Secondary education services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 80200000Services · classin Education & Training

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 59% (152 notices)
  • Central government 14% (36 notices)
  • Education & universities 10% (25 notices)
  • Other public bodies 9% (23 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 1% (2 notices)
  • Not classified 8% (20 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Department for EducationCentral government1930
Kent County CouncilLocal authorities810
North Lanarkshire CouncilLocal authorities840
South Lanarkshire CouncilLocal authorities651
Dundee City CouncilLocal authorities610
the Education AuthorityCentral government630
Scotland Excelnot classified501
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilLocal authorities520
Surrey County CouncilLocal authorities510
Birmingham City CouncilLocal authorities421

143 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 193 of 259 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
South East England38 · 20%
Yorkshire and the Humber37 · 19%
Scotland34 · 18%
South West England33 · 17%
West Midlands28 · 15%
Greater London25 · 13%
East Midlands25 · 13%
North West England24 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)22 · 11%
North East England20 · 10%
East of England20 · 10%
Northern Ireland12 · 6%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 72% (186 notices)
  • Framework 26% (67 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (6 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 64% (165 notices)
  • Route not published 20% (52 notices)
  • Selective 12% (31 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 4% (11 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 65% (42 notices)
  • Below threshold 35% (23 notices)
Typical tender window31 daysrobust · n=74median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (99) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=51
  • 1 bid 16% (8)
  • 2–3 25% (13)
  • 4–6 31% (16)
  • 7 or more 27% (14)
Contract value, net
p25 £387,394median £4,090,696p75 £12,000,000
interquartile range of 102 awards · p90 £12,000,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=41middle half 3–7
Competed96%robust · n=99open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs84%robust · n=300of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs75%robust · n=68single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally66%robust · n=87winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=3211 below · 3 above
Abandoned5%robust · n=99cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot11robust · n=2347 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 341 awards to 229 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 11% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 96 of 259 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract29 notices · 30% · 1 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)23 notices · 24% · 2 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution11 notices · 11%
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management8 notices · 8% · 2 open
In-tend Electronic Procurement8 notices · 8% · 1 open
Sell2Wales6 notices · 6%
eTendersNI4 notices · 4%

Open tenders in secondary education services

9 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 8020. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 14 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 8020. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.