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)
Information: temporary teacher assessment external moderator service for english writing experts
Information: Temporary Teacher Assessment External Moderator Services We will shortly be inviting bids for temporary external teacher assessment (TA) moderators to visit a sample o
Special schools network
Department for Education require a supplier to create and deliver a national network for School Business Professionals in the special school sector. Supporting peer-to-peer engagem
Temporary external teacher assessment moderator vacancies
Information: Temporary Teacher Assessment External Moderator Services We will shortly be inviting bids for temporary external teacher assessment (TA) moderators to visit a sample o
2020 Key stage 2 national curriculum science sampling test and technical pre-test administration
Delivery of the biennial Science Sampling Test (SST) and the Technical Pre-test (TPT) is required at the end of Key Stage 2 in 2020. The contract includes printing, collation, dist
User research participation recruit services
User research participation recruit service age 16 plus
Apprenticeships campaign
Act as lead creative agency for the integrated communication and engagement framework for the apprenticeship programme, working with DfE and its delivery bodies to implement the na
National retraining scheme (NRS) digital partners - package 1
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to provide new and updated information on the competition to appoint suppliers to deliver the National Retraining Scheme (NRS)
STEM international teacher acclimatisation - 2019/20 pilot
As part of the STEM International Teacher Recruitment Programme 2019/20 pilot, the Department for Education (DfE) intends to commission an acclimatisation provider via the Internat
STEM international teacher recruitment - 2019/20 pilot
The Department for Education (DfE) supports schools in training and recruiting the teachers needed to deliver educational excellence. It recognises that the strengthening economy a
STEM international teacher recruitment - 2019/20 pilot
The Department for Education (DfE) supports schools in training and recruiting the teachers needed to deliver educational excellence. It recognises that the strengthening economy a
STEM international teacher recruitment - 2019/20 pilot
The Department for Education (DfE) supports schools in training and recruiting the teachers needed to deliver educational excellence. It recognises that the strengthening economy a
STEM international teacher recruitment - 2019/20 pilot
The Department for Education (DfE) supports schools in training and recruiting the teachers needed to deliver educational excellence. It recognises that the strengthening economy a
Capgemini education and skills funding agency delivery and upskilling
Provision of Supplier Staff with capabilities and expertise related to robotic process automation. This could include provision of Supplier Staff with skills such as architecture,
Firmstep forms including self and dash
Forms is used by over 1/3rd of Local Government and many other Public services. Clients fully digitise services with intelligent transactional e-forms optimised for mobile CX. Work
T impact provision of robotics software licences
Full licences for robotics development to ensure business continuity and the delivery of the first round of robotics projects. UiPath end user license agreements will be signed sep
ESFA - business analysis capability
We are looking for Business Analysis Capability to support the development, delivery and communication of effective, user-focused digital services, taking products from vision to d
Data/information collections using online forms - for education providers and the general public
Agile team of Business Analysts, User Researchers, Interaction Designers, Content Designers, Delivery Managers and programme support staff, to work across multiple projects in fast
Data science testing service for digital service delivery
A flexible testing service to work in fast-paced agile delivery teams, delivering Government Digital Services
Data science agile development - development, architecture and devops services
Services for developer, technical architect and dev ops engineer roles to help to continue to deliver our Data Science Digital Transformation Programme. This will be a mix of conti
T level service agile development- BA, user-centred design and delivery management services
The DfE requires project delivery services to support the development of GDS compliant digital services for T Levels users. T Level digital service will help to support the roll-ou