Top suppliers
Top suppliers to OFSTED
Top-five suppliers hold 62% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What OFSTED buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
79487280733085667550556498Recent contracts
Latest OFSTED contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Prosci Change Management Training
PROSCI UK LIMITED · 2026-10-13
£28K
LinkedIn Recruitment Platform
LinkedIn Unlimited · 2026-09-22
£53K
Mental Health First Aid Training
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID ENGLAND COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY · 2026-09-16
£40K
Booking Services Venues and Events 2026
Calder Conferences Limited · 2026-07-31
£5.0M
Senior and Executive Recruitment Support
Gatenby Sanderson Limited · 2026-07-02
£200K
Medical Screening of Childcare/Social Care Providers
ORR MEDICAL LIMITED · 2026-05-28
£640K
GB-Manchester: Occupational Health Services
Heales Medical Ltd · 2026-03-25
£97K
Consultancy Support for a New ILACS System
Martin Pratt Consulting · 2025-11-24
£24K
Employee Benefits Programme
Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd · 2025-11-12
£2.0M
Review of Regional Hubs
PA Consulting Ltd · 2025-09-29
£140K
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Market analysis
Bidding into OFSTED — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
56%
Awards to SMEs
62%
Top-5 supplier share
81%
Framework call-offs
2
Awards to social enterprises
Around 56% of OFSTED’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 2 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 81%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 OFSTED
How much does OFSTED spend on procurement?
OFSTED awarded 57 contracts totalling £21.4M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 53 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £376K.
Who are OFSTED's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to OFSTED by total award value are Calder Conferences Limited, OFFICE ANGELS LIMITED, Reward Gateway (UK) Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 62% of contract value.
What does OFSTED buy from suppliers?
OFSTED's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, 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 2026-11-08
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
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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