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)
Dfe gartner research services
Specialist technology services to support the DfE.
Independent technical education advisers
This is the awarded Contract Notice for Educational Associates within the ESC13 - Operational Development and Delivery Category to act as Independent Technical Education Advisers,
Dfe microsoft azure
The notice is for the provision of Microsoft Azure and a management platform for the software.
Integrated curriculum and financial planning short courses ICFP PR_4430
The Department is procuring training sessions in School Resource Management (SRM) and Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning (ICFP). The sessions will run until end of March
Exemplary leadership programme
The Department for Education (DfE) has funded two Outstanding schools to design and deliver bespoke leadership training programmes. Successful grant applications will reflect a kno
Devops lot 3 embedded engineering dfe inc sign-in & t-levels devops/webops
To provide cloud DevOps/WebOps services, covering Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Continuous delivery, Automation and Testing. Deploying and operating reliable, scal
Digital assets disposal
The Department has an on-going requirement for an ICT Disposal service in order to; - support technology refresh (e.g. laptop/tablet refresh) across the DfE estate, - enable the sw
National roll-out of teaching school hubs
In the department's Recruitment and Retention strategy, published in January 2019, we committed to improving our support for teachers, ensuring that they receive high quality train
National roll-out of the early career framework
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking national lead providers to lead the delivery, from September 2021, of the national roll-out of the Early Career Framework (ECF) for Ea
Service delivery capability (north)
To work alongside in-house digital teams and other suppliers, to manage the development, delivery and communication of effective, user-focused digital services, taking products fro
Trustee and governor recruitment and induction support programmes
The purpose of this Early Engagement Notice is to notify the market that the Department for Education (DfE) will be undertaking an online market engagement event on 25 September 20
Deep dive reviews into multi-agency safeguarding arrangements (child criminal exploitation)
From 29 September 2019 new multi-agency safeguarding partnerships were established in England, replacing Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs). These new partnerships are co-l
National roll-out of teaching school hubs
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of the national roll-out of Teaching School Hubs (TSH). Market engagement events took place on 9th and 10
Get help with technology - device reserve
While the Department's aim is to have all pupils back at school, every school will also need to plan for the possibility of a local lockdown and how they will ensure continuit
Digital assessment item validation trial administration STA 0166 call off 11
The STA's remit is to deliver national curriculum assessments for English Reading, English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling, Science and Mathematics and the Reception Baseline Ass
STA 253 - KS1&2 DSTL QA & facilitator
The Department for Education is now inviting bids for temporary teacher assessment (TA) deputy standardisation team leader (DSTL) roles at key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2).
Teacher assessment - english writing standardisation and training
Information: temporary teacher assessment standardisation roles We will shortly be inviting bids for temporary teacher assessment (TA) deputy standardisation team leader (DSTL) rol
Dfe office supplies contract- extension notice
This is a notice for the extension to the Office Supplies contract for the Department for Education. The extension period runs from 31st March 2020 to 30th December 2020. The Depar
Item writing framework 2021-2025 con 10611 con 10612 con 10613
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is responsible for developing National Curriculum tests on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). This contract has been placed by the
Urgent support services for vulnerable children during Covid-19
The intention of this contract is to identify vulnerable children and young people who are hidden from view during Covid-19 and provide frontline assistance and support to them. Th