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Tenders awarded by DfTc - Department for Transport
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 184 awards we have tracked from DfTc - Department for Transport, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
184
awards tracked
£191.1m
total contract value
£1m
average award size
10.9%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by DfTc - Department for Transport
P4104120 Provision of Legal Advisers for Railway Pensions
Awarded to Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP on 23 Apr 2026 · Legal services
£400k
THRE0077 - Aviation surface access model (NAAM2) process review - Technical Advisors
Awarded to SYSTRA Limited on 22 Apr 2026 · Transport systems consultancy services
£41k
Evaluation of PAYG ticketing in the South East
Awarded to Ove Arup and Partners Ltd on 22 Apr 2026 · Research services
£196k
Visualisations for Active Travel England
Awarded to PLANIT I.E. LIMITED on 20 Apr 2026 · Audio-visual materials
£100k
TTDC3063A - Low Carbon Fuel Fund
Awarded to Ricardo AEA Limited on 16 Apr 2026 · Project management consultancy services
£1m
SCI Regulatory Economist 2026- Subsidy Controls
Awarded to Oxera Consulting LLP on 14 Apr 2026 · Technical services
£300k
Future of Cyber Compliance
Awarded to KPMG LLP on 13 Apr 2026 · Business and management consultancy and related services
£346k
THRE0074 Delivering Efficiency through Technology Adoption (DETA)
Awarded to STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED on 13 Apr 2026 · Research services
£4m
THRE0033 MRPA - Specialist Economic Advice
Awarded to Rail People Solutions Ltd on 7 Apr 2026 · Systems and technical consultancy services
£141k
Transport Evaluation Support for Trials (TEST)
Awarded to PA Consulting Services Limited on 31 Mar 2026 · Research services
£3.5m
P4105009 Provision of Legal Advisers for Rail Reform
Awarded to Addleshaw Goddard LLP on 31 Mar 2026 · Legal services
£500k
Evaluating the economic impact of improved digital connectivity
Awarded to Baringa Partners LLP on 31 Mar 2026 · Research services and Research consultancy services
£200k
Spend pattern
What DfTc - Department for Transport buys, and how the spend behaves
DfTc - Department for Transport has issued 184 tracked awards worth £191.1m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £1m. Spend skews towards Financial consultancy services, Legal services and Transport systems consultancy services. The largest single award we have on record went to Kainos Software Ltd for £25m, on a DfT BODS/ABODS Service notice. Only 10.9% of awards have gone to SMBs, so smaller suppliers are under-represented relative to the wider market. Activity is falling sharply versus the prior month.
Where DfTc - Department for Transport actually spends
Biggest single award
£25m
DfT BODS/ABODS Service
Won by Kainos Software Ltd on 19 Oct 2025
Busiest month
Sept 25
25 awards published, totalling £21.2m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: sharply down.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
9 awards · £4.8m total
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
7 awards · £13m total
Ernst & Young LLP
7 awards · £2.8m total
Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP
7 awards · £1m total
Jacobs U.K Limited
6 awards · £727k total
Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd
6 awards · £507k total
STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED
4 awards · £8.1m total
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
4 awards · £289k total
Related sectors
The categories where DfTc - Department for Transport concentrates its spend.
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