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)
G cloud services for the provision of email & file encryption services and secure automated file transfer
Provision of Email & File Encryption Services and Secure Automated File Transfer. Additional information: An option to extend the contract for 1 year.
Topical debates
To develop teaching resources and guidance that support teachers to lead knowledge based discussions and/or debates with students on topical issues relating to dundamental Bristish
Education funding agency - talent management resource 2017
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Education. It manages over £54 billion of funding a year to support all state-provided edu
Acclimatisation support and services for international teachers
See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. The Department for Education (DfE) supports schools in recruiting the teachers they need. It recognises that the str
Social mobility barometer: public attitudes to social mobility in the UK
The Social Mobility Commission is seeking tenders from polling companies for the Social Mobility Barometer - which aims to achieve a snapshot of how people in the UK perceive their
Condition data collection IT solution
The CDC IT system is a cloud based asset management system procured the G-Cloud (Digital Market Places) Framework. The property asset management software will be used to support th
Accredited provider OF national professional qualifications (npqs)
We want to make sure that there are enough top leaders across the country and, in particular, in our most challenging schools and areas. That's why we are delighted to have selecte
Children's social care adviser doncaster and slough
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
RM919 estates legal services - PAMU (dfe cluster)
Estates legal services for the property asset management of core departmental office properties and surplus estate.
Specialist cloud professional services (information architect services)
Specialist Cloud professional services (Information Architect services)
Children's services commissioner
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
Breakfast clubs
See 'Attachments' for a full description and further information. The Department for Education will launch a tender in early 2017 to support the expansion of breakfast clubs in app
Initial teacher training data management system IT solution
To lead the successful delivery of the application to replace the existing Initial Teacher Training Data Management System via a two-phase project encompassing both a) a discovery/
Future desktop contract under framework RM3733
Purchase of Microsoft Surface Books, Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Keyboards and Docking Stations
Technical education WORK placements pilot project
The Post-16 Skills Plan published on 8 July 2016, outlines the Government's vision for technical education. The provision of work placements will be an integral part of the new ref
Phonics roadshows
The Department for Education is inviting proposals from up to two organisations to work with the Department to design and deliver at least 24 local stakeholder engagement events by
On-call research contract
On-call insight programme incorporating qualitative and quantitative research to inform the Department's communications strategy.
International early learning study (IELS) for child well-being: national centre for england
Expressions of interest are sought for a National Centre to administer the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) International Early Learning Study (IELS)
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 english reading work package 2
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 1 English Reading (Work Package 1), including the drafting of potential items and their mark sche
Provision of item writing services for key stage 2 english reading work package 1
This call-off contract is for the provision of item writing services for Key Stage 2 English Reading (Work Package 1), including the drafting of potential items and their mark sche