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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)
Provision of item writing services for skills tests numeracy (work package 2) call-off contract
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Skills Tests Numeracy (Work Package 2), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes, r
Provision of item writing services for skills tests numeracy (work package 1) call-off contract
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Skills Tests Numeracy (Work Package 1), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes, r
Maths and physics teacher supply package evaluation: scoping and early process evaluation
A research project consisting of: 1) Methodological scoping: to develop robust and cost-proportionate methodological options for evaluating the maths and physics teacher supply pac
E-procurement and contract management portal for dfe
The provision of source-to-contract software to meet the requirements of the Customer, including facilitating the sourcing and management of its 3rd party supplier arrangements and
Peer support for mental health and wellbeing pilots - evaluation
Expressions of interest are sought for an evaluation of delivery of peer support programme pilots in schools, colleges and youth organisations aimed at supporting mental health and
Peer support for children and young people's mental health pilot
See 'Attachments' for full description. Peer support covers a wide range of activities, from a young person talking a friend through their problems, to more formal group or 1-to-1
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 english grammar, punctuation and spelling call-off contract
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 1 English grammar, punctuation and spelling, including the drafting of potential items and their
Provision of item writing services for key stage 2 science call-off contract
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 2 Science, including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes, ready for formal tri
Teaching and leadership innovation fund round 1
See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. Contracts for projects which will support more and better provision of teachers' continuing professional development
Get into teaching information service
See 'Attachments' for a Word description of the services and further information. This contract is for the Get into Teaching Information Service, a contact and support service that
USER insight, POST-16 choices
DfE has commissioned a research project to examine how young people make educational choices post-16 and what information they use. The supplier is contracted to provide a report l
Children and young people's mental health research and evaluation programme
Expressions of interest are sought for a supplier to deliver an evaluation programme of randomised control trials of school-based interventions to promote the mental health and wel
Children's social care advisers lambeth, surrey and wandsworth las
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
Omnibus survey services for schoolteachers and leaders, leaders of post-16 institutions and for pupils, parents and carers
See 'Attachments' for full desription and further information. The Department for Education (DfE) proposes to tender for bids to undertake omnibus surveys across two different grou
Initial training for educational psychologists - east of england
See 'Attachments' for a word version of the description and additional information. We are looking for an educational psychology doctorate training provider in the East of England
Provision of mobile devices desktop devices microsoft surface book and microsoft surface pro 4
Technology Products Framework Lot 1. Provision of mobile devices desktop devices Microsoft Surface Book and Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and lead the device rollout on behalf of the Dep
The provision of IRIS development and support & maintenance (CRM)
The provision of IRIS development and support & maintenance (CRM)
Non-medical, non-clinical (NMNC) CCS framework RM971
Lot 4 - Corporate Functions and Lot 5 - IT Professionals, of the NMNC framework: Lot 4 - Corporate Functions For the following roles (but not limited to): • Business Analysts • Pro
Non-medical, non-clinical (NMNC) CCS framework RM971
Lot 5 - IT Professionals, of the NMNC framework: For the following roles (but not limited to): • Business Analysts • Project Managers • Programme Managers • Developers (including b
Education & children's social care associates (ecscas) - supporting ITT quality and compliance
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. DfE's ITT Accreditation and Performance team supports one of the DfE departmental priorities to 'develop a great workforce