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)
Evaluation of wave 1 career learning pilots
Expressions of interest are sought for an evaluation partner to develop and conduct the evaluation for the first wave of pilots to boost Career Learning among adults. We expect the
Life skills research partnership
A life skills research partnership to build the evidence base on what works to develop pupils' life skills.
PS16240-ALternative student finance islamic advice
Islamic Finance Advice to support development of Alternative Student Finance Policy
Birmingham children's trust chair
Appointment of a Chair for the new Birmingham Children's Services Trust
Integrated real estate IT platform for located
G-Cloud call-off for a Real Estate Integrated CRM and Collaboration tool for Process and Project Management Additional information: Contract award published by Department for Educa
Provision of a support and training package for international teachers re-locating to teach in england on behalf of the national college of teaching and leadership (NCTL).
The NCTL is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE). Any resulting contracts will be entered into in the name of the NCTL on behalf of the Secretary of State for
Children's services adviser team in sandwell
The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provisi
Chair of sandwell children's social care trust
Contract for the provision of board leadership and other related services for Sandwell Children's Social Care Trust
FDM contract
'Contingent labour to maintain the operation of the DFE Service Desk and other support functions. To ensure this continuation whilst alternative supply mechanisms are put in place,
Tackling bogus degree provision and degree fraud in england
The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking a contractor for the delivery of services to enhance the Department's activities to tackle bogus degree provision and degree fraud in
A discovery to understand how access to the national pupil database can be modernised
A discovery to identify the best delivery routes for DfE's future need to collect, match, process, analyse and correct data relating to schools, pupils and performance in a cost ef
Social WORK FAST track programmes - tracking retention AND progression
The overall aim of this research study is to investigate the longer-term outcomes for Frontline cohorts 1 to 5 and Step Up cohorts 4 and 5, such as employment destinations, rate of
IEA trends in international mathematics and science study (timss) 2019, national study centre for england
England participate in international comparison studies to benchmark our education policy and performance against other countries, review our system strengths and weaknesses in an
The provision of digital transformation and iterative development services
All requests for work, within scope of the agreement, shall be initiated by an authorised employee of the Customer by means of a 'Request for Quote' (RFQ) which will be emailed to
Iaas private cloud hosting and cloud migration support
Managed hosting and associated professional services requirement to cover the interim period whilst the migration of existing applications and services to the Microsoft Azure cloud
GET INTO teaching (GIT) website support
The contract is for delivery of the ongoing site hosting, support, maintenance and development of the Get Into Teaching (GIT) website and capability to migrate the website to the A
Contract for psychometric services to support development of the national assessment and accreditation system for child and family social workers
The purpose of this contract is to commission expert advice and recommendations on the standard-setting methodology and approach that the Department should consider adopting to set
Children's services commissioner in croydon
DfE has appointed a commissioner to provide intervention and improvement support in Croydon. The Commissioner will provide a clear and sustained focus on the areas for improvement
International recruitment brokerage support
The Recruitment Brokerage Support service will include but is not limited to: 1. Engagement and working with schools that have registered to recruit from international teacher init
Methods professional services ltd
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