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)
FTP stream services
An advanced cloud file sharing and storage service optimised for global distribution of large files. FTP-Stream is the solution to securely share data with accelerated regional dow
Evaluation OF THE teaching AND leadership innovation FUND
The Contractor shall use all reasonable endeavours to achieve the following aims: • Assess the effectiveness and impact of the fund overall • Assess the effectiveness and impact of
Teaching and leadership innovation fund round 2 (TLIF2) standard selection questionnaire
The Government is determined to build a country that works for everyone - and that means providing a place for every child in a good school that caters to their individual talents,
Children's services commissioner in buckinghamshire
The Department is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention, in response to failure or weakness in the provision of children's so
Basic digital skills - standards development
Expressions of interest are sought from contractors to research and develop basic digital skills standards across entry levels 1, 2, 3 and levels 1 and 2. This will form part of th
Governance leadership and clerking development - entrust support services limited
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - govern ed ltd
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - national governance association
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - freedom & autonomy for schools - national associati
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - the marches academy trust
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - school development support agency
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
Governance leadership and clerking development - hampshire county council
This procurement pertains to establishments that are maintained by a local authority (LA) and those establishments with whom the Secretary of State has entered into academy arrange
On-call research
DfE Communications Group is looking to establish a 12-month insight on-call contract which incorporates qualitative and quantitative research to inform our communications strategy
Item writing KS2 maths WP1
Item writing of key stage 2 mathematics.
T level consultation events
A contract with AoC Create to co-ordinate and organise 10 consultation events to help generate informed responses to the T level consultation.
Annual population survey
The Annual Population Survey (APS) is a continuous household survey, covering the UK. The topics covered include employment and unemployment, as well as housing, ethnicity, religio
Banardos early permanence and concurrency in yorkshire and humber
Deliver a proven and effective model of concurrency services and deliver an innovative fostering to permanence (FTP) pilot recruiting foster carers interested in harder to place (H
Student finance tour 2017
A contract for Event Marketing Solutions Ltd. (EMS) to deliver the Student Finance Tour 2017. EMS will deliver a seven-week programme of presentations at schools, sixth forms and c
Cap connect contract based sub-contract agreement for maintenance and support of CODA financials mod
Cap Connect contract based Sub-contract agreement for maintenance and support of CODA Financials Module, Procurement, Sales invoicing, e-invoice matching, expenses, billing, assets
Test for training purposes
This was a training record created by Ollie on 30/11/2017.