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)
A review into cases of non-accidental injury (NAI) perpetrated on children under one year old by men with a caring role for that child. (con_5335)
The Contractor has agreed to conduct a review into cases of non-accidental injury (NAI) perpetrated on children under one year old by men with a caring role for that child.
Review into cases of non-accidental injury (NAI) perpetrated on children under one year old by men with a caring role for that child. (con_5334)
The Contractor has agreed to conduct a review into cases of non-accidental injury (NAI) perpetrated on children under one year old by men with a caring role for that child.
Servicenow licenses (con_5178)
SaaS, Cloud based contract for ITIL Fulfiller users (ticket resolvers) and unlimited self-service access. The license contract also consists of ITBM Standard licenses, Agile for Te
Education and children's social care associates - supporting ITT market regulation and development (con_6593)
To provide professional educational consultancy services to support the functions of the Market Regulation team and wider Initial Teacher Training sector, to include, but not limit
Relationships, sex and health education (RSHE): BETA development (SOW2) (con_5230)
Hippo Digital Limited to develop training modules through working with subject experts and user research with teachers. The training modules are aimed at helping subject leads to t
Safe campus communities website (con_5982)
The contract is for the the website to be managed by Advance HE
SEND expert to create training module for relationships, sex and health education (mayfield school) (con_5322)
The contractor will work with the department to advise on, and potentially create, training modules that will support subject leads to train fellow teachers in their schools to del
SEND expert to create training module for relationships, sex and health education (hackney learning trust) (con_5116)
The contractor will work with the department to advise on, and potentially create, training modules that will support subject leads to train fellow teachers in their schools to del
STA-0254 digital systems check (con_6033)
The Department for Education is looking for SIRA support and to carry out penetration testing on a digital service, to align with best practice and ensure that any potential securi
STA-0261 digital delivery management (con_5228)
DfE require Delivery Manager resource to support the STA Assessment Services
Subject expert to create training module for relationships, sex and health education (national children's Bureau)2 (con_4785)
The contractor will work with the department to create training modules that will support subject leads to train fellow teachers in their schools to deliver the new RSHE. The contr
Subject expert to create training module for relationships, sex and health education (childnet international) (con_5218)
The contractor will work with the department to create training modules that will support subject leads to train fellow teachers in their schools to deliver the new RSHE. The contr
Loquate - NCS (con_5110)
Renewal of postcode lookup service for the NCS service
Education and children's social care associates - supporting ITT market regulation and development (con_5317)
To provide professional educational consultancy services to support the functions of the Market Regulation team and wider Initial Teacher Training sector, to include, but not limit
Education estate student - cladding (Con_6696)
For Further Education Colleges and Higher Education Institutions, action will be required to remediate certain types of cladding and/or to undertake checks to establish whether rem
G cloud 11- contract for software development capabilities sep 20-Mar 21 (Con_6779)
Provision of Software development capabilities, focusing on designing, developing and maintenance of application processes.
Education and children's social care associates - supporting ITT market regulation and development (con_6595)
To provide professional educational consultancy services to support the functions of the Market Regulation team and wider Initial Teacher Training sector, to include, but not limit
Education and children's social care associates - supporting ITT market regulation and development (con_6594)
To provide professional educational consultancy services to support the functions of the Market Regulation team and wider Initial Teacher Training sector, to include, but not limit
Contract for chair of birmingham children's trust (con_6029)
This is a contract for the chair of Birmingham Children's Trust. This is a contract for 2 years from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022 with an extension clause for up to 12 months.
Iot wave two legal support (con_4782)
Providing expert commercial legal advice and guidance in regards to the IoT Wave Two competition.