Buyer profile
Department for Education
Get alerts when Department for Education publishes a new tender — 7-day free trial, then £4.99/month.
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)
Digital methods to support modern foreign language GCSE delivery - discovery
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
Campaign solution services for the government's teacher recruitment marketing campaign
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
Public relations services for the government's teacher recruitment marketing campaign
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
Flexmirt renewal
Annual renewal of specialised psychometrics software flexMIRT, to maintain consistency of approach, access and software updates.
Care leavers social impact bond study
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
Presenting officer services
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
Technical delivery and support services for the microsoft azure platform
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
High potential initial teacher training
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
T levels wave 1 - lot 1 education and childcare route/lot 2 construction/lot 3 digital
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
Qualitative research - what motivates employers to improve their shared parental leave and pay offer?
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
Quantitative analysis and supporting literature review - how do within-family caring arrangements impact wellbeing and outcomes?
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
Provision of curriculum expert services 2018-2020
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
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) and extra-familial threats response
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
Prevent and counter-extremism in further education
Inception, project planning / management involves regular contact between the Contractor and the Department, a project initiation document and sampling strategy. Fieldwork involved
Research on UK students studying abroad
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
Evaluation of looked after children's mental health assessment pilots
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
The evaluation of the tailored support programme
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
Call for evidence: FE workforce data
Inception, project planning / management involves regular contact between the Contractor and the Department, a project initiation document and communications strategy. Implementati
Triennial review OF serious CASE reviews 2014-2017
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
Evaluation of year 2 provider level TEF
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