Buyer profile
Department for Education
Get alerts when Department for Education publishes a new tender — 7-day free trial, then £4.99/month.
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)
Business analysis services
Business Analysis and Research service
ICFP short courses
The Department is procuring a short course in 'integrated curriculum and financial planning' (ICFP). The course will run until end of March 2020 and will take the form of webinars
Awarded contract
Awarded contract
IRIS BAU support for microsoft dynamics 365 platform
Support and maintenance of the DoSF IRIS system
Research with graduates of low returns subjects
There are 6 broad questions for the research to cover: 1. What types of jobs do graduates of low-return subjects go into? 2. Beyond the salary they currently earn, or can expect to
Market engagement FOR postgraduate teacher training application system
DfE is building a new digital application service for postgraduate teacher training. This will be a DfE-owned and run service that will eventually replace the UCAS initial teacher
Multi-agency safeguarding reform - sector expert services
Following the Wood Review into the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), the government introduced legislation through the Children and Social Work Act
European social FUND provision 2014-2020 IP 1.4 THE supply OF services FOR THE management AND running OF A community grant programme
The provision will be offered through four separate Lots of activity at Investment Priority (IP) and LEP level. We intend to enter in to four Lots with single Contracts for; North
European social FUND provision 2014-2020 IP 1.1 supply OF skills support FOR THE unemployed
The activities will support unemployed individuals aged 16 plus with individualised programmes of learning and support, to overcome identified barriers to participation in educatio
Student income and expenditure survey 2019/20
Expressions of interest are sought for the 2019/20 Student Income and Expenditure Survey (SIES). This is the most comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the income and expen
Find & explore national pupil database data: live public beta - maintenance and development
Live Public Beta phase: a multi-disciplinary, co-located agile team required to develop and maintain a metadata service, which will be used to provide support and guidance to users
NRS digital partners framework - PIN
The National Retraining Scheme is the government's new programme to help adults retrain into better jobs and be ready for future changes to the economy, including those brought abo
Workday implementation services (HR, payroll & expenses)
To provide professional services for implementation of Workday and Workday support services within DfE.
Item writing framework reading call off STA 0128-23 key stage 2 work package 2
Suppliers successfully joined DfE/STA's via a Supplier framework (STA-0128 Item Writing Framework) to ensure delivery of Item Writing services for a range of tests. Suppliers on th
Item writing framework reading call off STA 0128-22-02 key stage 1 work package 2
Suppliers successfully joined DfE/STA's via a Supplier framework (STA-0128 Item Writing Framework) to ensure delivery of Item Writing services for a range of tests. Suppliers on th
Item writing framework reading call off STA 0128-22-01 key stage 1 work package 1
Suppliers successfully joined DfE/STA's via a Supplier framework (STA-0128 Item Writing Framework) to ensure delivery of Item Writing services for a range of tests. Suppliers on th
Opportunity areas - place-based evaluation
*** Updated Expression of Interest 30/08/19 *** Revision of indicative contract value. Place-based strand of the Opportunity Areas Evaluation. This evaluation seeks to ascertain th
Lsype (2): analysis of mental health and well-being in higher education students and comparison with individuals across the cohort
Expressions of interest are sought for an analytical project focusing on the mental health and well-being of higher education students in the LSYPE2 cohort. Secondary analysis usin
STA-0229 quality assurance proofers
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) procured the services of Braille experts to support Quality Assurance processes within the STA in relation to modified Braille versions of ke
STA-0230 braille quality assurance group
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) procured the services of Braille experts to support Quality Assurance processes within the STA in relation to modified Braille versions of ke