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)
Copyright licensing agency (schools printed music licence - SPML)
SPML allows you to make copies of printed music by any of the following means: photocopying, scanning, the licence allows the arrangement of a printed musical work for any instrume
Copyright licensing agency (motion picture licensing co) MPLC
The non-educational screening of films on the premises of educational establishment. MPLC represents over eight hundred and fifty independent films studios, distributors and TV pro
Copyright licensing agency (the educational recording agency ERA)
This allows educational establishments to record radio and television broadcast received in the UK and to access copies of such recordings. Teachers can access and download materia
Get help with tech SIM & data wave 4
Procurement of up to 14,000 4G Router/MiFi devices to enable vulnerable children to access the internet for remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Early years foundation stage reforms: expert support to develop online content
The revised Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) will become statutory from September 2021 and will impact all early years providers in England. One of the ways we are supporting pro
Education training foundation (SEND: universal)
As part of the overarching Education Foundation Training case, the SEND Support for Workforce Development section will: - Continue work to build capacity for effective SEND provisi
Regional peer improvement (SEND: targeted) grant award notice
Notice for the awarding of Grant funding for nine LA regional coordinators to support the DfE to drive forward the use of effective practice and peer support, target and develop th
Whole school SEND contract award notice
This is the awarded Contract Notice for the Consortium Development Fund available to consortium partners to deliver pilot or focussed projects to address identified gaps in the pro
Information, advice and support for CYP and parents (IAS)
This is the award notice for the Information, Advice and Support for CYP and Parents contract to provide improvements to the individual support received by children, young people a
Strategic reform partner (SEND: targeted)
Award Notice for the Strategic Reform Partner contract to provide the embedding of SEND reform and delivered training to support better collaboration at local level between social
Autism education trust award notice
This is the awarded Contract Notice for the The National Autistic Society to provide services to support an increased volume of education staff (early years, school and further edu
Commercial ops SCS permanent recruitment
The contract is awarded for the provision of specialist recruitment services to fulfil the search and placement of suitable candidates for one SCS vacancies at the DfE, from ESPO's
Level 4 software developers - coventry
This Contract Order Form is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship Training Provider Dynamic Marketplace (DMP) Agreement for the provision of L4 Software De
Level 6 project delivery
This Contract Order Form is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship Training Provider Dynamic Marketplace (DMP) Agreement for the provision of L6 Project Man
L4 counter fraud investigator apprenticeships
This Contract Order Form is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship Training Provider Dynamic Marketplace (DMP) Agreement for the provision of L4 Counter Fra
L4 improvement practitioner
This Contract Order Form is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship Training Provider Dynamic Marketplace (DMP) Agreement for the provision of L4 Improvement
Advisory services for establishing Covid-19 response unit
Consultancy requirement to support DFE's senior leadership team advising reshaping the departmental operational Covid-19 centre and to provide crisis management advice.
Permanent recruitment for SCS roles commercial
SCS Campaign to fill two roles within the Commercial Directorate call off establish from ESPO Strategic HR Services Framework Agreement (reference 3S_18).
Ontology management software
The department relies on the subject taxonomy this is maintained within this specialist thesaurus management tool.
Headspace inc wellbeing application: employee benefit for the department's employees'
Procurement of licenses for Wellbeing application for the Department's Employees'