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)
Confluence (cloud) 500 users (annual payments) renewal
Confluence (Cloud) 500 Users (Annual Payments) Renewal JIRA Software (Cloud) 51-100 Users.
"Oracle HR payroll licences for HR staff only
"Oracle HR Payroll Licences for HR staff onlyOracle HR (Payroll, Learner Management, Employee Self Service etc)"
Ethernet, director chassis, xsigo, fibre channel, IS24DDR switches (oracle 6913448) (various hardwar
Ethernet, Director Chassis, Xsigo, Fibre Channel, IS24DDR switches (Oracle 6913448) (Various Hardware Support)
"Oracle enterprise agreement
"Oracle Enterprise AgreementOracle Policy Modelling and Oracle Policy Automation (Oracle No. 5433858)"
"Oracle rightnow universal policy
"Oracle RightNow Universal PolicyAutomation Tier 3 Sessions Monthly - 100Sessions - Monthly Capacity. Oracle Policy AutomationCollaboration Cloud Service - Hosted NamedUser"
Omnibus survey of school teachers and senior leaders
Omnibus Survey of School Teachers and Senior Leaders
International recruitment brokerage support - PD leadership services
The Department for Education is committed to ensuring that schools are able to recruit appropriately to fill their teacher vacancies. We are working to grow a strong pipeline of te
Academy land & building - validation and accounting assessments
"To provide sufficient evidence and assurance to enable removal of the limitation of scope qualification applied to the Department accounts by the NAO, through:- Undertaking valida
The gender and behavioural insights (GABI) programme
A programme to build the evidence base relating to gender and the workplace
Exploring the support provided to apprentices with LDD or a disadvantaged background
CONTRACT FOR: Exploring the support provided to apprentices with either a learning difficulty or disability and/ or from a disadvantaged backgroundPROJECT REFERENCE NO: EOR/SBU/ 20
Skills test escrow
Data back up
Desk top publishing
DTO to support test development
Surveys of early years and childcare providers 2018, 2019 and 2020
Surveys of Early Years and Childcare Providers 2018, 2019 and 2020
AV live hosting
AV LIVE hosting, server maintenance and support (Hosting Qty 6 Unit)
Improvement advisors 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 be
G cloud 9 smart survey
Contract for the Provision of Smart Survey Accounts and Training
Independent technical education advisers - sue tate consulting limited
DfE is inviting applications from Educational Associates within the ESC13 - Operational Development and Delivery Category to act as Independent Technical Education Advisers, to wor
Independent technical education advisers - sharon moore ltd
DfE is inviting applications from Educational Associates within the ESC13 - Operational Development and Delivery Category to act as Independent Technical Education Advisers, to wor
Dfe is inviting applications from educational associates within the ESC13 - operational development and delivery category to act as independent technical education advisers, to work on three areas of policy implementation.
DfE is inviting applications from Educational Associates within the ESC13 - Operational Development and Delivery Category to act as Independent Technical Education Advisers, to wor
Independent technical education advisers - learner first
DfE is inviting applications from Educational Associates within the ESC13 - Operational Development and Delivery Category to act as Independent Technical Education Advisers, to wor