Buyer profile
Department for Education
Total contracts
27
Known spend
£23m
3 disclosed
Average value
£8m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Rachel Kershaw Consultancy Services
2 winslatest 31 Mar 2026£60,000
- 2
Ambition Institute,UCL Consultants Limited,Best Practice Network,Church of Engand,LLSE,School-Led Development Trust
1 winlatest 08 Jun 2026£4m
- 3
ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
1 winlatest 18 Jun 2026£1m
- 4
Someone Else's Eyes,Collingwood Learning with Holocaust Centre North,Board of Deputies of British Jews,NUS Charity
1 winlatest 20 Jul 2026£1m
- 5
IFF
1 winlatest 29 May 2026£153,242
- 6
Akhter Computers
1 winlatest 11 Jun 2026£101,240
- 7
Cambridge Spark
1 winlatest 25 May 2026£90,000
- 8
HH Associates Limited
1 winlatest 01 Jan 2026£82,045
- 9
OxEd and Assessment Ltd.
1 winlatest 01 Apr 2026£47,040
- 10
IODA LIMITED
1 winlatest 29 May 2026£45,000
What they buy
By CPV categoryEducation & trainingCPV 80
11 contracts · £23m
Business servicesCPV 79
6 contracts0
R&D servicesCPV 73
2 contracts · £150,000
Food, beverage & tobaccoCPV 15
2 contracts0
SoftwareCPV 48
2 contracts0
IT servicesCPV 72
2 contracts0
Public administrationCPV 75
1 contract · £153,342
Music & artsCPV 37
1 contract0
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 (27)
CON_31818 - systematic review of inclusive education
Systematic Review of inclusive education
Con_31377 - adoption and special guardianship support fund (asgsf) contract 26/27
This is a notice of award for Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Contract 26/27 The required service will be to act as the delivery partner for the Adoption and
Engagement on data insight, data standards, and digital support solutions
Purpose: The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to work with multiple suppliers of pupil and school facing educational software in England. This is an opportunity to inform
Best start free breakfast clubs enrichment sponsorship academic year 26/27
Could your organisation partner with the Department for Education's (DfE) free breakfast club programme to help pupils start the day ready to learn? The free breakfast club pr
LOT: 2 skills education advisers - TQES (ECSC) - re-open
The Department for Education is looking for suppliers to provide Skills Education Advisers who specialise in Technical and Vocational Qualifications (TVQ). These advisers will join a framework called ECSC (Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals) and help with education and training delivery. This is an open tender where multiple suppliers can be selected.
Free breakfast club programme food partnering open call - academic year 26/27
The free breakfast club programme is one of the Department for Education's flagship policies, central to the Government's mission to break down barriers to opportunity fo
Dfe school food strategy catering providers market engagement
Department for Education School Food and Catering Market Engagement Process The Department for Education is seeking market engagement with existing Catering providers of School Cat