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)
Digital assessment service platform
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) procured a commercial technical digital partner to support and deliver the beta phase of the STA Assessment Service.
Digital languages mentoring project
Languages are important. They foster pupils' curiosity; deepen their understanding of the world; and open up opportunities for career and further study. DfE funds initiatives to in
Co-ordinating and delivering apprenticeship support and knowledge for schools (ASK) in the north
The ASK Programme aims to assist schools with their statutory duty to provide impartial careers advice and guidance to young people by providing them with a bespoke package of comp
Future leaders programme for directors of children's services
In summer 2018, we announced plans to establish a system leadership programme for future and newly appointed Directors of Children's Services (DCS). The DfE will be seeking proposa
Delivery OF THE national assessment AND accreditation system (NAAS) FOR child AND families social workers contract award notice
NAAS is now in its second phase of delivery with 56 local authorities and Trusts on-board. The demand from the sector to join as early adopters means the project is now very differ
Contract award notice
STA procured a pool of Inclusion Experts to ensure that key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests, reception baseline assessments and professional skills tests in liter
National professional qualification quality assurance agent
The Department is undertaking a procurement exercise to deliver quality assurance for the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). NPQs are a suite of professional development
Governance investigative research
*** Updated Expression of Interest 29/07/19 *** Clarification that 1,000 word count excludes references Expressions of interest are sought for an investigative research project int
National child safeguarding
To undertake a review regarding adolescents at risk from criminal exploitation on behalf of the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
Delivery of the looked-after-children & independent school demonstrator hubs
The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a delivery partner to A. set up and run between 6 and 10 demonstrator hubs in England which promote partnerships between independent s
Managed testing services
Managed testing services
Customer support platform
Provision of customer support software platform and support
UR participant recruit
Participant recruitment service for 4 rounds of user research
National retraining scheme online training
The purpose of the PIN is to initiate market engagement; it is not being used as a call for competition. This PIN is intended to: 1. Inform the market of a potential future procure
The employer support package
The procurement will be conducted using the open procurement procedure, light touch regime. Bids can be either from individual suppliers or consortia. The requirements are summaris
Cloud support - cloud delivery and support services
Nimbus is a specialist digital & technology company providing services and engineers to help our customers benefit from using cloud services building on best practice ITIL, MSP, PR
Trust set up programme support and financial due diligence - northamptonshire county council
The overarching intention is that services for children and young people in Northamptonshire must be high quality, meet financial objectives and be sustainable. Creating an indepen
Trust set up legal support - northamptonshire county council
The overarching intention is that services for children and young people in Northamptonshire must be high quality, meet financial objectives and be sustainable. Creating an indepen
Adviser in kingston upon hull
The adviser will work closely with the Chief Executive and Council officials, leading the development and implementation of an improvement plan and embedding a culture of effective
Evaluation of school improvement offer 19/20
The School Improvement SI offer for 2019/20 requires the coordination and deployment of NLEs to help maintained schools and academies to agree an action plan and identify and acces