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)
Contract for administration, development and delivery of the child sexual exploitation response unit
The Unit operates nationally and independently of government, providing advice and coordinating bespoke support to local authorities when child sexual exploitation is a particular
Contract to support the child and family social work sector implementing the ASYE
ASYE is a one-year, employer-led, induction programme and is integral to the department's social work reform agenda, allowing newly-qualified social workers (NQSWs) to receive besp
PSN connectivity GCF services 2017
Connectivity and use of Secure Intranet and Anti-virus for email. Network Services Agreement RM1045Framework Schedule 4
Provision of Post-16 education work placement liaison officers and project lead
We expect to appoint a contractor by the 29 March with the responsibility for recruiting Work Placement Liaison Officers (WP Liaison Officers) and a Project Manager to oversee the
SQL casework management system
The Contractor has agreed to provide support and maintenance to the Software Support Service for the Legis casework management database that provides the managements of teacher mis
High potential senior leaders programme
On behalf of the DfE, the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an executive agency of the DfE, is seeking a national provider or consortium that can design, develop
Evaluation coordinator for the children's social care innovation programme / partners in practice
The Department for Education invited proposals for an Evaluation Coordinator to lead, on behalf of the Department, the evaluation strategy for round 2 of the Children's Social Care
Phonics roadshows - university of reading
To deliver 12 phonics roadshows in the 2017 summer term.
Phonics roadshows - ruth miskin training
A contract to deliver 12 phonics roadshows in the Northern Powerhouse in Summer term 2017.
School assessment visits
NCTL requires an operational associate to manage, co-ordinate and deliver a significant number of school visits. This will be a single associate (who can deploy their team or sub c
A typical school admissions communication
A grant paid annually to LAs in England to write out to the parents of Y9 parents about atypical schools (e.g. UTCs or studio schools) in the LA or within a reasonable travelling d
Understanding the level 4-5 provider and awarding body market in england
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct research to understand existing Level 4-5 provision in Higher and Further education through analysis of the provider and Awarding Orga
Assessed and supported year in employment and practice supervisor development programme
See 'Attachments' for full description. This invitation to tender provides exciting opportunities to support the development of child and family social workers at two levels and is
Returners business-to-business communications contract
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) are seeking appoint an agency with specialist background and experience in business-to-business communication to raise awareness of and drive
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 english reading
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 1 English Reading, including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes, ready for fo
Provision of item writing services for key stage 2 english reading hard texts call-off contract
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 2 English Reading Hard Texts, including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes, r
Service now professional services
The provision of architecture, development and deployment Services to assist the Buyer to deliver a range of digital projects and to assist the Buyer in building its own digital ca
Provision of a framework of services to supply, recruit, train and support international teachers re-locating to england
*** New 26th May 2017 - Thank you for showing an interest in the framework. Unfortunately the release of the tender has been delayed and NCTL will release a revised timetable to al
Cloud solution architecture services
The provision of planning, setup and migration, testing, training and ongoing support of Azure based Microsoft Power BI, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Solutions
Gartner executive programme members - leadership coaching
The service supports the implementation of a DevOps capability; the transformation to a digital workplace supporting the Government's approach to modernising public sector services