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)
Delivery partner for regional adoption agencies
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
National careers service - locally delivered careers information advice and guidance
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
Children in care digital hub development
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
Management of the adoption support fund (ASF)
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
Employer engagement and capacity to support T levels
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
National professional qualifications (npqs) scholarships
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
National apprenticeship awards web-based application software design, development and technical management
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
Alternative provision market analysis
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
Current practice in alternative provision
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
Prevent for SEND learners in further 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
Management of the adoption support fund (ASF)
***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
LGBT national survey - free text analysis
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
Breakfast clubs please NOTE THE funding available FOR THIS project IS £26 million including VAT
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
The measurement of vulnerability of children and young people in england
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
Due diligence support in sandwell metropolitan borough council
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
Evaluation of a trial extension of SEND tribunal powers
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
Future workplace - discovery
The supplier will complete Discovery activity for the Department for Education's Future Workplace Programme (FWP); a transformative, behavioural and cultural change programme focus
Opportunity areas - impact evaluation
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
Workforce deployment strategies adopted in the school sector
Summary Expressions of interest are sought to understand which workforce planning and deployment practices schools adopt, evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency, and what impa
Quality assurance of national professional qualifications (npqs)
***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