Tenders / Buyers / United Kingdom
DfTc - Department for Transport: public contracts and tenders
DfTc - Department for Transport awarded 336 public contracts worth €420.9M where a value is stated since 2025-02-24; the architecture and engineering services contract held by SYSTRA Limited ends on 2026-10-29 (end date stated). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
Awarded value = the award values the notices state (EUR at the notice date), 335 of 336 awards; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Buyer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | DfTc - Department for Transport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Sources | UK Contracts Finder |
Top suppliers
| Supplier | Registry number | Website | Awards | Value won alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | 18 | €30.4M | ||
| Jacobs U.K Limited | 16 | €7.2M | ||
| Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd | 15 | €15.8M | ||
| Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP | 12 | €25.4M | ||
| SYSTRA LIMITED | 11 | €7.1M | ||
| Ernst & Young LLP | 9 | €6.8M | ||
| Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP | 7 | €1.2M | ||
| Mott MacDonald Limited | 6 | €4.7M | ||
| PA Consulting Services Limited | 6 | €6.5M | ||
| IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LTD | 4 | €3.8M | ||
| University of Leeds | 4 | €582k | ||
| Costain Limited | 3 | €1.3M | ||
| Kainos Software Limited | 3 | €43.9M | ||
| Public Group International Limited | 3 | €3.1M | ||
| BOXXE LIMITED | 02109168 Companies House (GB) | boxxe.com | 2 | €385k |
Suppliers named on DfTc - Department for Transport's award notices (the top 15 of 140); registry number and website where the supplier is linked to its register entry. Winners that could be a private person are withheld.
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
End dates checked against the official notice: 99% right (n=100, 95% CI 94%-100%, 2026-10-26; method).
Award notices of DfTc - Department for Transport whose contract period ends in the next 18 months: the end date the notice states, else its start or signature date plus the stated duration. 151 contracts (the 25 soonest shown); a framework's value is a ceiling and is not shown.
Open calls for tender
No open call for tender from DfTc - Department for Transport today.
Spend by sector (CPV divisions)
| Sector | CPV | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture and engineering services | 71 | 60 | €51.8M |
| Research and development | 73 | 46 | €33.3M |
| IT services | 72 | 45 | €119.4M |
| Business services | 79 | 35 | €39.3M |
| Financial and insurance services | 66 | 20 | €10.1M |
| Software packages and information systems | 48 | 11 | €2.0M |
| Education and training | 80 | 7 | €1.5M |
| Transport services | 60 | 4 | €7.1M |
| Repair and maintenance services | 50 | 3 | €262k |
| Electrical equipment and lighting | 31 | 2 | €81,214 |
| Transport equipment | 34 | 2 | €91,683 |
| Security, fire-fighting and defence equipment | 35 | 2 | €324k |
Award notices with a named winner, by the main CPV code; value = the total the notices state, in EUR at the notice date; framework agreements (a ceiling, not spend) and implausible values are left out.
Recent awards
| Published | Contract | Winners | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | Understanding industry Cyber Security requirements | I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED | €158k |
| 2026-10-22 | Waterborne Freight Research | ECORYS UK LIMITED | €219k |
| 2026-10-21 | P4104108 Provision of Legal Advisers to support a Revenue Certainty Mechanism for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (… | DENTONS UK AND MIDDLE EAST LLP | €2.2M |
| 2026-10-20 | Transport Data Standards Ecosystem | Public Group International Limited | €161k |
| 2026-10-19 | Vehicle Lighting Glare Research - Phase 2 | APOLLO VEHICLE SAFETY LIMITED | €472k |
| 2026-10-16 | TRHS0022 HS1 - Insurance Advisory Review | Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited | €57,300 |
| 2026-10-05 | Articulate 360 Licences | OMNIPLEX LEARNING GROUP LIMITED | €28,650 |
| 2026-10-05 | Procurement of 3x Dataminr Watchfloor Accounts | Bytes Software Services Limited | €91,452 |
| 2026-10-05 | Press Office Contact Management Solution | Onclusive UK Limited | €239k |
| 2026-10-05 | Provision of Ai Delivery, Development and Evaluation Services | Kainos Software Limited | €9.5M |
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Sources: UK Contracts Finder, read through their open-data feeds without logging in. Buyer = contracting authority as named on the notice; notices are grouped by the normalised name and country.
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,756,546 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Questions
How many public contracts has DfTc - Department for Transport awarded?
DfTc - Department for Transport published 336 contract award notices between 2025-02-24 and 2026-10-22; the 335 that state a value add up to €420.9M (official notices, as of 2026-10-27).
Who are DfTc - Department for Transport's biggest suppliers?
By contract awards: OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED (18), Jacobs U.K Limited (16) and Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd (15) (as of 2026-10-27). Winners that could be a private person are not named.
Which DfTc - Department for Transport contracts end soon?
151 contracts awarded by DfTc - Department for Transport end in the next 18 months. The soonest with a named holder is the architecture and engineering services contract held by SYSTRA Limited, ending on 2026-10-29 (end date stated) (as of 2026-10-27).
Does DfTc - Department for Transport have open tenders now?
No call for tender from DfTc - Department for Transport is open today in the official notices we read (as of 2026-10-27). Its 2 earlier calls are counted on this page.
What does DfTc - Department for Transport buy?
Most of DfTc - Department for Transport's awards are in Architecture and engineering services (CPV 71) (60), Research and development (CPV 73) (46) and IT services (CPV 72) (45) (as of 2026-10-27).
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "DfTc - Department for Transport tenders and contracts: 336 awards, suppliers, contracts ending", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/dftc-department-for-transport-gb/, data as of 2026-10-27.