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)
THE recruitment consultancy services TO recruit FOUR temporary HR payroll coordinators
Provision of a recruitment service to source a maximum of four agency Payroll Co-ordinators for a short term period (8 weeks)
T level service agile development
For the provision of a project delivery service to support the development of GDS compliant digital services for T Levels users.
Technical education learner survey
Expressions of interest are sought to design, deliver, and analyse a set of closely related surveys from 2021 to 2024 which will inform the evaluation of Technical Education reform
Communications qualitative research
The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for children's services and education in England, including early years, children's social care, schools, higher and further educa
Communications quantitative research
The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for children's services and education in England, including early years, children's social care, schools, higher and further educa
Apprenticeship evaluation surveys 2021
Expressions of interest are sought to design and deliver the 2021 wave of the Department for Education (DfE) Apprenticeship Evaluation Surveys (AEvS), comprising separate learner a
Market research services to support the initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment marketing campaign
The Department is seeking a market research agency to undertake market research for the Get IntoTeaching marketing campaign, which seeks to raise the status of teaching, drive moti
Get help with technology - device reserve (2)
Contract to purchase further devices to support the Department's Get Help With Technology Device Reserve Programme. An initial 69,000 devices have been purchased through this
Evaluation for the employer led digital training initiatives
Expressions of interest are sought to support with the design and delivery of an evaluation of the Employer Led Digital Training Initiatives pilots. The contractor will be appointe
ESFA - procurement of agile development services
Procurement of development services for the Data Science & Funding Directorates within ESFA to deliver applications and services at high velocity: through continuous improvement to
Breakfast clubs - food
Attending a school breakfast club and eating a healthy breakfast can support improved attainment, behaviour, concentration and attendance, and provide a healthier start to the day
Services to maximise take-up of dfe's 2-year-old entitlement and deliver business support to early years providers
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of the Department for Education's (DfE) intention to undertake a procurement exercise for services t
IEA trends in international mathematics and science study (timss) 2023 - national study centre for england
We invite expressions of interest to form the National Study Center (NSC) to administer the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2023 in England (only). En
Flexible working ambassador schools
This application process is to appoint the Flexible Working Ambassador Schools (FWAS). Flexible working policies can help to recruit, retain and motivate teachers and can play a ce
Evaluation of the behaviour hubs programme
Expressions of Interest are Sought. DfE are looking to appoint an independent research body to conduct an evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the behaviour hubs programme in
PSN gateway cloud service and support (con_6118)
Reach back to legacy networks from the internet, via our approved secure gateway.
Delivery of traineeships reforms and expansion programme
The Authority is seeking to appoint contractors to deliver traineeships in order to support the high quality growth of the Traineeship Programme, as set out in the Framework for De
Microsite 2.0 development
The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) seeks bids to update our microsite. Visit www.socialmobilityworks.org. We monitor progress towards improving social mobility in the UK and prom
ESFA dance and drama awards
The Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) scheme offers an income assessed contribution to tuition fees and living costs for eligible students at private dance and drama institutions in En
Parent carer forum grants (SEND: universal)
Award notice for the Parent Carer Forum Grants - Parent carer forums are volunteer run groups of local parents of children and young people with SEND. Our grant supports activities