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)
Take-up of free early education entitlements: investigation
Expressions of interest are sought for a contractor to conduct a mixed methods study to understand factors affecting take-up of free early education entitlement in London (includin
Information, advice AND support TO children AND young people WITH special educational needs AND disabilities (SEND) AND parents
See 'Attachments' for full description and additional information. It is critical to the success of the new system of support for children and young people with SEND that they, and
The provision of legal support for the creation of sandwell children's services trust
Contract to continue the work with external legal services to support establishment of Sandwell Children's Services Trust.
Evaluation of year 2 of provider-level TEF
Expressions of interest are sought to undertake an evaluation of the Year 2 Provider Level Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF). The evaluation would provide em
Strategies for success - women's experiences of selection and election in UK parliament
Expressions of interest are sought by the Government Equalities Office to carry out research with men and women MPs, unelected women candidates, and women active in political parti
Evaluation of the tailored support programme
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct an evaluation of the Tailored Support Programme in schools facing teacher recruitment and retention challenges. Full details are provi
Triennial review of serious case reviews for the period 2014-2017
The review aims to understand and analyse the key issues, challenges and themes in practice, emerging from serious case reviews (SCRs) with an incident date between 1 April 2014 -
Collection and preparation of data for the national pupil database and the achievement and attainment performance tables
Provision of data collection, matching and processing services to provide data to populate the National Pupil Database and School and College Performance Tables
Institutes of technologies (iots)
The Department for Education (DfE) is launching a two stage Call for Proposals to establish Institutes of Technology (IoTs) and are now seeking applications for Stage One. Further
Strategic support TO THE workforce IN mainstream AND special schools
See 'Attachments' for full description and additional information. Additional information: The estimated value of this contract is between £1.5m and £1.9m over the first year of th
Supporting strategic participation BY children AND young people WITH special educational needs AND disabilities (SEND) AND parents
See 'Attachments' for full description and additional information. Additional information: The estimated value of this contract is up to £1.9m in 2018-19; and up to £1.9m in 2019-2
Evaluation of the essential life skills extracurricular activity provision
A process evaluation of the department's programme to expand extracurricular activity in opportunity areas. We want to understand: how this policy has been implemented and delivere
A support service to the free schools programme - please note this is a grant.
The Department for Education is looking for an exceptional provider to support the free schools programme's important contribution to improving educational outcomes and driving soc
Invitation to bid for the academy ambassadors service - please note that this is a grant.
Governing boards, including the boards of academy trusts, are the vision setters and strategic decision makers for their schools. Their role includes creating robust accountability
Future talent fund
See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. The purpose of the Future Talent Fund is to test and evaluate 'what works' to support the most academically able, di
Looked after children's mental health assessment pilots
See 'Attachments' for full description. Delivery partner required to: • identify (between 6 and 10) pilot sites; • develop mechanism to allocate and distribute implementation grant
The Post-16 institutions omnibus survey 2018
A contractor is sought for delivering a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of post-16 institutions and private training providers. The aims of the survey are to: • ob
Prevent and counter-extremism in further education colleges (FE)
Expressions of interest are sought to conduct qualitative research into the perceptions of staff and students within a small sample of General Further Education (GFE) colleges in E
Evaluation of the returner grand fund
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is launching a fund to increase opportunities for those seeking to return to work following a period caring for children, relatives or others
Provision of reception baseline assessment expert resource for the standards and testing agency
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to procure a three experts to provide independent expertise to support the evaluation and award process of the Reception Baseline