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Buyer profile · Education
Department for Education tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 37
- About one every 10 days
- Contracts awarded
- 148
- To 143 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £810m
- 125 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £73k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 16 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £13.5mestimated
- £4.95mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £100kestimated
- £300kestimated
- £300kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2.75mestimated
- Value not stated
- £2.16mestimated
- £800kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)21%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)18%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)34%
- Direct award (no competition)27%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Education has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 72% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 34 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 21%
- Lower than 72% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 165 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 49%
- Lower than 66% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 179 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 59% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 48 awards
- Split into lots
- 14%
- Higher than 63% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 36 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 27%
- Higher than 52% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 165 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 37 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Department for Education: 32 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 1 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 7 |
| 25–30 days | 28 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 6 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Department for Education: 4
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 1 |
| 2–4 bids | 17 |
| 4–6 bids | 17 |
| 6–8 bids | 15 |
| 8–10 bids | 5 |
| 10–12 bids | 1 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 1 |
| 20+ bids | 2 |
Department for Education: 21%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 24 |
| 10–20% | 12 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 10 |
| 50–60% | 4 |
| 60–70% | 9 |
| 70–80% | 12 |
| 80–90% | 11 |
| 90–100% | 42 |
Department for Education: 49%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 9 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 26 |
| 50–60% | 35 |
| 60–70% | 23 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of schools, colleges and universities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department for Education.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.