How do I bid for Department for Education contracts?

Find an open Department for Education tender that fits your business, read its requirements and eligibility, and submit before the deadline through the buyer's e-procurement portal. Bidvane lists Department for Education's open tenders and shows the requirements alongside your profile.

Where does Department for Education publish tenders?

Department for Education publishes on the UK public procurement portals (Contracts Finder, Find a Tender and the devolved portals). Bidvane collects them daily into one place with the deadline and category for each notice.

How can I hear about Department for Education tenders early?

Department for Education often publishes a planning notice before a tender opens. Bidvane surfaces those planning notices and lets you track the buyer, so a new notice reaches you as soon as it is published rather than after you go looking.

Department for Education tenders & contracts

central gov · buying since 2022 · mainly education and training…, construction work · updated Sep 2026

Award activity · last 12 months

451 awards in the last year · 2601 recorded overall

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What they buy

Awards by category, all recorded history

Education and training…618£2.6bn
Construction work441£6.1bn
Business services357£978.7m
IT services287£1.6bn
Architectural276£587.4m
Other622£896.9m

Known published values only · framework ceilings excluded · members see the awards behind every slice.

3Open now

41Planning

344Contracts ending

2,601Awarded

1,456Suppliers

3Frameworks

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Open tenders

ECSC Dynamic Framework - Re-opening of Lot 9 - Early Years Experts - Sector Support consulting·View source 16 Sep
Invitation to Tender for the PE and School Sport Partnership Network other·View source 25 Sep
Modified Test Framework 2027/2031 education·View source 06 Oct

History

Recently awarded

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Members also see the winning suppliers, known values, and the likely incumbent for their own field.