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)
English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) - access and progression
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is a course taken by people who do not speak English as their first language. DfE funds a range of ESOL courses designed to enable le
Centre of excellence for modern foreign languages pedagogy
The Authority is seeking to procure a comprehensive and ambitious package of measures (the "Services") to set up and run an MFL Hub Programme (the "Programme") with the overall pur
Application lifecycle management services
G-Cloud 8 Call-Off for end to end service for the development of software applications and tailored support models with Service Level Agreements (SLAs), delivered using the most ap
Project delivery services
PMO Set Up and Development, Project and Programme Management, Transformation Programmes, Application of waterfall and agile delivery approaches, Project Planning, Project Reporting
National project manager for the programme for international assessment of adult competences (piaac) 2021 for UK
We invite expressions of interest for the contract of National Centre for the UK to administer the OECD's International Survey of Adult Skills (also known as the Programme for the
National computing scitt
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Department for Education is exploring potential options to support the formation of a school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) pr
Durants school
The Scheme involves the heavy refurbishment of Block EFAC at Durants School located in Pitfield Way, Enfield, EN3 5BY. In summary the scope of refurbishment works include improveme
A review OF teachers' AND leaders' views ON THE PAY framework
The keys aims are to identify and assess: (i) Teachers', leaders' and governors' views and understanding of the teacher pay framework, including the uses of Teaching and Learning R
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
Evaluation of english, computing and MFL curriculum hub programmes
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct an overarching evaluation of three Department for Education (DfE) curriculum programmes: English Hubs, Modern Foreign Language (MFL) p
Early years disadvantage (VCS) grants 2018-20
See 'Attachments' for further information. Please note that this is a grant opportunity through the Early Years Disadvantage VCS Grant Programme to help develop and further our str
LMI for all
The Labour Market Information for All service was transferred to DfE from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) in October 2016. LMI for all is a collation of high qu
National assessment and accreditation system (NAAS) for child and family social workers: future content development and maintenance.
See 'Attachment' for further information. The Department expects to roll out the assessment and accreditation system (NAAS) for child and family social workers in a phased delivery
Tailored support to children's social care innovation programme
Deliver high-quality tailored support to all live projects currently funded as part of the Department for Education's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.
Provision of science analysis
The Department for Education (DfE) intends to commission a supplier to provide psychometric services to the Test Development Division of the Standards and Testing Agency in the for
Continued support for analyse school performance (ASP), school performance tables (SPT), and get information about schools (GIAS) services
DfE has a need to develop and maintain its school data and information services and in particular for this work package, the new Analyse School Performance service, School Performa
Legal family support service
The department wants to ensure that families receive, via internet or telephony, impartial, expert advice on family, child or education law. The provision of such advice and suppor
SME event - winning public sector business - north east
The Government Commercial Function (GCF) in the North East is holding an engagement event for SMEs who are interested in winning public sector contracts on Wednesday 27th June 2018
POst-18 choice of part-time study
We are seeking a contractor for a research project into part-time education. This project will form part of the evidence base for the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding that w
Further education sector reform CASE studies
The Department for Education is seeking a contractor to design and deliver a series of detailed case studies across the Further Education (FE) sector. Please be aware that there is