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)
Provision of item writing services for key stage 1 english reading work package 1
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
Advertisement for the appointment of headteacher reference group members
The Department for Education is looking for committed headteachers who would like the opportunity to contribute to national policy through the Primary Headteacher Reference Group a
Strategic communications
The Children's Commissioner's Office (known throughout as the 'Authority') wishes to appoint a suitable organisation to undertake the development of strategic communications to sup
Children's social care adviser
DfE wishes to appoint an Adviser to provide intervention and improvement support in Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. The Adviser will provide a clear and sustained focus on t
Contract to provide strategic support to the department for education in embedding reforms to the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Support for children and young people with physical disabilities
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Contract to provide professional policy advice to the department for education on implementation of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms, and to monitor, support and challenge progress in local authorities.
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Contract to provide delivery support to local areas in embedding reforms to services for children and young people who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Support for children and young people with additional needs in speech, language and communication skills
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Contract to improve support and inclusion of children and young people with autism
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Contract to support access to employment for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
On 1 September 2014, Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 took effect, offering simpler, improved and more consistent help for children and young people in England with spe
Evaluation coordinator for the children's social care innovation programme / partners in practice
The Department for Education (DfE) proposes to tender for an evaluation coordinator for the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme (IP). The evaluation coordinator will overse
Supply of teachers qualified outside of england
NCTL is seeking a national provider (or consortium) to provide an international supply of maths and physics teachers for secondary schools. NCTL seeks 50 overseas qualified maths/p
Inter and intra-regional differences in progression through childhood and into adulthood of children growing up in the north of england
The Children's Commissioner's Office (known throughout as the 'Authority') wishes to commission research and analysis which maps and describes recent sources of evidence on the pat
Practice and improvement fund round 2 (please note this is a grant opportunity)
The Practice and Improvement Fund (PIF) aims to inspire the transformation of the adoption system and improve those services that adopted children and families rely on at a regiona
National teaching service (NTS)
**Update 12th November 2016 - Please note the procurement exercise will not now proceed.** See 'Attachments' for full information. The National College for Teaching and Leadership
Raiseonline accreditation
*** New on 12th June 2017 - The successful accreditation applicants for the RAISEonline Replacement service - now known as Analyse School Performance (ASP) service are listed in th
A review of existing sources of evidence on the views, experiences and perceptions of children in or leaving care
The Children's Commissioner's Office (known throughout as the 'Authority') wishes to commission a piece of work which maps and describes recent sources of evidence on the views, ex
Illustration support and design services for dfe assessment materials
A contractor will have to create a series of illustrations to be used on confidential national curriculum test materials
Market opportunity: pupil and school performance data – matching and production services
One of the Department for Education’s (DfE) goals is to drive educational excellence – to ensure that every child and young person achieves to the best of his or her ability regard