Education Tenders and Contracts
See open education tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Education procurement is dominated by school-estate work: construction, boiler replacements and fire doors sit alongside catering, cleaning and staffing run through multi-academy trusts. Colleges and universities add software and library licences; councils buy SEND transport and placements too.
There are 2,125 notices tracked here, including 1,662 awarded and 45 at pre-tender stage. 44% of suppliers surveyed by Stotles say frameworks are their main route to market.
2,051 results
- Awarded contract
Supply of a Body Imaging Densitometer for the University of Limerick (UL)
- Awarded contract
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Awarded contract
Supply of a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter for the University of Limerick (UL)
- Closed tenderPublished 28 November 2017
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Closed tenderPublished 24 November 2017
Bedford Free School and Elstow Primary School Catering Tender
- Expired contract
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Awarded contract
Supply of a Parallel Bioreactor Fermentation Platform for the University of Limerick.
- Closed tenderPublished 22 November 2017
School catering services
- Closed tenderPublished 17 November 2017
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Awarded contract
Supply of an Impedance based Real Time Cell Analysis System for the University of Limerick (UL)
- Expired contract
Financial information systems
- Closed tenderPublished 18 October 2017
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Expired contract
Glyn School and de Stafford School ~ Tender for Catering Services.
- Closed tenderPublished 12 October 2017
WP3279 - Application to join a Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Passenger Transport Services
- Closed tenderPublished 11 October 2017
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Expired contract
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Awarded contract
Supply of a Suite of Fermentation Bioreactors for the University of Limerick (UL)
- Closed tenderPublished 29 September 2017
CPU 1873 Home to school transport services initiating Easter 2018
- Closed tenderPublished 27 September 2017
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- Awarded contract
Supply of an Extrusion Blow-Moulding Machine for Athlone Institute of Technology
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about education tenders, school contracts, education contracts, tenders for education, school tenders in the UK public sector.
How do I find education tenders in the UK?
Search live portals for open education tenders, or move earlier. On Stotles you can track buyer activity across schools, trusts, colleges and universities, see what is open now, and build a bid pipeline before a notice is published. For more, explore the platform.
What kinds of contracts count as education tenders?
The category spans a lot more than teaching contracts. It covers school building and refurbishment work, boiler and fire-safety upgrades, catering and cleaning, home-to-school and SEND transport, agency staffing, and software, library and publishing licences bought by colleges and universities. Department for Education construction projects and local authority school-estate work make up a large share of what is currently live.
Are there frameworks for education procurement?
Yes. Multi-academy trusts and buying organisations such as ESPO run frameworks covering outsourced catering, cleaning and inclusion services, and local authorities run frameworks for SEND transport and alternative provision. 44% of suppliers surveyed by Stotles say frameworks are their main route into public sector work, so these are worth tracking even outside an open tender.
What CPV codes are associated with education tenders?
Education tenders map to CPV code 80000000 (Education and training services), used across roughly 979 of the notices in this cluster, and 45214210 (Primary school construction work), which covers the primary-school building projects that make up a large share of the category.
How many education tenders are open right now?
There were 5 open notices for education tenders and contracts at last count, against 2,125 tracked in total and 1,662 already awarded. Open counts move fast, so check the live totals on this page rather than treating this as a fixed figure. Platform-wide, 2,135 tenders are open across all sectors at any time.
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