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Department for Transport
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Total contracts
208
Known spend
£1bn
196 disclosed
Average value
£5m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
TRL
5 winslatest 03 Sept 2026£7m
- 2
BSI Standards limited
5 winslatest 06 Aug 2026£2m
- 3
SYSTRA Limited
4 winslatest 28 Sept 2026£3m
- 4
Niblock (Builders) Limited
4 winslatest 11 Jun 2026£1m
- 5
Mott MacDonald Limited
4 winslatest 14 Sept 2026£891,154
- 6
Steer Davies & Gleave Limited
3 winslatest 05 Oct 2026£2m
- 7
AECOM Ltd
£885,400
- 8
KPMG LLP
3 winslatest 17 Jul 2026£372,995
- 9
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
2 winslatest 26 Jan 2026£43m
- 10
Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics UK Limited
2 winslatest 28 Jul 2026£6m
What they buy
By CPV categoryBusiness servicesCPV 79
6 contracts · £14m
Education & trainingCPV 80
4 contracts · £2m
SoftwareCPV 48
3 contracts · £39m
R&D servicesCPV 73
3 contracts · £944,943
IT servicesCPV 72
2 contracts · £763,932
Printed matterCPV 22
1 contract · £45m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
1 contract · £3m
Construction worksCPV 45
1 contract · £570,398
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (208)
Language, transcription and ancillary services
To provide translation and transcription services. Services to provide translation and transcription services. This contract is critical to our ability to respond to requests from
Support for bus franchising pilots
The purpose of this procurement is to commission an external consultant to support the development of new and innovative Franchising Models and support the department with phase 1
TROO0476 site training 2025
Training site booking for live exercise
L3 team Leader/L5 ops manager apprenticeship
This is a L3 Team Leader/L5 Ops Manager Apprenticeship for 50 people N/A
Expert advice on dangerous goods
The Dangerous Goods Unit is responsible for developing domestic policy and shaping international agreements which form the basis of our legislation. The DGUs overriding policy stan
L3 heavy vehicle service & maintenance technician
This apprenticeship helps us build capacity in an area where there is a skills shortage across industry
Award - maritime investment pitch event
The Department for Transport (DfT) has directly awarded a contract for the provision of specialist services to support its programme of activity during London International Shippin
Preliminary market engagement - dft supplier event - research procurements
Department for Transport Preliminary Market Engagement. The Department for Transport (DfT) would like to invite suppliers to a virtual engagement event on Wednesday, 5 November 202
THRS0014 - engineering and design partner (EDP) for the euston programme - market engagement
As anticipated in the UK Infrastructure 10-year strategy in June 2025, the Department for Transport (DfT) is establishing the Euston Delivery Company (EDC) to lead delivery of a re
Safer roads fund preparatory work
The SRF budget for this financial year has been allocated but the Local Authorities cannot be invited to submit their applications without a Safer Roads Investment Plan (SRIP) whic
TMAR3148 - maib-post scan stability assessment
nitial stability and windage assessment work was completed by the Wolfson Unit. This work was based on the documentation available at that time and served to support the initial hy
TMAR3146 - MAIB navigational risk assessment
The MAIB conducted market analysis for the assessment of the navigational risk assessment for a defined area of the North Sea region including the location of the collision between
TAVI3171 - scientific engineering investigation
Vital scientific inspection in 3 aircraft accident investigations, including fracture examination, material and property identification and failure mode. DA as work is operationall
Dft award of financial times (FT) subscription
Access to Financial Times articles through its website and media licensing agreement - allowing cutting to be included in our morning cuts pack. This is essential for press office
CIPS syndicated advanced practitioner award
Provision of CIPS - Syndicated Advanced Practitioner Award. Single Tender Action.
MPA membership 2025/26
Single Source. The Major Projects Association (MPA) is a membership association for organisations engaged in the delivery and the development of major projects, programmes and port
EOI for visa application services
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice/Expression of Interest (EOI) is to determine market appetite and to gather information pertaining to potential costs. This
RFI - provision of supplier risk management system for the department for transport
Since 2019, there have been significant changes in the technological landscape and to the priorities of the DfT. At the DfT, we are looking to procure a Supplier Risk Monitoring sy
RRSG0003 - expansion of international passenger rail depot capacity. potential public private partnership opportunity
The Government is fully supportive of the growth and expansion of international rail connections between the UK and mainland Europe, as well as establishing a thriving and competit
Use of novel data sources for demographic analysis of transport behaviours
This Extension is being undertaken in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This Contract is for a Supplier to deliver a proof of concept