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)
Edtech demonstrator schools and colleges programme - phase 2: evaluation partner
The DfE are looking to appoint a partner to evaluate the EdTech Demonstrator programme over 2021-22. The programme was launched April 2020 to offer peer support, advice and trainin
STA 253 - KS1&2 DSTL QA & facilitator - award
Award notice for 10 individuals providing education services. We are responsible for monitoring KS1, KS2 and early years foundation stage (EYFS) teacher assessment (TA) moderation
Teacher assessment - english writing standardisation and training
On 19 October 2016, the Secretary of State (SoS) announced improved guidance for moderation and that mandatory training would be provided for all local authority (LA) moderators. S
4G routers wave 3
This contract provides 4G routers to enable students access to the internet for remote learning during the pandemic.
SIM & data wave 3
SIMS and data allowance for the Get Help With Tech program, to ensure schoolchildren have access to online learning during the Covid pandemic.
IT health check services sira services
Framework contract to provide security services for the Data Security team and colleagues across the DfE; to acquire security resources to support the delivery of their projects. (
Edtech demonstrator schools and colleges programme - phase 2: evaluation partner
Expressions of interest (EOI) are sought to conduct an interim and final evaluation for a second phase of the EdTech Demonstrator programme. Throughout 2021-22, the existing suppor
Database of trainee teachers and providers maintenance
Gold support to maintain the Database of Trainee Teachers and Providers platform. Contract includes provision for development and upgrade activity should it be needed to maintain a
Employer data registration service
Employer Data Registration Service (EDRS). EDRS is a fully managed service, compliant with processes defined within ITIL version 3. Training providers interact with employers and t
Project management services (con_7320)
Project Management services to cover various school projects in England at different stages and scope dealing with site identification, procurement, construction and handover.
Development AND delivery OF THE ncsprp annual report including contributing analysis (con_7227)
The development and delivery of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel Annual Report for 2019-20, including project management and contributing analysis
Build quality compliance inspections (con_7260)
A specialist technical advisor to carryout build quality compliance inspections at recently completed schools in the PSBP and Free School capital build programmes. The build qualit
Project management services (Con_7264)
Project Management services to cover various school projects in England at different stages and scope dealing with site identification, procurement, construction and handover.
Project management services (Con_7265)
Project Management services to cover various school projects in England at different stages and scope dealing with site identification, procurement, construction and handover.
Project management services (Con_7266)
Project Management services to cover various school projects in England at different stages and scope dealing with site identification, procurement, construction and handover.
CIF 2021 (con_7289)
Assess a large number of Condition Improvement Fund applications made by academies.
CIF 2021 (con_7288)
Assess a large number of Condition Improvement Fund applications made by academies.
Zendesk software licenses and upgrade (con_7301)
To upgrade our Zendesk Software package
Technology directorate programmes (network transformation, service operations optimisation, identity transformation) (con_7319)
Provision of services to provide management of 3 Technology Directorate Programmes of work. These are - Phase 2 of the Network Transformation Project - Discovery for Service Operat
Pluralsight g-cloud 11 (con_7300)
Call-off contract for provision of licenses for Pluralsight LLC (online technology learning platform).