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)
CSRP business analyst services
Extension to existing contract for the provision of business analyst services, supporting the Department's CSRP programme.
Data architecture & governance
Data Architecture and Governance services to support the Department's Data Directorate in their transformation activity and transition to a new operating model.
National professional qualifications framework
The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of forthcoming market engagement events relating to the reformed suite of National Professional Qualifications (
Lot 3 embedded engineering apprenticeships & funding
Our DevOps teams are skilled in managing the competing demands of fast-paced software development and operational delivery. We have experience of operating a fully agile DevOps del
Medway adviser
The Leadership Improvement Partner is expected to support the Council to prioritise children's social care services, to co-ordinate action and to implement change in a strategic wa
Microsoft azure technical delivery and consultancy
Our Microsoft certified Azure Consultants design and deliver hybrid and public cloud solutions, enabling you to extend or move your data centre or applications to Azure. Motivated
Children of the 2020's - longitudinal panel study
Expressions of interest are sought to undertake the design and delivery of the first panel of a new longitudinal study, the Education and Outcomes Panel Study (EOPS). The EOI is sp
Devops/webops
Can provide DevOps maturity assessment, strategy, delivery/operation using WebOps, NoOps, GitOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering/Cloud Native Engineering servic
Business central integrations (BC-I)
The Department is sought to procure the services of a Business Central Integrations partner to help deliver a programme of work that will see the Microsoft Dynamics Business Centra
Prior information international teacher recruitment
The Teacher Services Division within the Department for Education has a requirement for the provision of International Teacher Recruitment Services. Potential Suppliers are invited
Slough commissioner
The Contractor has agreed to act as the Department's Commissioner in Slough Borough Council to undertake a review of children's services and develop recommendations for new governa
Early years foundation stage reforms: virtual events for local authorities
The Department for Education's (DfE) wishes to appoint a suitably experienced body to support delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage reforms. This will involve deliverin
Research to understand progress during the 2020/21 academic year
Expressions of interest (EOI) are sought for research to understand the impact which COVID-19 disruption has had on the academic development of children and young people, as well a
GPC (government procurement card)
Government Procurement Card payment solution. Contract for staff with appropriate budget and commercial delegations.
Research on the perceived benefits and obstacles to academisation - the views of recent converters and local authority schools
The contract covers the following tasks: • Designing a suitable survey script (which will include some open questions requiring coding) • Completing 600 interviews with a sample of
Curriculum experts - 2020-2022
The Standards and Testing Agency procured the services of Curriculum Experts (Curriculum Advisors and Assessment Advisors) for a 2-year period between February 2020 and January 202
High potential initial teacher training and leadership development programme 2022/23
The Secretary of State for Education, through the Department for Education (the Authority) is undertaking a procurement to appoint a contractor to deliver a single national (Englan
Education technology (edtech) survey 2020
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct an Education Technology (EdTech) Survey, which will collect robust evidence on the current state of technology in schools in England t
T levels support: provider readiness & industry placements
Required services The purpose of the support package is to ensure T Level providers are able to deliver high quality programmes. The package includes 2 strands of support: 1. 2 yea
National roll-out of the early career framework
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of forthcoming market engagement events relating to the Early Career Framework (ECF). The Department will