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)
Agile coaching for CIPS (Con_7395)
Agile training and coaching for Cloud infrastructure team - 4 sessions between 18th Feb to end March 2021
Qualys - virtual scanning appliance (con_7552)
Virtual Scanning Appliance
Project management services (con_7321)
Project Management services to cover various school projects in England at different stages and scope dealing with site identification, procurement, construction and handover.
Dfe estates user research
User research to inform internal estates programme.
Dfe office supplies call off
Office supplies for the Department for Education.
Supply of office furniture
Supply of office furniture to DfE offices.
Cheylesmore house roof replacement project
Replacement of roof at CH and installation of solar panels.
Item writing framework - award
Contract award notice for Item Writing Services.
Get help with tech SIM & data wave 4
14,000 Sims, 4G Data bundle and configuration services to support vulnerable children with access to the internet for remote learning during the pandemic.
Interactive voice recognition (IVR) response communications
The implementation of a customer centric Interactive Voice Response (IVR) process to support the service. This will utilise natural speech technology to predict caller intent and r
Workforce management solution
Implementation of a Workforce Management System solution within the Department for Education, which will allow the ability to integrate and take a feed from existing systems that c
Complex legal services for higher education restructuring regime phase 1
The HE Restructuring Regime (HERR) was announced on 16 July 2020, which included a dedicated email address providers in financial distress can use to contact DfE. We are aware of s
Non-digital support for apprenticeship support and knowledge (ASK)
The ASK Programme, and the Services to be procured, continue to be key channels for the Fire it Up campaign, especially for activities aimed at young people and their influencers.
Sanctuary building refurbishment
Refurbishment work for Sanctuary Building.
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
Dfe data capture
The provision of the Achieve Forms software allows the Department for Education to digitise the collection of Data from both the sector and public. This service will allow the Depa
Provision of legacy application support systems
Legacy Application System Support
National tutoring programme phase 2
The National Tutoring Programme aims to deliver high quality tutoring services to English Schools in the support of disadvantaged pupils. Building on Year 1, NTP Phase 2 will estab
The art of science and selling training (con_4306)
A training programme for the 'Art of selling'
Dfe teacher bulletin - email marketing service (con_5636)
GovDelivery Communications Cloud https://assets.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/g-cloud-10/documents/92429/578476719567711-service-definition-document-2018-05-17-1234.pdf