Buyer · UK public sector
Tenders awarded by Department for Education
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 402 awards we have tracked from Department for Education, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
402
awards tracked
£3219.4m
total contract value
£8.1m
average award size
31.5%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Department for Education
Evaluation of the Families First Partnership programme
Awarded to I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED on 31 Aug 2026 · Research services
£810k
SEND CPD – Package of Materials to Support in-House Training (Schools and FE)
Awarded to Ambition Institute on 1 Jul 2026 · Education and training services
£1.4m
Explore education statistics platform support
Awarded to Hive IT on 25 Jun 2026 · System and support services
£2.8m
con_31845 Stronger Practice CPD Learning Management System
Awarded to Titus Learning Ltd on 24 Jun 2026 · E-learning services
£218k
con_31377 - Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Contract 26/27
Awarded to Mott MacDonald on 10 May 2026 · Education and training services
£2.7m
Pound Hill Junior School - Main works (con_31466)
Awarded to Baxall Construction Limited on 12 Apr 2026 · Construction work for school buildings
£3.2m
Thomas More Catholic School - PCSA (con_31426)
Awarded to BAM Construction Ltd on 8 Apr 2026 · Construction work for school buildings
£4.7m
Edtech Impact Pre-Testbed (Lot 1)_proj_10264
Awarded to Rand Europr on 7 Apr 2026 · Research and development services and related consultancy services
£105k
L6 Service Designer Apprenticeships - Cohort 1 (con_31409)
Awarded to The JGA Group on 6 Apr 2026 · Training services
£90k
L6 Service Designer Apprenticeship - Cohort 2 (con_31420)
Awarded to The JGA Group on 6 Apr 2026 · Education and training services
£90k
Gartner for CISOs Executive - Team Leader & Team Members
Awarded to Gartner UK Ltd on 1 Apr 2026 · Information systems or technology strategic review services
£376k
Vehicle Hire 2026
Awarded to Enterprise Rent-a-Car on 31 Mar 2026 · Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
£900k
Spend pattern
What Department for Education buys, and how the spend behaves
Department for Education has issued 402 tracked awards worth £3.2bn across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £8.1m. Spend skews towards Construction work for school buildings, Construction work and Education and training services. The largest single award we have on record went to Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd for £84.6m, on a Helena Romanes School - Main Works (con_31495) notice. SMBs are taking 31.5% of recorded awards, around the typical mid-band for UK public buyers. Activity is broadly flat versus the prior month.
Where Department for Education actually spends
Construction work for school buildings
71 awards · £1533.2m
Construction work
48 awards · £862.5m
Education and training services
45 awards · £56.7m
Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services
31 awards · £61.4m
Research and development services and related consultancy services
24 awards · £9.8m
Biggest single award
£84.6m
Helena Romanes School - Main Works (con_31495)
Won by Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd on 23 Mar 2026
Busiest month
Mar 26
70 awards published, totalling £403.9m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: roughly flat.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd
36 awards · £692m total
Tilbury Douglas
28 awards · £317.8m total
Kier Construction
21 awards · £343.8m total
BAM Construction Ltd
15 awards · £346.1m total
Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd
15 awards · £215.8m total
Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd
15 awards · £116.4m total
Galliford Try Building Limited
12 awards · £122m total
John Graham Construction Ltd, t/a GRAHAM
6 awards · £141.2m total
Related sectors
The categories where Department for Education concentrates its spend.
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