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)
Centres for excellence in maths
DfE will work with a Delivery Partner to research, develop, evaluate and disseminate high quality basic maths teaching approaches and resources that focus on students aged 16+ with
Provider of a set of online resources for designated safeguarding leads
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) has lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection. They play a critical role in the lives of children who have or have needed a s
G cloud software development services
Transparency contract award notice of a G Cloud call off awarded by Department for Education for Software Development services to support the Department's ongoing COVID respon
Free school meals vouchers
The Department for Education has appointed a provider for the Free School Meals Vouchers Scheme. This provides the facility for schools to be able to access retail supplier voucher
Integrated curriculum and financial planning short courses ICFP PR_4430
The Department has procured training sessions in School Resource Management (SRM) and Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning (ICFP). Additional information: The Department ha
User experience & design capability south
User Experience and Design capabilities to drive user centred design of communication, content, IA, interactions, products, policy, operation and services.
Disability and accessibility testing services
Disability and accessibility testimg services, testing and technical experts to align with GDS requirements
National professional qualifications delivery framework networking events
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify interested parties of the forthcoming National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) Provider Networking Events. The Dep
National professional qualifications delivery framework networking events
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify interested parties of the forthcoming National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) Provider Networking Events. The Dep
Contract for the delivery of the letters and sounds programme update
The Contracting Authority identified a need to improve the quality of Letters and Sounds, a Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme published by the Department for Education i
Request for information concerning worldskills UK
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) would like interested organisations to share market intelligence and provide innovative approaches for the future operating model for
Local authority grant funding to support the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and former unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are now care leavers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
A total of £5,612,727.91 grant funding will be allocated to 56 local authorities in 2021. The Fund is for spend incurred no earlier than 1 June 2020 and no later than 20 November 2
SCS coaching outplacement support
Bespoke, coaching, support and mentoring sessions relevant to support the transition of outgoing Senior Civil Servants.
Enterprise data & analytics platform (EDAP)
The Data Platforms programme of work is developing, enhancing, and embedding solutions to store, manage and analyse data to meet the changing requirements of internal and external
NCS portfolio & digital delivery model
Service support in implementing lean scaled agile workflow for our infrastructure and digital services
Customer experience digital and data user centred design
User research tool at scale required to support the team in the delivery and provision of user centred design for FE Reform and to inform policy teams across the department
Web development for the schools financial benchmarking service
Contract for completing outstanding development of the Schools Financial Benchmarking IT system & service to pass the GDS Live Service Assessment and then move to supporting the di
Chief finance officer (CFO) mentoring pilot
ESFA will work with a Supplier who will identify, recruit, screen, induct and manage a minimum of 50 individuals (mentors) to fulfil the CFO mentoring programme. The supplier will
Development and support of data directorate's digital services
DfE has a need to develop and maintain digital services These services are key to supporting school accountability, Covid 19 response, funding and wider government initiatives e.g.
Software development capability package 4 - trainee teacher recruitment, technical architect & devops
Two year contract awarded for Software Development Capability -Trainee Teacher Recruitment, Technical Architect & DevOps