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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

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All contracts (2285)

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c2d45bf3-2223-4bd9-ae5a-a6e8ee808061 · award

Digital methods to support modern foreign language GCSE delivery - discovery

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

This was a user-centred design discovery research project exploring the potential of educational technology to improve the uptake of Modern Foreign Languages at GCSE level. It was

£Up to £109,950
⏱ 1 Mar 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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6fc75784-1b4c-4bec-a883-86dc38bfaf30 · award

Campaign solution services for the government's teacher recruitment marketing campaign

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Call-off via the Crown Commercial Services Campaign Solutions Framework (RM3774) for the delivery of services and deliverables for the government's teacher recruitment campaign, cu

£Up to £5,000,000
⏱ 17 Apr 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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bf1907f9-3096-4059-858b-49acd0351dc9 · award

Public relations services for the government's teacher recruitment marketing campaign

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Call-off via the Crown Commercial Services Communications Services Framework (RM3796) for the delivery of PR services for the government's teacher recruitment campaign, currently k

£Up to £900,000
⏱ 27 Jul 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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b6eb93f4-8b63-4102-a1a0-e4fd8c423743 · award

Flexmirt renewal

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Annual renewal of specialised psychometrics software flexMIRT, to maintain consistency of approach, access and software updates.

£Up to £18,618
⏱ 10 Jul 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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415a9f8f-5c15-4f07-bdfe-5b17545770c8 · tender

Care leavers social impact bond study

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

This is an evaluation of the effectiveness of three pilot Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) in assisting local authorities (LAs) to provide support to care leavers. Specifically, the SIBs

££135,000 — £150,000
⏱ 22 Sept 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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16fc76fa-3a23-4e5b-b8dd-526a7b745654 · awardUpdate

Presenting officer services

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

To provide Presenting Officer services to assist the Department for Education in the investigation, presentation and conclusion of cases of alleged teacher misconduct referred to t

£Up to £1,642,000
⏱ 9 Feb 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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659b0351-33fe-4ce0-8724-6f4f712b1061 · award

Technical delivery and support services for the microsoft azure platform

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

EAS Cloud Services (formally Evolve Azure Services) is a technology company focused on providing services to help customers migrate to the cloud building on best practice, includin

£Up to £2,754,000
⏱ 29 Jun 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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7248f208-e20e-46db-89d1-cb930ba81629 · planning

High potential initial teacher training

Department For Education
SME friendly

PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR RETURN OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS 5PM ON TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER. The HPITT programme delivers high calibre teachers, in particular those who might not othe

£On request
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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29488a44-7c5f-4d34-ba6c-6075505537fd · awardUpdate

T levels wave 1 - lot 1 education and childcare route/lot 2 construction/lot 3 digital

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

This Notice is a CALL FOR COMPETITION to select supplier(s) for the award of contract(s) to design, implement and deliver the Technical Qualification component for each of the firs

£Up to £17,500,000
⏱ 26 Oct 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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d3e3967f-e3b1-432e-b70c-2a85ae517309 · tenderAmendment

Qualitative research - what motivates employers to improve their shared parental leave and pay offer?

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is seeking a contractor to deliver qualitative research that will help us understand more about what motivates employers to improve their Sha

££18,000 — £22,000
⏱ 17 Sept 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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4c826a64-b04a-4bd2-9918-1180b32001e2 · tenderAmendment

Quantitative analysis and supporting literature review - how do within-family caring arrangements impact wellbeing and outcomes?

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is seeking a contractor to deliver a short literature review and innovative quantitative research that will help us understand how different

££18,000 — £22,000
⏱ 17 Sept 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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7e29da56-714a-4aa9-97af-0c629a6716e3 · awardUpdate

Provision of curriculum expert services 2018-2020

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has procured a number of Curriculum Expertsa range of curriculum experts to provide independent expertise for the development of the National

£Up to £750,000
⏱ 22 Dec 2017
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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a28e10b3-eb05-47a1-aff6-ae824dff60b0 · planning

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) and extra-familial threats response

Department For Education
North EastSME friendly

In recent years, many local authorities have made a lot of progress in knowing how to respond to CSE but it is a complex area of safeguarding practice and remains a risk to young p

£On request
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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c839d454-ccb5-4d30-80b0-87699014ab94 · awardUpdate

Prevent and counter-extremism in further education

Department For Education
goods

Inception, project planning / management involves regular contact between the Contractor and the Department, a project initiation document and sampling strategy. Fieldwork involved

£Up to £59,992
⏱ 24 Jan 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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29310f62-33c1-44a9-a234-bb0252911592 · awardUpdate

Research on UK students studying abroad

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Secondary analysis of HESA data Survey of 1,550 UK undergraduates Qualitative interviews with 80 UK students Survey of 500 diploma-mobile students Qualitative interviews with 40 di

£Up to £83,975
⏱ 23 Apr 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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968f600c-8fab-49ec-8737-b87e142ed222 · awardUpdate

Evaluation of looked after children's mental health assessment pilots

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

The Department for Education (DfE) is commissioning six to ten pilot sites to test improved approaches to the mental health and wellbeing assessments that looked after children rec

£Up to £149,946
⏱ 8 May 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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0490110b-0cc4-482e-a9c8-5176e0fab1c0 · awardUpdate

The evaluation of the tailored support programme

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Encompassing the TSP in the academic years 2017-18 to 2019-20, the TSP evaluation has the following aims: • Conduct an evaluation of the perceptions of the TSP, in particular of th

£Up to £289,440
⏱ 2 Mar 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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99368a33-f551-4a8d-9b06-1d63620c4f03 · awardUpdate

Call for evidence: FE workforce data

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Inception, project planning / management involves regular contact between the Contractor and the Department, a project initiation document and communications strategy. Implementati

£Up to £34,045
⏱ 6 Mar 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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763abb78-8644-4e07-a343-83d9a7bc83ed · awardUpdate

Triennial review OF serious CASE reviews 2014-2017

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

4 Description of the service (3000 characters max): This triennial analysis of serious case reviews (SCRs) will build upon the last five biennial and triennial reviews undertaken b

£Up to £287,112
⏱ 1 Mar 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →
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0bc239bc-aba4-4fce-b7b9-baec0870e036 · awardUpdate

Evaluation of year 2 provider level TEF

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

A research project to address the following research objectives: To evaluate the TEF objectives; i. Better inform students' choices about what and where to study. ii. Raise esteem

£Up to £99,733
⏱ 26 Feb 2018
Posted · 98mo agoView details →