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)
Centre of excellence for literacy teaching and english hubs
See 'Attachments' for further information. The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise to establish a Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching
Training for foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children
The Department for Education will soon be inviting organisations to tender for the provision of training for foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum seeking child
Initial teacher training (ITT) scholarships
This is not an invitation to bid. The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting organisations to take part in market engagement that will: • establish supplier interest in; • obta
STA helpline, STA 0182
STA requires a helpline to support all aspects of the administration of national curriculum assessments and tests, and logistics of the GQ Yellow Label Service in schools and requi
Children's social care adviser in wirral
DfE wishes to appoint an Adviser to provide intervention and improvement support in Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. The Adviser will provide a clear and sustained focus on the
Grants to fund the provision of holiday activities and healthy food for disadvantaged children in 2018 summer holidays
The Department has published specification of requirements for the Holiday Activities and Food Research Fund. This provides information on the aims of the fund, assessment criteria
Understanding the absolute and relative cost of different modes and levels of HE provision
Evidence review and collection of data from HE providers to explore the costs of undergraduate and postgraduate course provision, the main factors that determine these costs and th
Initial teacher training (ITT) provision expansion pilot
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Department for Education is launching a pilot to extend the reach of 'Outstanding' Initial Teacher Training providers into challenging a
Accountancy services and automated data collection development
This contract forms a critical part of the Department's strategy to continue to improve its financial reporting relating to academy trusts. We are seeking a supplier to work closel
Research with UK students studying overseas
Research project to explore UK students studying overseas. Will combine secondary data analysis, surveys of students studying in the UK and overseas, and qualitative research with
Research into the educational psychologist workforce in england
A research project to examine reported shortages in the Local Authority educational psychologist workforce in England. The findings from this research will inform the Department fo
National centre of computing education and associated training and support programmes for computing
The Department for Education (DfE) intends to undertake a procurement exercise in Spring 2018 for a package of programmes in four Lots, comprising: 1. A National Centre of Computin
Alternative provision innovation fund - evaluation
The Department for Education is seeking Expressions of Interest for a process and outcomes evaluation of the new Alternative Provision Innovation Fund. The evaluator shall work wit
Teacher mobility in challenging areas
Expressions of interest are sought to provide evidence on the kind of strategies that would be effective in encouraging teachers to move into challenging schools within the vicinit
To manage the adoption support fund (ASF)
The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) was introduced in May 2015 to enable adoptive families to have access to specialist therapeutic support services when they need them so as to improv
Assessment of undergraduates' intentions to pursue teaching as a career
Proposals are sought for a research project to assess how many undergraduate students in the final and penultimate years of their degree courses in England intend to apply for init
Research into how small rural schools can be run efficiently
Qualitative researchers with a knowledge of the school system. They will need to complete visits to a number of small rural schools, groups of schools i.e. Multi-academy Trusts and
Recruitment, transition and retention of late-stage career changers into teaching
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Department for Education (DfE) is exploring potential commercial options to support the recruitment, transition, training and retention
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Stone Cloud Managed Wireless Networks
Schools experiences of hosting trainees and employing newly qualified teachers (nqts)
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct qualitative research into the experiences of schools offering trainee placements to students completing initial teacher training (ITT)