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)
Women's suffrage centenary grants scheme
We are seeking a grant administrator to oversee the application and award process for the Women's Suffrage Centenary Grant Scheme (WSCGS). A fund for £5 million was announced by th
Best practice guidance for returner programmes
To put together best practice guidance on running returner programmes and increasing opportunities for returners. This will take the form of a document suitable for use by large em
Delivery evaluation of the national assessment and accreditation system (NAAS) for social workers - alpha and beta phases
See 'Attachments' for a full description. Expressions of interest are sought for a two year, real time, formative study to evaluate the delivery of the National Assessment and Accr
Evaluation of disable students' allowances
We are seeking a contractor to evaluate Disabled Students' Allowances. The aims of the evaluation are: • To evaluate whether receipt of DSA reduces barriers to learning • To evalua
Legal services, due diligence services and financial and governance advice
The Local Authority Interventions Unit from the Department for Education are seeking to increase the current market of due diligence, legal services suppliers and financial and gov
Contract for retained recruitment campaign of X10 SEO grade finance roles
The primary aim of this contract is for the supplier to successfully fill the 10 Finance vacancies advertised within the campaign with high calibre permanent candidates that have t
Mixed methods research on employers' understanding of the gender pay gap
The Government has committed to closing the Gender Pay Gap (GPG) within a generation. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) in the Department for Education (DfE) is responsible fo
Does greater socio-economic diversity in the workplace improve business performance?
The Social Mobility Commission is inviting proposals for research to understanding the impact of socio-economic diversity on performance of businesses from all sectors. This resear
Evaluation of the early adoption fund 2017
The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) was rolled out nationally in May 2015. It enables local authorities to make applications for funding for therapeutic support for adopted children. T
Evaluation of regional adoption agencies (raas)
RAAs will replace local authority adoption services with a larger regional agency covering several local authorities. RAAs will recruit adopters, match looked after children with a
Research into the impact of social media on the wellbeing and aspirations of children age 8-12
The Office of the Children's Commissioner is therefore looking for an organisation to assist in facilitating a series of focus groups with 8-12 year olds to explore the impact of s
Evaluation of national rollout of 30 hours of free childcare for working parents
Expressions of interest are sought for an evaluation of 30 hours of free childcare for working parents during the first two terms of national rollout. The Department for Education
Level 3 mathematics support programme
DFE is looking to appoint a Contractor to deliver the Level 3 Mathematics Support programme. This programme will supersede services provided under the existing FMSP contract and, c
Content validation OF general AND applied knowledge questions AND THE collation OF TEST SETS FOR THE national assessment AND accreditation system FOR child AND family social workers
The Government is committed to the rollout of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) for child and family social workers. We require a robustly validated bank of c
Itt_30249
The design and delivery of a series of specialist events to raise awareness among Further Education staff about the reforms to technical education. The government is introducing ne
Children's commissioner's internal audit service
Children's Commissioner's Internal Audit Service
Adult skills - who gets invested in and how has this changed over time?
See 'Attachments' for a Word version. The Social Mobility Commission is commissioning a short piece of analysis to explore whether there is any link between social background and t
Skills summit event support
We are looking to appoint an events agency to support the Department in the delivery of a high profile business event. The agency will work with a communications project manager fr
Provision of an independent complaints adjudication service for ofsted (please note this notice was previously published on the SFA page but now needs to be moved to this dfe page)
The Department for Education require a supplier to provide an independent adjudication service in relation to Ofsted's handling of complaints including: handling individual complai
RISK management & associated support services
Management Solution and associated services contract to support the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA).