Department for Education tenders

136 notices on record since 14 Apr 2026 · London

Open tenders: 2
Total stated value: £628m; 2 of 2 state a value
Closing in 7 days: 1
Flagged SME-suitable: 2; by the buyer

Open tenders

Modified Test Framework 2027/2031 Market Engagement Event
Closes 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 (4 days) · £3.2m · SME-suitable · Education and training services
Official notice on Find a Tender ↗
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework
Closes 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 · £624.8m · SME-suitable · Education and training services
Official notice on Find a Tender ↗

Contract awards and SME share

From 109 award notices published by Department for Education between 14 Apr 2026 and 30 Sept 2026.

Supplier awards: 125; 106 different suppliers
Won by SMEs: 41%; 51 of 125 supplier awards where size declared; 46% of single-supplier contracts
Typical award value: £309k; median of 71 valued single-supplier awards
Size not declared: 0; awards excluded from the SME share

Recent awards and winners

UK-US Fulbright Commission’s Summer Reception (con_31753)
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY) (Large)
Value not stated · Published 30 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗
Learning for Infrastructure Engineering Profession (con_31780)
Fast Lane Consulting & Education Services Ltd (Large)
Value not stated · Published 30 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

About this data

Tenders come from the UK government's Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services (OCDS feeds), refreshed twice a day. A tender counts as open until its stated deadline. Values are as stated by the buyer and are often estimates. Always check the official notice before bidding.

Notices are grouped by the buyer name as published; spelling variants of the same name share this page. Award figures cover only award notices that name a supplier.

Free School Meals (FSM) Expansion Evaluation

Alma Economics (SME)

£599k · Awarded 25 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

User research participant

PEOPLE FOR RESEARCH LTD (Large)

£450k · Awarded 28 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

project_9776 - SEN Longitudinal Study

National Centre for Social Research (Large)

£14.5m · Awarded 9 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

Accredited learning programmes across the policy profession

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Large)

£6.4m · Awarded 23 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

EdTech Testbed Programme procurement Lot 2 (Con_32287)

IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD (Large)

£14.2m · Awarded 15 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

Regenerative Schools Pilot - Innovation Lead

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited (Large)

£3.4m · Awarded 18 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

Evaluation of the Families First Partnership programme contract award

I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED (SME)

£810k · Awarded 4 Aug 2026 · Award notice ↗

Castle View Primary Academy

McAvoy Modular Offsite Limited (Large)

Value not stated · Published 22 Sept 2026 · Award notice ↗

SME means the supplier declared itself a small or medium-sized enterprise on the award notice (or, where that notice is silent, on its most recent notice). Suppliers are matched across notices by Companies House number, other registered identifiers or name, so a few may be grouped imperfectly.