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Department for Education: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
Department for Education has published 848 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 25 Oct 2023, worth £5,331m in total as published. Most of its spending is on construction works, education & training, business services (hr, legal, marketing, admin). Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What Department for Education buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 25 Oct 2023 to 21 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction works | 45000000 | 189 | £3,279m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 189 | £595m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 113 | £206m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 96 | £575m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 58 | £322m |
| Software | 48000000 | 53 | £28.5m |
| R&D | 73000000 | 53 | £53.3m |
| Leisure, culture & sport | 92000000 | 33 | £62.7m |
| Office & IT equipment | 30000000 | 9 | £5.5m |
| Health & social care | 85000000 | 9 | £549k |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
80000000 Education and training services | 161 |
45000000 Construction work | 125 |
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 61 |
45214200 Construction work for school buildings | 59 |
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 49 |
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services | 48 |
48000000 Software package and information systems | 46 |
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services | 31 |
92310000 Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services | 31 |
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security | 24 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
| Awarded | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Matrix Standard administration and management | The Growth Company Limited | £3m |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Inclusion Bases: exploring evidence of impact and models. | ICF Consulting Services Ltd | £328k |
| 13 Oct 2026 | National Centre for Arts and Music Education | Empowering Educational International Limited (Etio) | £24.2m |
| 9 Oct 2026 | Developing a Digital and Data Skills Pathway | Educate Ventures Research Limited | £300k |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Uffculme School | Mclaren Construction Limited | £75k |
| 1 Oct 2026 | project_10572 - Speech and Language Therapists in education: a mixed methods research project | IFF Research Ltd | £189k |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Delivering the Best Start in Life - Implementation Partner | Mott MacDonald Limited | £2.2m |
| 30 Sept 2026 | UK-US Fulbright Commission’s Summer Reception (con_31753) | The Royal Society of London For Improving Natural Knowledge (Commonly Known As the Royal Society) | £11k |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Learning for Infrastructure Engineering Profession (con_31780) | Fast Lane Consulting & Education Services Ltd | £14k |
| 25 Sept 2026 | IT Research and Advisory Services II | Info-Tech Research Group Ltd | £296k |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Posit Connect licences and Support II | Jumping Rivers Ltd | £583k |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Accredited learning programmes across the policy profession | The University of Manchester | £6.4m |
| 22 Sept 2026 | DfE Fraud investigation tool award | Clue Computing Company Limited | £201k |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Castle View Primary Academy | McAvoy Modular Offsite Limited | £11k |
| 18 Sept 2026 | Regenerative Schools Pilot - Innovation Lead | Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited | £3.4m |
Top suppliers to Department for Education
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 25 Oct 2023. 34% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd | 65 | £1,100m |
| BAM Construction Ltd | 36 | £930m |
| Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd | 32 | £209m |
| Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd | 25 | £313m |
| Galliford Try Building Limited | 24 | £270m |
| Bytes Software Services LTD | 16 | £82.3m |
| Bowmer and Kirkland Limited | 11 | £154m |
| Reds10 (UK) Limited | 10 | £118m |
| UCL Consultants Limited | 9 | £48.3m |
| Computacenter (UK) Limited | 9 | £10.3m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
183 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
Upcoming and open opportunities
Open tenders and planned procurements (pipeline and preliminary market engagement notices) published by Department for Education. Always read the official notice for documents and how to bid.
| Type | Opportunity | Deadline or date | Est. value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open tender | Expression of Interest for National Curriculum - Oracy Framework Expert Sector Panel | 23 Oct 2026 | |
| Open tender | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework | 29 Oct 2026 | £625m |
| Planned procurement | National Advocacy Information, Advice and Safety Net Service | 23 Sept 2026 | £540k |
| Planned procurement | Independent Review Mechanism (IRM)_ Market Engagement Event | 25 Sept 2026 | £800k |
| Planned procurement | Kinship Delivery Partner | 28 Sept 2026 | £2.2m |
| Planned procurement | Test Operations Service - Future Service Management Programme | 2 Oct 2026 | |
| Planned procurement | UK4 - Care Leaver Covenant & Corporate Parenting Market Engagement Event Notice | 2 Oct 2026 | £2.8m |
| Planned procurement | Future Data Collection: Surveying | 8 Oct 2026 |
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to Department for Education.