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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)
Teachers' student loan reimbursement scheme: alpha
The Teachers' Student Loan Reimbursement scheme seeks to reimburse eligible teachers of the student loan payments they have made since the 2018/19 academic year. The Department nee
Process evaluation of support for T- level industry placements in 18/19
A contractor is sought to undertake a process evaluation of support for T-level Industry Placements in 18/19. The aims of the evaluation are to: • Understand if the CDF is being im
Exploring homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
In order to inform the development of policy on housing and support services for homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in England, the Government Equalities
Conversion therapy among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people - evidence review and qualitative study
In order to inform the development of potential policy options to end the practice of conversion therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the UK, the Go
Schools financial benchmarking: handover
The Contractor has agreed to continue the development of the public beta school benchmarking website and work as part of the scrum team to prepare for the move to a post-live suppo
National colleges process evaluation
The Government has awarded around £80m to establish four employer-led National Colleges (Creative and Cultural, Digital Skills, Nuclear, and High Speed Rail). Labour market changes
General qualifications logistics and national curriculum assessments (september 2018 to august 2020)
This contract covers all aspects of delivery for the Standards and Testing Agency's (STA) General Qualifications Yellow Label Service. The "Yellow Label service" is a logistics ser
Curriculum programme pilots research
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct research with teachers and heads of subject in schools piloting complete curriculum programmes. This research will help the Department
Longitudinal survey of teachers - feasibility study
We require a feasibility study to assess the viability of such a longitudinal study and explore the methodological and other issues that will ensure it most effectively meets the D
Evaluation of FE college mergers
Expressions of interest are sought to quantitatively assess the performance of Further Education (FE) merged colleges against pre-merger performance and overall FE college sector p
Register of external experts
The Secretary of State for Education (Contracting Authority) acting through the Department for Education (DfE) is inviting bids from individuals and organisations to create a regis
ESF 2014 - 2020 programme community grants
The Contracting Authority in this procurement is the Secretary of State for Education acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (the "ESFA"). The ESFA is an executive
Beyond the academic - extracurricular activities, soft skills, networks, and social mobility
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Social Mobility Commission is inviting proposals for research to understand how inequalities in extracurricular participation, networks,
Evaluation of social work teaching partnerships
A call for expressions of interest for the evaluation of the Social Work Teaching Partnerships. The small scale evaluation will inform sustainability planning and seek to identify
Data hub - data architecture and design, data migration and data management services
Professional services that will provide specialist technical services including Data Architecture and Design; Solutions Architecture; Data Migration and Management (including Datab
Tackling child exploitation
The Department for Education is looking to fund a service from April 2019, for three years, to provide support local areas to build their capacity and capability to respond effecti
Teaching and leadership innovation fund round 2 lot 2
Accelerate programme aims to provide sustained expert support for ECTs to equip them with the tools to succeed - to improve ECT teaching quality, retention, and pupil attainment. T
Claims handling contract
Claims handling service for the Risk Protection Arrangement.
Illustration support and design services for dfe assessment materials
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) has been issued by The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on behalf of the Department for Education, to a number of suppliers to carry out a compet
Service design team to deliver an alpha for the buying for schools digital platform (optional beta)
Provision of a service design partner to prototype and test potential solutions with end users to demonstrate that an accessible service can be built to meet user needs.