Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
97
Open (bidding)
2
Awarded (90d)
2
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 145 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Department for Education is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 48000000 | £800.0mest. | — | planning | |
| — | 80000000 | £108.0mest. | — | active | |
| — | 80000000 | £108.0mest. | — | active | |
| PDMS | 48214000 | £1.4m | 23 Jun 2026 | active | |
| — | 72225000 | £3.0mest. | — | planned | |
| Best Practice Network Limited | — | — | active | ||
| Gartner UK Ltd | 72222100 | £376k | 02 Apr 2026 | active | |
| CDW LIMITED | 32422000 | £100k | 26 Mar 2026 | active | |
| PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD | 48730000 | £200k | 31 Mar 2026 | active | |
| Fran Cox Consulting | 79400000 | £32k | 31 Mar 2026 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 4 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 4 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.
Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UK
- Companies House
- 00867944
- Contact
- robert.alexander@education.gov.uk
- commercial.ddat@education.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
Resources
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