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)
Modern foreign languages centre of excellence
***New - The invitation to tender letter was launched on 5th July 2018 here - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1330459-6b59-49b8-91c8-e26a476d454c. The deadline f
Discovery for delivery of a teachers' student loan reimbursement service
This contract has been awarded through the DOS framework. Discovery work will enable DfE to identify possible solutions for the delivery of the Teachers' Student loan Reimbursement
Multiplication test check - development, quality assurance and technical architect services
Olive Jar Digital will support the MTC Project, by providing a multi-skilled team, to continue the development, QA, Technical Architect Services and support of their digital servic
Children's services commissioner in surrey
The Department has appointed a Commissioner to undertake a review in Surrey County Council. The Commissioner will play a high profile role in a challenging political and delivery e
Induct AND accredit school resource management advisers (SRMA)
The contracting authority is seeking to award a contract for the provision of induction and accreditation services for school resource management advisers (SRMAs) in the United Kin
Provision of educational psychologist resource for the standards and testing agency
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Education (DfE) is looking to procure the services of pool of qualified Educational Psychologists
Provision of inclusion expert resource for the standards and testing agency
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to recruit a pool of Inclusion Experts with a range of specialisms to ensure that Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum
This is a duplicate notice of the support for SEND parent carer forums https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/570a64b7-418f-41ff-aeca-92d816a6d0b6?p=@8=UFQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT0
Support for the Parent Carer Forum Network.
Professional services to support old admiralty building construction programme
Professional Services to support the Old Admiralty Building construction programme. The services comprise two roles: Programme Director and a Cost and Programme Consultant..
Estates project delivery services
Professional services to support the delivery of estates related projects.
Estates design services
Provision of estates design activities, required to ensure that DfE meets legal requirements and delivers projects that best meet user needs.
STA-0176 - modified tests framework for the standards and testing agency
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Education (DfE) is looking to procure suppliers for its new Modified Tests Framework - a framework
STA assessment without levels research
Under the new national curriculum introduced in September 2014, the old system of national curriculum 'levels' used to report pupils' attainment and progress was removed and was no
Support for SEND parent carer forums
Support for SEND Parent Carer Forums
Analysis of responses to the consultation on relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education
Expressions of interest are sought for a contractor to undertake analysis of responses to a consultation questionnaire on the Regulatory Impact Assessment, draft regulations and st
Support for post-16 providers to set up T level industry placements
Improving Technical Education is key to improving productivity and enhancing social mobility. The successful introduction of T Levels progressively from 2020 is central to this. At
Provision of professional services to support development the department for education data hub
Professional services that will support implementation of the Department's Data Hub - a central component of the Chief Data Officer's Data Transformation Strategy to provide a sust
Modified tests framework
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an Executive Agency of the Department for Education (DfE) is looking to re-establish a Modified Tests Framework for the development and deli
Children's services commissioner in wakefield
The Commissioner will play a high profile role in a challenging political and delivery environment. He or she will bring extensive and proven skills in children's social care trans
Family advice support
The department is looking to procure a family advice support service that provides: • information and guidance to families to enable them to resolve issues at the earliest possible