of the National Roll-Out of the Early Career Framework. For more details on the Early Career Framework pleas