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)
After adoption - framework for early permanency planning for children in the adopt NE region
This bid develops the framework for early permanency planning for children in the Adopt NE region. The RAA's vision is to provide excellent adoption services that transform childre
Apprenticeship intelligence survey
APPRENTICESHIP INTELLIGENCE SURVEY - IFF Research
Consultancy IT modernisation and transition work
Consultancy IT modernisation and transition work
Contract for course director, DFE delivery academy pilot
Contracted Dated 10th March 2017. Contract between DfE and Andrew Templeman Ltd (Company No. 08149219) to provide DfE Delivery Academy Pilot as part of BODT.
Schools efficiency and financial health, digital content improvement research project
User experience research to provide recommendations on improving digital content on efficiency/financial planning and review on gov.uk
Contract for legal services for the set up of sandwell children's trust
The intervention policy on response to failure to deliver children's social care services is set out in Putting Children First, published July 2016. There is a presumption in cases
Peer support for mental health wellbeing pilots - evaluation
Peer Support for Mental Health Wellbeing Pilots - Evaluation
National europass centre
A contract to run the National Europass Centre on behalf of the UK. Europass is an EU initiative created to increase employment mobility. Every EU & EEA country has a National Euro
Data exchange - digital project manager
The Digital Project Manager will help the Data Exchange project team get ready for the core beta work, which begins in April 2018. Additional information: Data Exchange aims to pro
Data exchange API developer
The Data Exchange (DEx) project is moving into private Beta and building on the prototypes developed during Alpha. DEx will use application programme interfaces (APIs) to automate
Improvement adviser in tower hamlets
Improvement advisors from Lincolnshire County Council to work with Tower Hamlets children's social services. At this stage, unable to assess whether the contract will be extended b
Improvement adviser rotherham
Lincolnshire County Council improvement advice in Rotherham
Azure monetary commitment via de lage landen instalment payment agreement
Azure Monetary Commitment via De Lage Landen Instalment Payment Agreement
Virtual scanner appliance. continuous monitoring for 1536 IP address. web application scanning. thre
Virtual Scanner Appliance. Continuous Monitoring for 1536 IP address. Web Application Scanning. Threat Protect for 1536. Policy Compliance with Agents for 1024 IP address
Fortigate-vm "virtual appliance" designed for vmware ESX and esxi platforms. 4 x vcpu cores and (up
FortiGate-VM "virtual appliance" designed for VMware ESX and ESXi platforms. 4 x vCPU cores and (up to) 6 GB RAM. 3 Year Enterprise Bundle (8x5 FortiCare plus NGFW, AV, Web Filteri
SQL server enterprise 2-Core license software LSA. via MPSA (0005253573) perpetual license SA expire
SQL Server Enterprise 2-Core License Software LSA. Via MPSA (0005253573) Perpetual license SA expires 30/09/2019
SQL server enterprise 2-Core license software LSA. via MPSA (0005253573) perpetual license SA expire
SQL Server Enterprise 2-Core License Software LSA. Via MPSA (0005253573) Perpetual license SA expires 30/09/2019
Opentext infoarchive licence and enhanced support.
OpenText Infoarchive licence and Enhanced Support.
G-cloud 9 call-off agreement for penetration testing IT health check services.
G-Cloud 9 Call-Off Agreement for Penetration Testing IT Health CHECK Services.
G-cloud 9 call-off agreement for penetration testing IT health check services.
G-Cloud 9 Call-Off Agreement for Penetration Testing IT Health CHECK Services.