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)
Solarwinds contract 26/27 (con_31831)
Renewal of Solarwinds licencing under the upgraded product: 2257103 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Advanced for Enterprise AE1000 (up to 1000 nodes) - Subscription 3Yr Term
Call off contract curriculum drafter (con_31888)
Contract for drafting the biology science curriculum and GCSE
ECSC dynamic framework - re-opening of lot 9 - early years experts - sector support
The Department for Education is inviting tenders in line with the specification for suppliers to join the existing Lot 9 - DfE Support for the Early Years Sector of the Educational
Dfe solar power purchase agreements (PPA) pilot
The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting organisations to participate in a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to help shape a standardised private investment model
Technical & vocational subject teaching professional development
The Department for Education (DfE) have procured a supplier to design and deliver a national Technical and Vocational subject teaching Professional Development (PD) and organisatio
National data dashboard for children's social care placements
A three-year contract to extend, enhance, and scale nationally an existing children’s social care placements data dashboard, which is already operational and used by approximately
Matrix standard administration and management
The Department for Education is seeking to procure an organisation to manage, administer and deliver the matrix Standard, the Government’s quality standard for the provision of inf
Engagement on data insight, data standards, and digital support solutions
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to work with multiple suppliers of pupil and school facing educational software in England. This is an opportunity to inform policy de
Best start in life (bsil) - creative and strategic agency 2026 - con_32044
Contract for a strategic and creative partner to lead the ongoing development and delivery of the Best Start in Life (BSiL) campaign. The appointed agency will act as the lead BSIL
Schools property flood resilience: regional providers (design and build)
UPDATE - 30 July 2026. In respect of the Lot 3: West Midlands and South (excluding London) and Lot 4: London only, the standstill period has been extended to end at midnight on Wed
Tackling antisemitism in education innovation fund - competitive grant
Following a competitive grant process, the Department for Education has awarded funding under the Tackling Antisemitism in Education Innovation Fund programme to the following four
Mathematics teacher continuing professional development from reception – a-level
The Department for Education is the lead department for the Government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity. In practice, this means breaking the link between young
Future high potential initial teacher training (hpitt) programme
The Department for Education (DfE) launched a procurement for the recruitment and training of teachers to support schools serving disadvantaged communities (referred to as the prog
Con_31845 stronger practice CPD learning management system
This is a notice of award for The provision of a Learning Management System (LMS) to host the Early Years Stronger Practice CPD training in early maths, early language and personal
Subject matter experts for early language, early maths and personal, social and emotional development learning leads
We are looking to appoint subject matter experts to support early language, early maths and PSED learning leads via 3 separate contracts. This requirement includes: • Reviewing and
Invitation to tender for the PE and school sport partnership network
THIS IS AN INVITATION TO BID This is a notice seeking bids from interested parties in relation to the Department for Education procurement of a National Delivery Partner to establi
SEND CPD – package of materials to support in-house training (schools and FE)
Following the SEND CPD Market Engagement in March 2026, the Department launches this first deliverable as part of this larger potential requirement from the Schools White Paper ann
UK4 notice - creation of a lot for early years expert advisers on the ECSC dynamic framework
Procurement of a pool of Children’s Social Care Expert Advisers (EAs), who will replace the use of Commissioners and Advisers, under Lot 14 of the Educational and Children's Social
Explore education statistics platform support
Description: Explore Education Statistics is aimed at making education statistics easier to find, access, navigate and understand. Explore education statistics (EES) is a digital s
Microsoft business central delivery and support partner
This procurement relates to the appointment of an accredited Microsoft Solutions Partner (with Microsoft Business Applications accreditation) to provide specialist support, mainten