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)
Notice OF THE accreditation launch event for privileged early access to performance data through the raiseonline replacement service
**Please note that this is a duplicate advert of reference number 1374 due to technical issues which are preventing the update of the original notice. This notice is to confirm tha
Get into teaching information service
The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) anticipates that in early 2017 it will look to commence a procurement exercise for delivery of an advisory service to people
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 mathematics work package 2 C
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 2 Mathematics (Work Package 2), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes,
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 mathematics work package 2 C
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 1 Mathematics (Work Package 2), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes,
Provision of item writing services for key stage 2 mathematics work package 1
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 2 Mathematics (Work Package 1), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes,
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 mathematics work package 1
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 1 Mathematics (Work Package 1), including the drafting of potential items and their mark schemes,
UK inspection in the european schools
The UK is a member of the European Schools (ES) system and signatory to the associated 1957 ES Convention. The aim of the ES system is to provide a free, multi-lingual education fo
Appraisal of the modelling methodology for the long-term apprenticeship model
See 'Attachments' for a word version of this description. In spring 2017 the way the government funds apprenticeships in England is changing. Some employers will be required to con
What is breaking the social mobility promise for young muslims?
In December 2016, the Social Mobility Commission launched a report revealing stark gender, ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment and labour market progre
Work placements in technical education: A call for evidence
The Department for Education has commissioned a call for evidence on the provision of extensive work placement practice among post-16 providers. The purpose is to gather evidence o
Achieveforms licence
Provision of AchieveForms licence including access to the platform and apps, and provision of hosting, support and consultancy enabling development of web forms for the Department.
Evaluation of the master's degree loan
Expressions of interest are sought for evaluation of the impact of the first year's availability of postgraduate master's degree loans. This is likely to involve a combination of s
Secure access
• User Account Management - Single Sign On • Identity management and permissions management • Application and Access Management • Multi Factor Authentication (2FA, MFA) • Account A
Microsoft premier support
Azure - Implement a service management framework surrounding Azure, plus ensure health of key subscriptions for critical services as DfE move further into the cloud. Windows 10 - D
ICT2015/012
Provision of Email & File Encryption Services and Secure Automated File Transfer.
ICT2015/045
Specialist Cloud professional services . Including: Testing Service Application Development Services Business Analysis Services Project Support Office Services Information Architec
Children's social care adviser south gloucestershire
DfE wishes to appoint an Adviser (an individual, partnership or small team) to provide intervention and improvement support in South Gloucestershire Council. The Adviser will provi
Social work fast track programmes - tracking retention and progression
The key aims of this study are to investigate the longer-term outcomes (to March 2020) for Frontline cohorts 1 to 5 and Step Up cohorts 4 and 5, such as employment destinations, ra
Supplier to deliver an evaluation programme of randomised control trials of school-based interventions to promote and support the mental health of children and young people
See 'Attachments' for a full description and further information. The Department for Education (DfE) will tender a contract to deliver an evaluation programme, involving randomised
THE recruitment, management AND delivery OF training TO NEW areas TO participate IN THE second phase OF THE mental health training TO LEAD roles IN schools AND NHS cypmh services project
This is to procure a contractor to deliver the extension to the mental health services and schools link pilot. The key aspects of this work are: Recruit and manage 20 new CCGs and