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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)
Membership fee for the izeva
Membership fee for the International Council on Clean Transport
Automatic traffic counter maintenance 2027+
1.1 The purpose of this requirement is to provide the Department for Transport (DfT) with a maintenance service for its network of approximately 350 permanent automatic traffic cou
Provision of national road traffic census 2028+
The Contracting Authority are seeking a supplier who can provide them with accurate classified road traffic counts across the whole of the GB road network, on a scale sufficient to
Award - dft provision of i3P membership
Provision of i3P Membership for the period of 2025/26. Single tender action. Connected Places Catapault is the only supplier that offers this membership.
Forensic collision investigation application
1.1 To develop the Forensic Collision Investigation Application (FCIA) to meet the Parliamentary Advisory Committee for Transport Safety (PACTS) recommendation in their 2020 Seatbe
Traffic management contingency site
Contract with Motis for possible use of their Dover site for traffic management contingency purposes. No spend will be guaranteed through this contract.
L6 welsh degree apprenticeship
This is for a L6 Welsh degree Apprenticeship course for 6 participants services
Provision of evaluation research support
Contract Award Notice: Extension of Provision of Evaluation Research Support This Contract was initially awarded following a competition using CCS Framework RM6126 Research & Insig
Cenex expo 2025 government pavilion stand
Cenex Expo 2025 Government Pavilion Stand to support DfT
TMAR3128 - seafarers projections review
The project will update the 2017 Seafarer Projections report , published by DfT, to assess the UK supply and demand for trained seafarers, at all levels, to fulfil roles at sea and
Research services to motability and OZEV
This research will create an evidence base that will be used to inform the revision of the PAS 1899:2022 standard for chargepoint accessibility, which will be a project funded and
Revision to PAS 1899:2022
New revision work to PAS 1899:2022 concerning EV Accessible Chargepoints
Low earth orbit satellite train connectivity
The Department for Transport secured funding as part of Spending Review 2025 to improve the provision of on-train wifi for rail passengers. Our objective is to retro-fit Great Brit
Linking police and health data on road collisions
The road safety statistics team manages the collection and publication of data and statistics on road collisions as reported by the police. The team have a requirement to address g
Dftc: GCD: source to contract re-procurement
The Department for Transport (DfT) are looking to engage with suppliers of Source to Contract commercial platforms to understand what solutions are currently in the market to meet
Active travel england press association news wire service 25/26/27
Active Travel England subscription to Press Association News Wire Service 25/26/27
Drone class marking standards alignment
Contract with BSI to undertake drone class marking standards alignment exercise
Dft kharon clearview licence
Procurement of an open-source investigation tool for use in transport sanctions investigations.
Contribution to the road safety GB data analysts network
This work relates to development and management of a road safety analysts conference and network, to develop further a national framework of professional training, expertise and kn
Automated vehicles policy contract
The Centre for Connected and Automated Vehicles' (CCAV) are seeking to appoint a specialist in the Law Commissions’ joint report who has expertise with instructions to parliamentar