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Public sector contracts from Ofsted
21 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 10
- Awards, last 12 months
- 194
- Awards since 2021
- 129
- Distinct suppliers
- £67k
- Median contract value
- 21
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 7 new suppliers in the last 12 months
10 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 9 the year before, and 194 since 2021 from 129 suppliers.
Ofsted at a glance
Its most active procurement category is IT services.
XMA LImited appears most frequently, holding 8 awards.
The median published contract value is £67k (194 contracts state a value).
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Awards per quarter
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21 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
| Contract | Incumbent | Value | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosci Change Management Training | PROSCI UK LIMITED | £28k | 26 Nov 2026in 2 weeks |
| FOSTERING DATA COLLECTION HOSTING AND SUPPORT 2023 | TEXUNA TECHNOLOGIES LTD | £78k | 4 Dec 2026in 3 weeks |
| Linkedin Recruiter- 2023 | LINKEDIN IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY | £43k | 5 Dec 2026in 3 weeks |
| Webinar Licences | GoTo Technologies UK Ltd | £27k | 20 Dec 2026in 6 weeks |
| Digital Accessibility Testing Services 2023 | THE DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY CENTRE LIMITED | £99k | 31 Dec 2026in 7 weeks |
| PTX Bacs Subscription Service | Bottomlline Technologies Limited | £74k | 31 Jan 2027in 3 months |
| AWS HOSTING SERVICES 2023 | AMAZON WEB SERVICES EMEA SARL | £150k | 4 Feb 2027in 3 months |
| Information Governance Tool for Microsoft 365 | AvePoint UK Ltd | £102k | 25 Feb 2027in 4 months |
| DSE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM | Cardinus Risk Management Limited | £12k | 7 Mar 2027in 4 months |
| Office Supplies | BANNER GROUP LIMITED | £800k | 31 Mar 2027in 5 months |
| SSL - SECURE SOCKET LAYER CERTIFICATES | Safenames Ltd | £28k | 7 Apr 2027in 5 months |
| Temporary Staff Resource | OFFICE ANGELS LIMITED | £3.0m | 12 May 2027in 6 months |
| Hardware Break/Fix & IT Peripherals | XMA Limited | £1.1m | 31 May 2027in 7 months |
| Provision of Intranet Support | Risual Ltd | £13k | 30 Jun 2027in 8 months |
| Corporate Charge Card | The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | £1.0m | 31 Jul 2027in 9 months |
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What Ofsted has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
13 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
16 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
Contract award
Mental Health First Aid Training
Awarded to MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ENGLAND COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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Most frequent suppliers
- XMA LImited8 awards
- CGI IT UK Limited7 awards
- BOXXE LImited7 awards
- ADECCO UK Limited7 awards
- Deloitte LLP Ltd5 awards
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC5 awards
- Val Wade Recruitment LtdSME5 awards
- COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd4 awards
- SMARTSOURCING plc4 awards
- Altus (Enterprises) Ltd4 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
32 of 56 awards
1 of 49 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Ofsted recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Ofsted with a profile77
- ADECCO UK Limited7
- Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Limited1
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES EMEA SARL, UK Branch1
- Avepoint UK LTD1
- Banner Group LTD2
- Big Blue Door LTD1
- BottomLine Technologies Limited1
- BOXXE LImited7
- Bridgeall Limited1
- British Telecommunications PLC1
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited2
- Calder Conferences Limited2
- CapGemini UK PLC1
- Centiant Intl Limited1
- Certes IT Service Solutions Limited1
- CGI IT UK Limited7
- CGI UK Limited1
- Cision Group Limited1
- COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd4
- Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited1
- Crown Hosting Data Centres (CHDC) Limited1
- DA Languages Limited1
- Deloitte LLP Ltd5
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Limited2
- Epiq Systems Limited1
- Exponential- E Limited2
- Fidus Information Security Limited1
- FlyForm Limited1
- Gamma Telecom Limited1
- Gartner UK LTD1
- GatenbySanderson LTD3
- GovForms Limited3
- HAYS Specialist Recruitment LTD1
- Heales Health Services Limited1
- Health Assured Limited1
- Hootsuite INC1
- IFF Research Limited2
- Informed Solutions Limited3
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited1
- Iron Mountain (UK) PLC1
- KeyStream Group Ltd1
- Kingston University1
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Ltd1
- Little Fish (UK) Limited1
- Matrix Booking Limited1
- Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited1
- Microsoft LTD1
- National Centre For Social ResearchCharity1
- National Foundation for Educational ResearchCharity1
- PA Consulting LTD1
- Penna PLC1
- Phoenix Software LTD2
- Posturite Limited1
- Puzzel Limited1
- Reveal Media Limited1
- Reward Gateway (UK) LTD1
- Risual LTD1
- Robertson Bell Limited1
- Royal Mail Group Limited1
- Skyguard Limited T/A PeopleSafe1
- SMARTSOURCING plc4
- SmartSurvey LTD2
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC5
- Specsavers Optical Superstores LTD1
- Synyega LimitedSME1
- Telefonica UK LTD1
- The Digital Accessibility Centre Limited1
- TheBigWord Group Limited1
- TlT LLP1
- Val Wade Recruitment LtdSME5
- Vuelio LtdSME1
- Ward Hadaway LLP1
- Wilkin Chapman LLP1
- WILLIS Ltd1
- XMA LImited8
- YouGov PLC2
- Zoocha Limited1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Ofsted classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 48000000Software package and information systems33
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support20
- 73110000Research services12
- 79100000Legal services8
- 75100000Administration services6
- 30200000Computer equipment and supplies5
- 79600000Recruitment services4
- 72222300Information technology services4
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Ofsted, in short
Who does Ofsted award contracts to?
Across 194 contracts recorded since 2021, Ofsted has used 129 different suppliers. The most frequent are XMA LImited (8 contracts), CGI IT UK Limited (7 contracts), BOXXE LImited (7 contracts).
What does Ofsted buy?
Its most active procurement categories are IT services, software and information systems, business and professional services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Ofsted contracts come up for renewal?
21 contracts awarded by Ofsted have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 26 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Ofsted spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £67k, across the 194 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards fell, then stayed broadly level in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 39, 9 and 10. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Most of its current contracts end in the next 12 months: 20 of its 26 contracts with an end date still to come end by 8 November 2027. Shown when that is more than half, with at least 5.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 7 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 23 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago).
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Ofsted [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/ofsted (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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