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Department for Education

central_govNorth East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South WestenglandGB

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Total contracts

2,285

Known spend

£53bn

1896 disclosed

Average value

£28m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

Open4Awarded1,629Closed589

Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    TILBURY DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    4 winslatest 25 Aug 2026CH 00303359

    £22bn

  2. 2

    MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    4 winslatest 06 Oct 2026CH 05377750

    £22bn

  3. 3

    Kings College London

    4 winslatest 23 Sept 2026

    £18m

  4. 4

    Bloom Procurement Services Ltd

    4 winslatest 17 Jan 2026

    £171,768

  5. 5

    WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    3 winslatest 02 Jul 2026CH 00768173

    £22bn

  6. 6

    KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

    3 winslatest 25 Aug 2026CH 02099533

    £22bn

  7. 7

    MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITED

    3 winslatest 10 Jul 2026CH NI008762

    £15bn

  8. 8

    King's College London

    3 winslatest 05 Jan 2026CH RC000297

    £4m

  9. 9

    Mutual Ventures Ltd

    3 winslatest 13 Jul 2026

    £4m

  10. 10

    Mott MacDonald

    3 winslatest 01 Oct 2026

    £4m

What they buy

By CPV category
  • Education & 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

8 forecast

Tender activity

Notices published per month — last 24 months

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All contracts (2285)

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666bc6b9-78ec-469b-b0cc-97e3b662dd3d · awardUpdate

How do high-performing school improvement providers sustainably improve schools?

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought to undertake research into a specific section of school improvement providers: those with strategic responsibility for whole-school improvement.

£Up to £151,325
⏱ 8 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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93ac7c43-7427-4381-893b-58b3d5c14fec · awardUpdate

Reception baseline assessment in england

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

This procurement sought to award a contract to an organisation or consortia of organisations to develop and deliver the reception baseline assessment. The duration of the contract

£Up to £9,800,000
⏱ 31 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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1d704d1d-5544-4766-8900-6e3dfdf9d873 · awardUpdate

Longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers in england

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for a new national longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers in England. The aim of the study is to collect robust ev

£Up to £539,346
⏱ 15 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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99ef81f8-d1f5-4543-b0c0-21a5528f9161 · awardUpdate

Regional academy growth fund (RAGF): qualitative evaluation

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought to conduct a series of qualitative interviews with senior leaders in academy trusts to investigate their experiences of applying for the Regional

£Up to £31,540
⏱ 19 Dec 2017
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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c3f43bcc-f192-4f18-a2c6-94c8d5923de4 · tender

National professional qualification quality assurance

Department for Education
servicesSME friendly

The Department is undertaking a procurement exercise to deliver quality assurance for the National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). NPQs are a suite of professional development

££6,000,000 — £10,000,000
⏱ 19 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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e396e85a-e0c2-4829-9c4d-6dd22b21d656 · planning

Get into teaching information service

Department For Education
North East

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to engage with the market with a view to shape the procurement of a contact centre service for DfE, which will support the rec

£On request
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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18af907e-00ce-48bc-8bfe-54354044c0f1 · tender

Delivery partner for regional adoption agencies

Department for Education
servicesSME friendly

The government is introducing Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) to improve adoption services in England. There are 129 local authorities currently engaged in developing 18 RAA proj

£Up to £1,700,000
⏱ 22 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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155cdca4-924f-4df3-9264-4bcb8a9be83d · planning

Support for local areas to tackle child sexual exploitation

Department For Education

See 'Attachments' for full description. The Government's "Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation" report (March 2015), and its follow-up progress report, (February 2017) committed to f

£On request
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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7a7faca9-cb3b-45a0-9250-e07d511b2a10 · planning

Centre of expertise for literacy teaching and english hubs

Department For Education

See 'Attachments' for description and further information. Additional information: A supplier event is planned for 11th December 2017 in London, for organisations to gain a better

£On request
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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04d3aa36-1565-427f-861d-9c79384a6afe · tenderAmendment

Social work teaching partnerships expansion - applications for funding (existing and new) from april 2018 - please note that this is a grant.

Department For Education
SME friendly

See 'Attachments' for a word version of the description and further information. The Governments teaching partnerships programme brings universities and local authorities together

£On request
⏱ 21 Jan 2018
Posted · 107mo agoView details →
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1f5b8ada-2dce-4dfd-8157-b0e99287a3f4 · planning

Child and family social worker CPD support and delivery

Department For Education

See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. This is a combined procurement exercise for two lots. The first is to administer Departmental funding to support the

£On request
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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8a92b0fe-46be-451c-a5ac-fe9090816268 · awardUpdate

Strategic college improvement fund initial phase

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

To undertake a process evaluation for the projects funded by the pilot phase the Strategic College Improvement Fund, and to provide bespoke expert evaluation advice for the college

£Up to £123,125
⏱ 8 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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88ffc8ae-181b-4c72-a6dd-13c19ba25570 · tender

Research to understand successful approaches to supporting most academically able disadvantaged pupils

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought to conduct a series of qualitative interviews with school senior leaders to investigate successful approaches to supporting most academically abl

£On request
⏱ 8 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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ad8d9c90-32b6-44ee-a091-655a2dc00680 · tender

Early career CPD - exploratory research

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

There is a requirement for research to gather robust evidence on development needs amongst teachers in their early careers and effective practice in supporting and meeting these ne

£On request
⏱ 6 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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96f6ae6f-6801-4d7c-bc94-894a858f4b94 · awardUpdate

Decision making of adult learners

Department For Education
goods

Qualitative study to gain a detailed understanding of how and why adults decide to undertake learning. The research will develop our understanding of the behavioural drivers for th

££70,000 — £90,000
⏱ 8 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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9ad8f6d4-0ec3-490b-bf54-8e2f40db98e6 · award

Evaluation of the looked after children's mental health assessment pilots

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought to conduct an evaluation of pilots that will test new approaches to the health assessments that looked after children receive on entry to care. F

£Up to £175,526
⏱ 18 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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0bc3bcff-4271-49ec-8029-0a6be9dec99c · tender

Use and perceptions of curriculum support resources in schools

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for a contractor to carry out qualitative research with teachers and school leaders to understand how teachers find curriculum resources, how the

£On request
⏱ 8 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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9d199bc3-1d5f-4606-9cae-82321c05b9bc · tender

T level consultation events

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

DfE is inviting applications from events companies to deliver a series of 10 events, to widen the range of feedback as part of the public consultation on T levels. Events need to t

£Up to £95,000
⏱ 1 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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92160dc2-33c5-4af2-8797-701441fe4af3 · tender

Seven aspects of engagement qualitative research

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought to conduct a two-stage series of qualitative interviews and case studies to investigate the piloting of a new approach to statutory assessment fo

£On request
⏱ 29 Nov 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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335644fd-d4bc-4957-9433-92c10f765b62 · awardUpdate

Provision of curriculum expert services 2018-2020 key stage 1 english GPS treza ltd

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to procure a range of curriculum experts to provide independent expertise for the development of the National Curriculum tests and

£Up to £750,000
⏱ 22 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →