Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department for Transport
Top-five suppliers hold 57% 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.
73797280703948718566504590Recent contracts
Latest Department for Transport contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Media Buying Services
Wavemaker trading as WPP650 · 2026-09-10
DfT - VISUM Software Licence
PTV (UK) Ltd · 2026-09-06
£65K
Phase 4 - Road Accident In-Depth Studies (RAIDS) programme
TRL · 2026-09-01
£4.5M
People Analytics Programme
Insight222 · 2026-09-01
£20K
SCI Feasibility Studies DNO 1 - ENWL
ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST LIMITED · 2026-08-31
£25K
Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme
ENERGY SAVING TRUST ENTERPRISES LIMITED · 2026-08-25
£983K
Provision of Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) Appraisal & Modelling Tools
Atkins Realis UK Limited · 2026-08-25
£900K
Support services for ATP testing
Cambridge Refrigeration Technology · 2026-08-17
£100K
European Transport Conference - 2026
Training for Transport Professionals Ltd · 2026-08-10
Revision to PAS 1899:2022
BSI Standards Limited · 2026-08-06
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Open Department for Transport tenders
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Kharkiv Multimodal Interchange Pre-Feasibility Study
Deadline: 2026-09-22
£150K
Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER)
Deadline: 2026-10-07
£135K
DfT National Freight Model
Deadline: 2026-10-09
£1.9M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Department for Transport typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
IMO Lighting and BMS Upgrades 2026
Expires: 2026-09-18
£647K
IMO Fire Door Remedial Works (Phase 1)
Expires: 2026-09-18
£250K
DfT Award of Financial Times (FT) Subscription
Expires: 2026-09-28
£28K
TMAR3146 - MAIB Navigational Risk Assessment
Expires: 2026-09-30
£31K
AOC Flying Training
Expires: 2026-10-30
£23K
TAVI3176 - AOC Flying Training
Expires: 2026-10-30
£23K
SCI Feasibility Studies DNO 1 - ENWL
Expires: 2026-10-31
£25K
PAS 4010 guidance
Expires: 2026-11-30
£65K
Award of Business Disability Forum Partnership (membership renewal)
Expires: 2026-12-31
£26K
Provision of ATTUne Software 2026 - 2027
Expires: 2027-01-08
£58K
Market analysis
Bidding into Department for Transport — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
38%
Awards to SMEs
57%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
6
Awards to social enterprises
Around 38% of Department for Transport’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 6 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 192 contracts totalling £187.3M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 174 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.2M.
Who are Department for Transport's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department for Transport by total award value are Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Lazard & Co., Limited, PA Consulting Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 57% of contract value.
What does Department for Transport buy from suppliers?
Department for Transport's procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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