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Quick answer — Department of EducationLast refreshed 30 Apr 2026

At a glance

Department of Education has awarded £203.2m across 48 suppliers, with 108 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 37% · 28 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£3.0m) · SME share 54% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration37%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share54%
Pipeline · open now28
Awards · 90 d1
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department of Education is a contracting authority, based in UKN09. Tracks 77 published notices and 58 awards on PublicSupply.

77
Notices published
58
Awards
48
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£4.3m
12 m spend
£327k
Prior 12 m
+1218%
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department of Education — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

28

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£3.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works9 · £240.1m
services54 · £151.7m
Unspecified13 · £5.2m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract77 · £397.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 77

Awarded contracts · 108 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department of Education is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DE - Teacher Education and Professional Learning - Replacement for Professional Qualification for Headship for Northern IrelandQueen's University Belfast£2.1mest.—active
DE - Teacher Education and Professional Learning - Replacement for Professional Qualification for Headship for Northern IrelandQueen's University Belfast£3.0m30 Apr 2026pending
DE – CURRICULUM REFORM – IMPROVING LITERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLSRuth Miskin Literacy Limited——active
ID 5998126 - DE - Independent evaluation of the RAISE programmeNational Children's Bureau£400kest.—active
DAC 84/25 – DE – CURRICULUM REFORM – IMPROVING LITERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLSRuth Miskin Literacy Limited£152k20 Feb 2026pending
ID 5998126 - DE - Independent evaluation of the RAISE programmeNational Children's Bureau£399k11 Feb 2026pending
DAC 84/25 – DE – CURRICULUM REFORM – IMPROVING LITERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLSRuth Miskin Literacy Limited£220k—pending
ID 5967233 - DE - Statistics and Research - The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2027PEARSON PLC£796kest.—active
ID 5967233 - DE - Statistics and Research - The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2027PEARSON PLC£766k01 Dec 2025pending
ID 5963878 - DAC 57/25 - DE - PROVISION OF AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLATFORM ON THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING FOR POST PRIMARY SCHOOLSInnerdrive Limited——active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
WT
WORLD TRAVEL CENTRE LTD
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
37% of total
—
2
RR
RiverRidge Recycling Portadown Ltd
3 contracts · SME
£36.0mest.
18% of total
—
3
EI
Esri Ireland Ltd.
1 contract · SME
£35.0mest.
17% of total
—
4
EY
ERNST YOUNG LLP
13 contracts
£12.6mest.
6% of total
—
5
QU
Queen's University Belfast
2 contracts · 30 Apr
£5.2mest.
3% of total
New
6
AT
AKU TRAINING LTD
4 contracts · SME
£4.8mest.
2% of total
—
7
HC
HEADSTOGETHER CONSULTING LTD
6 contracts · SME
£4.5mest.
2% of total
—
8
DM
Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLP
5 contracts
£3.8mest.
2% of total
—
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40 other suppliers
long tail · 25 SMEs
£26.4m
13% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
7 contracts
£240.1m
44%
Business, legal, advisory
55 contracts
£118.4m
22%
Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
14%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£36.0m
7%
Software packages, IT
7 contracts
£35.0m
6%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
4%
Health & social work
2 contracts
£10.5m
2%
Other
16 contracts
£8.5m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
Support transport services
Sewage, waste, environment
Software packages, IT
Education, training
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

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.

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Modifications · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 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.

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Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

54%
SME supplier share
target 33%
55
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
48
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKN09
Contact
FAO CPD Procurement operations Branch
Email
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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