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Buyer profile · Central government
Department for Transport tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 30
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 109
- To 103 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £252m
- 97 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £80k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 11 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Department for Transport has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £110kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £5mestimated
- Value not stated
- £180kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £700kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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)28%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)7%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)62%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Transport has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 28%
- Higher than 51% of central government buyers
- Based on 122 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 35%
- Lower than 78% of central government buyers
- Based on 119 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3.5
- Fewer than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 26 awards
- Split into lots
- 3%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 62%
- Higher than 73% of central government buyers
- Based on 122 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 30 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Department for Transport: 28 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Department for Transport: 3.5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Department for Transport: 28%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Department for Transport: 35%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Department for Transport.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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of C-Suite Programme | KPMG LLP | £11k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Award of Business Disability Forum Partnership (membership renewal) | Business Disability Forum | £26k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Membership fee for the IZEVA | International Council on Clean Transportation | £13k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Roads Policing Innovation Project and Continued Work 26/27 | KLH Partners | £80k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Dover White Cliffs- Feasibility Assessment | Steer Davies & Gleave Limited | £72k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Provision of ATTUne Software 2026 - 2027 | Bellvedi Limited | £58k | 8 Jan 2027 |
| TROO0482 Driver Training | IAM Roadsmart | £36k | 11 Jan 2027 |
| TROO0482 Driver Training | IAM Roadsmart | £36k | 11 Jan 2027 |
| TROO0482 Driver Training | IAM Roadsmart | £36k | 11 Jan 2027 |
| Mass Transit Taskforce (MTTF) Secretariat | Urban Transport Group | £494k | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Active Travel England Support Worker | Independent Living Alternatives | £50k | 16 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flight Schedules Data | Oag Aviation Worldwide Limited | £25k | 12 Nov 2026 |
| CORSIA Capacity Building Project | EMC Bicycle Repairs and Maintenance, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies | £760k | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Kharkiv Multimodal Interchange Pre-Feasibility Study | Zaha Hadid Limited | £150k | 29 Oct 2026 |
| TPTL3015 - SiSiS Campaign Changes | AML Group | £100k | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Validating Demand Models with Mobile Phone Data | Jacobs U.K. Limited | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| TTDC3064B – Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert | UCL Consultants Ltd (The Ear Institute) | £96k | 21 Oct 2026 |
| TTDC3064C – Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert | Katie Chong | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| IMO Fire Door Works (additional work) | Premier Workspace Ltd | — | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Active Travel England- Women's Safety PhD Sponsorship | University of Leeds | — | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Core Aircraft Accident Training | Cranfield University | — | 6 Oct 2026 |