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)
Pebbles education consultancy ltd
The successful KS1 IEE's will be experts who are required to produce a package of training materials and three assessments exercises. The training package will be used to deliver s
Expression of interest for reading experts for the english hubs council
The Department for Education is seeking to procure professional services from three experts in reading with a focus on systematic synthetic phonics, to become members of the Englis
IEA progress in reading literacy study (pirls) 2021, national research centre for england
We invite expressions of interest to form the National Research Centre (NRC) to administer the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Progres
Pupils and their parents / carers omnibus survey (waves 6 and 7)
Expressions of interest are sought to deliver waves 6 and 7 of an established survey; Pupils and their Parents/Carers (PPC) Omnibus Survey. This would be 2 waves of fieldwork, occu
Monitoring of national curriculum assessment's administration
Monitor key stage 2 tests at a sample of independent schools and those academies that have chosen to be monitored by STA; Collect and report on monitoring visits for the key stage
Peer to peer moderation, STA 02012
STA procured the services of an external contractor to start the process of recruiting schools/local authorities to take part in a small-scale pilot exploring an alternative 'peer-
KS1 OEM
The successful KS1 OEMs will be experts who are required to provide an independent assessment on the moderation activities of LAs, and provide STA with information about the consis
KS1 SEM
The remit of STA is to ensure the consistency and accuracy of KS1 data and audit the implementation of the KS1 LA moderation processes. As part of this process an SEM will oversee,
Microsoft dynamics NAV specialist service
The support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV interfaces to enable efficient transfer of data and streamline business processes.
Standardisation table LEAD contract
The successful KS1 Standardisation Team Leaders (STLs) will be experts who are required to collect pupils work across all standards and create 4 standardisation exercises using the
HR project phase zero support
Provision of HR transformation and change management services
Video and audio production, STA 0203
STA procured a new supplier for the provision of audio-video and digital communication services to support the delivery of national curriculum assessments test administration, teac
Cloud infrastructure, transformation and strategy services
Cloud-first Technology Vision and Strategy •Define solutions, vendors and systems fit for user need •Service operating model design and development •Evidence based business case de
Survey of higher education (HE) providers and student unions: measurement needs for a student mental health survey
Expressions of interest are sought for a research study with HE providers and student unions. The primary purpose of this research is to inform the development of a representative
Provision of curriculum expert resource for the standards and testing agency - skills tests numeracy curriculum advisor
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to acquire Curriculum Expert resource to support test development processes within STA in relation to the professional Skills Test
National mathematics centre
See Tenders Electronic Daily advert for full derscription - https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:548368-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 The Department for Education (DfE) is
Delivery AND maintenance OF THE provider DATA self-assessment toolkit (pdsat)
The Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education (DfE), and exists to fund education and skills training for children,
School snapshot survey (omnibus survey of school teachers and senior leaders)
Expressions of interest are sought to deliver a twice-yearly omnibus survey of school teachers and senior leaders for the Department for Education over 4 waves (summer 2019 to wint
Further education teachers comparators
Analysis of LFS and SIRS datasets. Also drawing on the Departments analysis of ASHE to compare FE teacher pay and conditions within those with similar levels of qualification worki
Provision of medical advice services to the department for education for ill health pension applications (teachers' pension scheme)
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to engage the services of a supplier to provide recommendations to their Scheme Administrator on the eligibility for ill health retire