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)
Stone cloud managed wireless networks - manchester
Stone Cloud Managed Wireless Networks Stone Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Manchester Building, comprising Cloud Access Points; Cloud Security Appliance and Cloud 24p Switch Stone
FE workforce data: call for evidence
Design, set and management of a Call for Evidence into FE workforce data, including the collection and management of results. The exact methodology will be agreed with the contract
Reception baseline assessment in england
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Department for Education intends to run a competitive procurement process for the development and delivery of an assessment for Receptio
Contract FOR professional services - arcadis LLP organisational design support
Professional services in the form of a support package from Arcadis Design & Consultancy firm focusing on organisational design, tailored to DfE and the AbLe Programmes needs using
Phonics and reading partnerships
See 'Attachments' for description and further information. Additional information: A supplier event is planned for 27 February 2018 between 1000-1300 at: Department for Education S
International best practice guide to equality on sexual orientation and gender identity
See 'Attachments' for full description. The Government Equalities Office are seeking the development of a guide which aims to share international best practice on equality with reg
Data exchange pre beta delivery aims
During January - March 2018 the Data Exchange (DEx) project will be working with a small number of school MIS suppliers to progress work on the prototypes developed during the Alph
Evaluation of the phased maths bursaries
Inception and scoping • Up to five scoping interviews • Rapid review of programme documentation • Design of evaluation framework to guide evaluation activity Survey of potential tr
Evaluation OF THE teachers' student LOAN reimbursement scheme
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct an evaluation of the Teachers' Student Loan Reimbursement Scheme. Full details are provided in the attached expression of interest. Ex
Evaluation of the reformed NPQ delivery model
Evaluation of the Reformed NPQ Delivery Model
Student bursary support service
The Education and Skills Funding Agency's (ESFA) main business is to make allocations of funding to education and training institutions effectively, accurately and on time. Student
Guidance to support returners to get back into paid employment.
See 'Attachments' for a Word description. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is seeking to issue a contract to an organisation to develop bespoke guidance for returners, which
Student bursary support service
** Market engagement day on 1 November 2017 in Sheffield, see below for more information** The Student Bursary Support Service (SBSS) is a service to: • process student application
Teaching and leadership innovation fund round 2
See 'Attachments' for full description. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to notify the market of the Department for Education's (DfE) intention to undertake a
Agile service design and research
Agile Service Design and Research for the Department of Education
Delivery of the assessment and accreditation process for child and family social workers (NAAS)
Delivery of the Assessment and Accreditation Process for Child and Family Social Workers (NAAS)
Agreement FOR THE collection AND preparation OF DATA FOR THE national pupil database AND THE achievement AND attainment tables
Collecting and preparing data for the National pupil database and the school and college performance tables. The Services required to enable the population by the Department of the
Provision of educational psychologists services (educational psychologist framework 2017-2018)
The Educational Psychologists Framework 2017-2018 is for procuring Educational Psychologist services for ensuring that Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests and pro
Validation of the knowledge questions for NAAS
CONTRACT FOR THE VALIDATION OF GENERAL AND APPLIED KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS AND THE COLLATION OF TEST SETS FOR THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION SYSTEM FOR CHILD AND FAMILY SOCI
Splunk enterprise security (SIEM)
Splunk Enterprise Security is a SIEM that provides insight into machine data generated from security technologies such as network, endpoint, access, malware, vulnerability and iden