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Department for Education

Department for Education has awarded 759 UK public contracts worth £173bn since 1 Jan 2020. Suppliers include Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd, Kier Construction Ltd.

Yorkshire and the HumberOfficial websiteFirst contract 1 Jan 2020Latest contract 19 Oct 2026

Contracts
759
Published value
£173bnwhere stated
Without competition
9%67 contracts
Won by SMEs
38%of 757 with size known
Contracts awarded per month, last 24 months 661 contracts · busiest month March 2026

Suppliers used most

  1. Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd 52 contracts · £7.79bn
  2. Kier Construction Ltd 37 contracts · £7.56bn
  3. Tilbury Douglas 32 contracts · £345m
  4. Willmott Dixon Construction Limited 23 contracts · £7.29bn
  5. BAM Construction Ltd 19 contracts · £7.31bn
  6. Galliford Try Building Limited 12 contracts · £7.12bn
  7. Magic Breakfast 10 contracts · £345k
  8. IFF Research Ltd 9 contracts · £13.4m
  9. Ambition Institute 8 contracts · £340m

What they buy

  1. Construction work 181 contracts · £171bn
  2. Education & training 175 contracts · £654m
  3. Business services 138 contracts · £214m
  4. IT services 60 contracts · £287m
  5. Research & development 56 contracts · £83.4m
  6. Architecture & engineering 55 contracts · £323m
  7. Recreation, culture & sport 37 contracts · £79.7m
  8. Software & information systems 26 contracts · £253m

All contracts awarded by Department for Education

Contracts awarded by Department for Education
Date Contract Supplier Value
19 Oct 2026 ICF Consulting Services Limited SME £328k
1 Oct 2026 IFF Research Ltd £189k
25 Sep 2026 Alma Economics SME £599k
25 Sep 2026 Info-Tech Research Group Ltd SME £296k
23 Sep 2026 Jumping Rivers LTD SME £583k
22 Sep 2026 Clue Computing Company Limited SME £201k
15 Sep 2026 Ipsos (Market Research) Limited £14.2m
9 Sep 2026 National Centre for Social Research £14.5m
1 Sep 2026 I.F.F Research Ltd £810k
1 Sep 2026 Ecorys UK Limited £950k
26 Aug 2026 Fivium LTD £1.26m
20 Aug 2026 Browns Books SME £5m
13 Aug 2026 Bytes Software Services SME £233k
6 Aug 2026 IFF Research Ltd £1.96m
4 Aug 2026 IFF Research Ltd £148k
31 Jul 2026 BAM Agency LTD SME £3.18m
27 Jul 2026 Coram Family and Childcare £20,000
23 Jul 2026 The Dextrous Web Ltd SME £157k
21 Jul 2026 Bytes Software Services SME £18,006
21 Jul 2026 ACE: Advanced Consultancy in Education SME £95,550
21 Jul 2026 Vocation Online Limited SME £35,400
21 Jul 2026 E James Consultancy Ltd SME £76,000
21 Jul 2026 Forge Academy SME £53,100
20 Jul 2026 Board of Deputies of British Jews, Collingwood Learning with Holocaust Centre North +2 more £1m
17 Jul 2026 GMO GlobalSign Ltd £81,424
14 Jul 2026 Sans Training - UK Limited SME £25,000
9 Jul 2026 Taye Training and Consultancy Ltd £1.22m
7 Jul 2026 Runtime Collective Limited, trading as Brandwatch £50,866
3 Jul 2026 Ambition Institute £2.26m
2 Jul 2026 Ambition Institute £1.35m
1 Jul 2026 CSA (Services) Limited SME £90,000
26 Jun 2026 Hive IT £2.82m
25 Jun 2026 Gleeds Cost Management Limited £54,725
25 Jun 2026 Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd £53,900
25 Jun 2026 Titus Learning Ltd SME £218k
24 Jun 2026 Ipsos (Market Research) Limited £975k
23 Jun 2026 PDMS Limited SME £1.44m
19 Jun 2026 Ambition Institute, Education Development Trust +3 more £43.3m
18 Jun 2026 Ipsos (Market Research) Limited £1.48m
15 Jun 2026 Royal Society of Biology SME £45,000
11 Jun 2026 Akhter Computers Ltd £101k
11 Jun 2026 BAM Construction Ltd £20.8m
11 Jun 2026 IFF Research Ltd £10.4m
9 Jun 2026 Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd £8.37m
8 Jun 2026 Ambition Institute, Best Practice Network Ltd SME +4 more £3.97m
5 Jun 2026 Willmott Dixon Construction Limited £3.2m
4 Jun 2026 TLT LLP SME £20,000
31 May 2026 Moody's Analytics UK Limited £40,800
29 May 2026 ioda Limited SME £45,000
29 May 2026 Kier Construction Ltd £44.9m