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 careers service research review
The DfE / National Careers Service require an organisation to review existing research and customer insight and produce one comprehensive set of findings which can be used as the b
Study OF children joining family IN england under THE dublin III regulation
The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein ("Dublin States") to determine responsibility for ex
Elective home education: call for evidence - government consultation exercise
The aim of this project is to analyse the responses received to the Elective home education: call for evidence. • A bespoke report as agreed with DfE; • Results generated in EXCEL
Evaluation of the alternative provision innovation fund
A process and outcomes evaluation of the Alternative Innovation Fund projects on both a thematic and individual project level. The contractor shall support projects on self-evaluat
Study OF children joining family IN england under THE dublin III regulation
The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein ("Dublin States") to determine responsibility for ex
National pupil database access (safe settings) - alpha/beta service team
An Alpha/Beta to: 1.Create/test suite of standard data extracts (based on analysis of historical bespoke extract requests) 2.Create/test synthetic NPD dataset(s) 3.Identify more ef
Employer skills survey 2019 - lot 3 fieldwork contractor
Expressions of interest are sought for fieldwork contractors for the redeveloped Employer Skills Survey to run in 2019. DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS 10AM 17/12/2018
Employer skills survey 2019 and 2021 - lot 2 lead contractor
Expressions of interest are sought for the lead contractor role for a redeveloped Employer Skills Survey to run in 2019 and 2021. DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS 10AM 17/12
Employer skills survey development - lot 1 questionnaire and sampling design
Expressions of interest are sought to develop the questionnaire and sampling approach for a revised Employer Skills Survey, which will involve merging with former Employer Skills S
Comparative judgement
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) are keen to speak to comparative judgement suppliers as it explores potential long-term alternatives to statutory teacher assessment of writi
Early years stakeholder engagement contract 2019-20
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to appoint a suitable supplier to work collaboratively with the Department over the 14-month period (February 2019 - March 2020) to pr
Crm/cx - oracle CX cloud suite
Provisions of Oracle CX Cloud Suite services and implementation of rapid agile solutions.
Events management services for the government's teacher recruitment marketing campaign
Call-off via the Crown Commercial Services Communications Services Framework (RM3796) for the delivery of Events Management services for the government's teacher recruitment campai
The high potential middle leaders programme
The Department for Education (DfE) has awarded a contract to Ambition School Leadership (ASL) for the design and delivery of a new programme to support high potential middle leader
Designated senior lead for mental health training
The Department for Education is exploring the different training content and delivery mechanisms needed to produce a high quality, evidence-based training package that will be made
Professional services to inform financial governance and control development
To inform compliance with Managing Public Money requirements, especially in regards to financial regularity, complex transactions, proprietary advice and novel and contentious paym
Technical advisory framework
STA is looking to procure a pool of independent technical experts to provide expertise and considered advice to STA, to ensure rigorous scrutiny of the technical aspects of the Tes
Women leading in education (WLE) coaching pledge
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to engage with the market with a view to shape the procurement of support for the Women Leading in Education (WLE) Coaching Pl
English hubs network hubs council
The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to procure the services of experts to establish a Hubs Council for the English Hubs
User research to improve schools digital guidance content and tools on gov.uk
Undertake user experience research amongst schools/academies on school resource management guidance and tools covering self-assessment tool, efficiency metric, and workforce planni