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)
National poetry recitation competition
The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise to find a supplier for a National Poetry Recitation Competition, and accompanying suite of resources.
Apprenticeship advisers for events
To procure a supplier to provide expert apprenticeship advice and support to potential apprentices, parents and influencers on apprenticeships and traineeships at a minimum of 35 e
Atlassian licence procurement management
Atlassian Licence Procurement Management
Career transition services
Service to support staff at risk of redundancy. Additional information: No guaranteed value, contract is demand led.
Cloud transformation services
Cloud transformation support services
Assessability testing lab services
Disability and assessability testing lab
Programme management services
Programme Management services
Specialist technology services
Specialist Technology Services
Investors in apprenticeships
An Investors in Apprentices Quality Mark, developed under the Investors in People brand family will meet government's objectives and the social purpose of Investors in People. This
Digital (agile) cloud support services
Agile cloud support services
Cloud design and development service
Cloud Design and Development services
Body image - qualitiative research to inform policy interventions
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is seeking a contractor to (a) update our evidence on the impacts of negative body image, (b) test findings with appropriate audiences, and (
Cloud solution development
Cloud Solution Development
User participation services
User participation services
Cloud support services
Cloud support services
Cloud support services
Digital Cloud Support services
Cloud support services
Cloud support services
Initial training for educational psychologists
The Authority has a requirement to deliver up to at least 206 new educational psychologists per year into the market over three annual cohorts. The Contractors shall be responsible
Further education providers workforce survey (now renamed the education and training professionals survey)
Expressions of interest are sought to design, test, and deliver a nationally representative survey of teaching staff and leaders in all ESFA funded Further Education (FE) providers
Evaluation of 2019 holiday activities and food programme
Expressions of interest are sought for an evaluation of the Department for Education's 2019 Holiday Activities and Food Programme. The evaluation should investigate the process, ou