Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department for Transport
Top-five suppliers hold 56% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Department for Transport buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
797371728066984548506370859022397555603138Recent contracts
Latest Department for Transport contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
DfT Provision of National Freight Model
Ove Arup & Partners Limited · 2026-11-06
£1.8M
Kharkiv Multi-modal Interchange Pre-Feasibility Study
ZAHA HADID LIMITED · 2026-10-29
£150K
TPTL3015 - SiSiS Campaign Changes
AML Group · 2026-10-26
£100K
Validating Demand Models with Mobile Phone Data
Jacobs UK Limited · 2026-10-20
TTDC3064C – Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert
Katie Chong · 2026-10-20
£68K
CORSIA Capacity Building Project
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies · 2026-10-20
£760K
TTDC3064B – Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert
UCL CONSULTANTS LIMITED · 2026-10-20
£96K
TTDC3064B - Expert Panel Member
Katie Chong · 2026-10-20
£68K
IMO Fire Door Works (additional work)
Premier Workspace Ltd · 2026-10-18
£113K
Active Travel England- Women's Safety PhD Sponsorship
University of Leeds · 2026-10-11
£18K
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27
planned procurements
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4
frameworks running
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tender pack read
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Market analysis
Bidding into Department for Transport — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
33%
Awards to SMEs
56%
Top-5 supplier share
4%
Framework call-offs
8
Awards to social enterprises
Around 33% of Department for Transport’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 8 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Department for Transport
How much does Department for Transport spend on procurement?
Department for Transport awarded 242 contracts totalling £356.0M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 207 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.5M.
Who are Department for Transport's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department for Transport by total award value are Post Office Ltd, ALLIED PUBLICITY SERVICES (MANCHESTER) LIMITED, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. The top five suppliers together hold 56% of contract value.
What does Department for Transport buy from suppliers?
Department for Transport's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, research and development services and related consultancy services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
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