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Department for Education

central_govNorth East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South WestenglandGB

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Total contracts

2,285

Known spend

£53bn

1896 disclosed

Average value

£28m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

Open4Awarded1,629Closed589

Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    TILBURY DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    4 winslatest 25 Aug 2026CH 00303359

    £22bn

  2. 2

    MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    4 winslatest 06 Oct 2026CH 05377750

    £22bn

  3. 3

    Kings College London

    4 winslatest 23 Sept 2026

    £18m

  4. 4

    Bloom Procurement Services Ltd

    4 winslatest 17 Jan 2026

    £171,768

  5. 5

    WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    3 winslatest 02 Jul 2026CH 00768173

    £22bn

  6. 6

    KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    3 winslatest 25 Aug 2026CH 02099533

    £22bn

  7. 7

    MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITED

    3 winslatest 10 Jul 2026CH NI008762

    £15bn

  8. 8

    King's College London

    3 winslatest 05 Jan 2026CH RC000297

    £4m

  9. 9

    Mutual Ventures Ltd

    3 winslatest 13 Jul 2026

    £4m

  10. 10

    Mott MacDonald

    3 winslatest 01 Oct 2026

    £4m

What they buy

By CPV category
  • Education & 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

8 forecast

Tender activity

Notices published per month — last 24 months

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All contracts (2286)

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1cd2e560-52b9-4997-902b-acce3be9442d · planning

Home learning environment early years apps competition

Department For Education
SME friendly

The Department will be running a quality assurance exercise to identify and provide an indication of quality for early year's apps of high educational value, so that parents can ma

£On request
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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035c85f9-f016-4ed9-a97f-07172b5af1e3 · award

G-cloud lot 3 - cloud support

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Stone Cloud Managed Networking Support

£Up to £60,000
⏱ 19 Oct 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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154eba10-e345-4faf-b189-a513ef04a511 · award

Wifi off-boarding purchase

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Purchase of existing WiFi Hardware

£Up to £237,277
⏱ 19 Oct 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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3b201bb3-286c-450d-a746-2908f1cd80ce · planning

High potential initial teacher training and leadership development programme - early engagement

Department For Education
SME friendly

The Department for Education (DfE) is exploring options for the future delivery of a high potential initial teacher training and leadership development programme for cohorts starti

£On request
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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7e442f9d-c79d-4ac1-88ee-96c28966434f · award

Assessment service

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The ultimate aim of the assessment service is to provide one place for internal/external users to develop, deliver, administer, conduct and report on national assessments. Internal

£Up to £287,100
⏱ 21 Dec 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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2405c5f1-fd2b-4ba2-9726-4f9366fc1649 · award

Funding and contracting service (FCS) systems agile development

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for delivering all school and Further Education funding in England. The Funding and Contracting Service (FCS) is undergoing a

£Up to £4,500,000
⏱ 18 Jan 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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50cfd700-ad52-4905-9446-196adc9e0039 · planning

T level professional development

Department For Education
SME friendly

The Department is running a market engagement event to explore commercial options for a national delivery partner to design and deliver T Level Professional Development (TLPD). TLP

£On request
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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0aa002f2-67a6-42e0-baf0-88e7a11c7982 · award

POst-16 institutions omnibus survey 2019

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for delivering a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of post-16 institutions and private training providers. The aims of the Post-16

£Up to £62,980
⏱ 5 Mar 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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7a54857f-66ac-4dd0-bd8b-c06db0ca9269 · awardUpdate

SBRI: higher education open data, digital tools for prospective students

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Across the UK, prospective higher education students often make uninformed decisions about where and what to study. The competition's aim is to ensure prospective students have acc

£Up to £296,000
⏱ 9 Nov 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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db82eeb9-5037-49fb-8526-c5e0f49dc69d · awardUpdate

Centre of excellence for modern foreign languages pedagogy

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Authority is seeking to procure the establishment of a Centre of Excellence to implement the Programme. In summary, the CoE will become a locus of expertise in the MFL pedagogi

££1 — £2,410,000
⏱ 6 Aug 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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e38ea79f-9783-4beb-952c-9950860e2b5f · awardUpdate

National centre for computer education lots 1 -3

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The purpose of the National Centre of Computing Education and Associated Programmes is to support and improve the provision of computing education in England's state-funded schools

£Up to £67,716,385
⏱ 15 Jun 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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b10e7c6d-a700-432c-88dd-e36978d7acc1 · awardUpdate

Fees and expenses

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The service should provide the following high level requirements: A web-based system that IEE's can access to fill in personal details that are required by HMRC RTI system A system

£Up to £52,632
⏱ 27 Feb 2018
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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fe52167d-dd3a-4ccb-9d74-373a3f35ca70 · award

English hubs training centre

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Department for Education is planning to procure an organisation to deliver an English Hubs Training Centre. The purpose of the English Hubs Training Centre is to train a networ

£Up to £1,480,000
⏱ 28 Feb 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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b1415700-b70d-4a28-8e0d-c1196b28c5fc · awardUpdate

Item bank 2018-2020

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Item bank database to support delivery of the National Curriculum Assessments and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the test development process. The Item Bank is a web-b

£Up to £105,600
⏱ 18 Oct 2017
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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4ca0c570-d30f-430c-af49-2211e7b0d146 · planning

Governance development programme

Department For Education
SME friendly

We want to gauge industry appetite for development and delivery of training for governors and trustees. We are proposing to procure services via several lots. The permutation and n

£On request
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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8c56782d-7ab5-47e6-9ec3-56ab921f97b2 · award

Levy paying employer behaviour

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

As part of DfE's ongoing evaluation of the Apprenticeship reforms, we are interested in expanding our evidence base. In particular, we want to focus on: • how levy paying employers

£Up to £63,613
⏱ 15 Feb 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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de336f5e-4a03-4b30-b2d0-25736fa46792 · award

Splunk enterprise security (SIEM)

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM that provides insight into machine data generated from security technologies such as network, endpoint, access, malware, vulnerability and iden

£Up to £605,000
⏱ 25 Jan 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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8addaa95-297d-43c1-bd78-9f478c2f905d · award

Adviser in bradford

Department For Education
servicesYorkshire and the HumberSME friendly

The authority has recently been placed in intervention and is starting implementation of its improvement plan. The Adviser will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for

£Up to £33,120
⏱ 14 Jan 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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a02933ae-dd0e-49d2-8727-8959aaed7321 · awardUpdate

T level professional development (TLPD) evaluation

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

The department requires the research to be designed around undertaking a process evaluation of Phase I of TLPD, and to provide some indication of change in providers' confidence ah

£Up to £90,000
⏱ 12 Feb 2019
Posted · 93mo agoView details →
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0d1073bf-9c96-44ff-9c7a-63ab0caa21e8 · tenderAmendment

Teacher assessment - external moderators

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Each year, the STA assesses the rigour of moderation activities carried out by local authorities (LAs) across the country, ensuring robust moderation processes are in place for sub

£On request
⏱ 8 Mar 2019
Posted · 94mo agoView details →