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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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bc98ede6-edcc-40c5-9322-2d8c0c9e3c39 · planning

Delivery partner for regional adoption agencies

Department For Education

See Attachments for a Word description and additional information. We propose that the delivery partner support going forwards should include four strands, three of which build on

£On request
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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69db5b53-ce57-4260-8f6a-6fc736381fd5 · tender

National careers service - locally delivered careers information advice and guidance

Department For Education
servicesNorth East

To secure suppliers to be responsible and accountable for the delivery of impartial careers information, advice and guidance in a specific geographical area. Further information is

£Up to £120,000,000
⏱ 8 Dec 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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8cbb32ef-eec7-417f-bbc2-5c98f8304f92 · awardUpdate

Children in care digital hub development

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

We are tendering for a new Digital Hub for children in care and care leavers. We wish to appoint a company to undertake the following: Design building and hosting of a digital hub

£Up to £24,000
⏱ 29 Nov 2017
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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aefa3818-e025-4d14-94bf-834efbae891f · planning

Management of the adoption support fund (ASF)

Department For Education

The Bidder event is scheduled for 1.30pm on 9 November 2017 finishing at approximately 3.30pm. The event will be taking place in the Booth Room, The Abbey Community Centre & Associ

£On request
Posted · 108mo agoView details →
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b48c6740-7860-42bf-bf86-39070c2a92f5 · tender

Employer engagement and capacity to support T levels

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

A contractor is sought to undertake qualitative research. This will explore the extent to which employers are able to offer work placements taking account of their size, industry a

£On request
⏱ 8 Nov 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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6780c524-ab75-41a6-a16e-ce53ed5ebd11 · planning

National professional qualifications (npqs) scholarships

Department For Education

See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. The DfE intends to run a procurement to invite accredited providers of the reformed NPQs to enter into a separate co

£On request
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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c65a10d9-efcf-44d0-92f8-5043abb9ab5d · tender

National apprenticeship awards web-based application software design, development and technical management

Department for Education
goodsNorth EastSME friendly

Tis will support the National Apprenticeship Awards by designing, developing and providing technical support/management of a web based application database/site for all submitted N

£Up to £70,000
⏱ 7 Nov 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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c6c202ac-b5d4-45ca-8e89-4791d6e24fdb · award

Alternative provision market analysis

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for research into the existent market for alternative provision. The service will include investigation into the supply of, and demand for AP, as

£Up to £100,480
⏱ 6 Nov 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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0f682615-2d77-4097-b1ec-97036adbf111 · tenderAmendment

Current practice in alternative provision

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for a contractor to undertake research to investigate current practice relating to exclusions, off site direction and alternative provision in bo

£On request
⏱ 6 Nov 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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1adeeb93-a5c3-4137-801e-38f8745b56ca · planning

Prevent for SEND learners in further education

Department For Education

See 'Attachments' for a full description. All publicly-funded FE providers must comply with the Prevent duty. The duty requires providers to have due regard to the need to prevent

£On request
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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cd6c9866-a2f7-48da-9b54-1380fabf79db · planning

Management of the adoption support fund (ASF)

Department For Education

***New on 17th October 2017 - Please note that this tender scheduled for release w/c 16 October 2017 has been delayed. We will notify you through an update to Contracts Finder when

£On request
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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9f64268a-955b-4980-b5af-67702b73afeb · tender

LGBT national survey - free text analysis

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

The national LGBT survey (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/national-lgbt-survey) was an online survey hosted on gov.uk that closed on 15th October 2017. It aims to give

£On request
⏱ 30 Oct 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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a43bea33-79c5-4c77-8c23-d0dc127f1410 · awardUpdate

Breakfast clubs please NOTE THE funding available FOR THIS project IS £26 million including VAT

Department For Education
servicesNorth East

The breakfast club programme will contribute to improvements in the health and education of children by encouraging innovation and supporting at least 1,500 state-funded primary, s

£Up to £26,000,000
⏱ 15 Nov 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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9d265171-a932-4fe3-91e1-42670bbd88ac · awardUpdate

The measurement of vulnerability of children and young people in england

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The Children's Commissioner's Office (CCO) wishes to commission research and analysis on children in England that are experiencing a range of forms of vulnerability or additional n

£Up to £60,000
⏱ 27 Oct 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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073f1164-5e1c-4224-a65e-0a1455e1fa68 · awardUpdate

Due diligence support in sandwell metropolitan borough council

Department For Education
servicesWest MidlandsSME friendly

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

££50,000 — £100,000
⏱ 18 Oct 2017
Posted · 109mo agoView details →
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74d12dfb-5e50-40c0-abd6-a6b00a56f3e5 · tenderAmendment

Evaluation of a trial extension of SEND tribunal powers

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Expressions of interest are sought for a multi-mode process and perception evaluation of a two year national trial, beginning early 2018, to extend the powers of the First-tier Tri

£On request
⏱ 13 Oct 2017
Posted · 110mo agoView details →
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cf955e16-3c9b-4f99-b931-893939297043 · award

Future workplace - discovery

Department For Education
servicesSME friendly

The supplier will complete Discovery activity for the Department for Education's Future Workplace Programme (FWP); a transformative, behavioural and cultural change programme focus

£Up to £40,000
⏱ 31 Jul 2017
Posted · 110mo agoView details →
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1ef536c7-fc55-449b-bda5-d5f1e2294832 · awardUpdate

Opportunity areas - impact evaluation

Department For Education
goods

Expressions of interest are sought for an impact evaluation of the Opportunity Areas programme. This will involve research on the overall impact of the programme; impact from a sam

£Up to £607,008
⏱ 13 Oct 2017
Posted · 110mo agoView details →
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d17fb3e4-c616-42ed-8d47-d9894a46b1bb · tenderAmendment

Workforce deployment strategies adopted in the school sector

Department For Education
goodsSME friendly

Summary Expressions of interest are sought to understand which workforce planning and deployment practices schools adopt, evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency, and what impa

£On request
⏱ 11 Oct 2017
Posted · 110mo agoView details →
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a5582ae2-7033-4934-b1a8-ef5aa266243a · planning

Quality assurance of national professional qualifications (npqs)

Department For Education

***UPDATE: 18th August The next supplier engagement event will take place on Wednesday 23rd August at 11.00, please email NPQ.reform@education.gov.uk now to secure your place***See

£On request
Posted · 110mo agoView details →