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)
National careers service north east and cumbria
Delivery of careers information, advice and guidance to adults
National careers service yorkshire and the humber
Delivery of Careers information, advice and guidance to adults
National careers service south west
Delivery of Careers Information Advice and Guidance to adults
ICFP short courses
Contract award notice for ICFP Short Courses procurement. The Department for Education has contracted with the Institute of School Business Leadership to deliver integrated curricu
Regional adoption agencies programme adviser
This contract is to support the delivery and ongoing development of Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) in the capacity of a professional adviser, and to serve as an adviser to the D
Microsoft dynamics NAV licence, support and implementation services
Provision of NAV specialist development resources that will work with the Department to develop and enhance the financial accounting system based on the Department's short term and
Business intelligence and data analytics
Parity specialises in the creation of end-to-end IT solutions, which incorporate Business Intelligence. We provide strategic, technical and business consultancy, Cloud implementati
Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2018 national centre for england, wales and northern ireland
England, Wales and Northern Ireland participate in international comparison studies to benchmark our education policy and performance against other countries, review our system str
Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2018 national centre for england, wales and northern ireland
England, Wales and Northern Ireland participate in international comparison studies to benchmark our education policy and performance against other countries, review our system str
G-cloud 11 call-off contract - infrastructure engineering - 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
G-cloud 11 call-off contract - infrastructure support - onsite microsoft azure support services
Provide a range of on-site support services, designed to either augment existing teams or dedicated teams or to provide dedicated resources taking full responsibility for service s
A level grants programme to boost maths/physics teacher recruitment
It is a DfE priority to develop a great workforce with strong leadership. This programme specifically contributes to this priority by increasing the number of specialist maths and
Administration of the teachers pension service contract extension
Extension to the original contract Additional information: This is an extension to the original contract which is now archived here https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archiv
High potential initial teacher training programme
Recruit high quality graduates and career changers who have the potential to be highly skilled teachers and leaders and who would otherwise be unlikely to join the profession. Trai
Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE)
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking multiple providers to design and deliver Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses supporting recruitment to Initial Teacher Trainin
Item writing framework 2020-2023 STA 246
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to procure suppliers for its new 2020-2023 item Writing Services Framework. This notice is to advise of our intention to engage wi
Junior ISA scheme and child trust funds for children in care and care leavers.
The DfE will be inviting tenders for a contractor to manage the Junior ISA (JISA) scheme, and Child Trust Funds (CTFs) for children in care (CiC) and care leavers. The JISA scheme
Initial training educational psychologists 2020 - 2025
The Department for Education has a requirement to deliver up to at least 206 new educational psychologists per year into the market over 3 annual cohorts. Contractors shall be resp
Adviser in st helens
The adviser will support the authority in continuing to develop and implement robust, realistic and achievable plans to improve its children's social care services, in particular t
National careers service area based contract
Delivery of Information Advice and Guidance to adults in South East area based contract.