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DfTc - Department for Transport

DfTc - Department for Transport is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£963.3M

Total spend

659

Contract awards

402

Unique suppliers

£1.5M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, DfTc - Department for Transport has awarded 659 contracts worth £963.3M to 402 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £1.5M, with the top five suppliers holding 45% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to DfTc - Department for Transport

Top-five suppliers hold 45% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
MITIE FM LIMITED1£293.5M
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP18£35.4M
OVE ARUP & Partners Ltd11£25.5M
Kainos Software Ltd1£25.0M
Inseego1£24.3M
Reply Limited T/A Glue Reply1£23.0M
Enterprise Rent-A-Car1£21.1M
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC2£20.5M
APS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED2£19.7M
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH3£15.0M
KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED3£13.6M
KPMG LLP Advisory1£13.5M
Tisski Limited2£13.0M
STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED9£12.8M
Linklaters LLP6£11.7M
Winckworth Sherwood LLP2£10.8M
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED12£10.3M
Addleshaw Goddard LLP17£9.0M
ERNST & YOUNG LLP13£8.7M
Dentons UK & Middle East LLP3£8.6M

Procurement categories

What DfTc - Department for Transport buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
162 awards£425.5M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
121 awards£225.2M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
110 awards£65.3M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
103 awards£70.4M

Financial and insurance services

66
45 awards£26.1M

Software package and information systems

48
37 awards£4.3M

Education and training services

80
19 awards£1.7M

Other community, social and personal services

98
12 awards£1.3M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
11 awards£22.1M

Repair and maintenance services

50
10 awards£2.4M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
7 awards£1.4M

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
7 awards£917K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
5 awards£725K

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
5 awards£8.1M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
4 awards£75K

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
4 awards£346K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
4 awards£748K

Real estate services

70
4 awards£6.2M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
4 awards£25.1M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
2 awards£50K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
2 awards£688K

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
1 award£70K

Printed matter and related products

22
1 award£78K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
1 award£54K

Industrial machinery

42
1 award£80K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
1 award£45K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£200K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£592K

Recent contracts

Latest DfTc - Department for Transport contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

P4104068 The Provision of Legal Services for DfT Thameslink Programme and General Rolling Stock Policy Related Advice

Evershed Sutherland (International) LLP · 2026-11-12

£500K

Aviation Decarbonisation Advice Contract

WSP UK Limited · 2026-11-04

£267K

Active Travel England - Learning Management System

Omniplex (Group) Limited · 2026-10-28

£250K

TRST3090 - Secretariat for UKRLG and PIARC

LOCAL COUNCIL ROADS INNOVATION GROUP CIC · 2026-10-28

£415K

Provision of an AI Wargaming Tool

FACULTY SCIENCE LIMITED · 2026-10-27

£100K

Improving Data for Accessiblity

Coventry University · 2026-10-26

£330K

P4105012 Provision of Legal Services to the Department for Transport: Partnership Arrangement

Browne Jacobson LLP · 2026-10-21

£1.2M

P4104108 Provision of Legal Advisers to support a Revenue Certainty Mechanism for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLP · 2026-10-20

£1.8M

Transport Data Standards Ecosystem

Public Group International Limited · 2026-10-19

£135K

Valuing Risk in Appraisal

CEPA LLP · 2026-10-12

£60K

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What DfTc - Department for Transport has coming up

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134

contracts ending in 12 months

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Market analysis

Bidding into DfTc - Department for Transport — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

15%

Awards to SMEs

45%

Top-5 supplier share

61%

Framework call-offs

20

Awards to social enterprises

Around 15% of DfTc - Department for Transport’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 20 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 61%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to DfTc - Department for Transport

How much does DfTc - Department for Transport spend on procurement?

DfTc - Department for Transport awarded 659 contracts totalling £963.3M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 402 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.5M.

Who are DfTc - Department for Transport's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to DfTc - Department for Transport by total award value are MITIE FM LIMITED, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, OVE ARUP & Partners Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 45% of contract value.

What does DfTc - Department for Transport buy from suppliers?

DfTc - Department for Transport's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, research and development services and related consultancy services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

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.

Source portals

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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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