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Department for Transport: spending & suppliers

Department for Transport has £56,023,715,573 of tracked procurement spend across 39,264 published payments to 2,402 suppliers, from Jan 2025 to Mar 2026.

Amounts follow each publisher’s own basis — some publish figures including VAT, others excluding it — so totals are not directly comparable between buyers.

£56bn

tracked procurement spend

39k

payment transactions

2,402

suppliers paid

12

contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Department for Transport’s published payments.

1Network Rail£8.3bn
2NETWORK RAIL£4.3bn
3BALFOUR BEATTY VINCI JV - HS2 (N2)£3.1bn
4EIFFAGE KIER FERROVIAL BAM JOINT VENTURE£2.7bn
5GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY LIMITED£2.4bn

See all 2,402 suppliers

2,397 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 12 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Engage Department for Transport before the tender

By the time a contract is advertised, the incumbent has often been in the buyer’s ear for months. Knowing what Department for Transport spends, who holds their contracts and what is about to expire lets you build the relationship first — where bids are won. Inside PSIP you get the full supplier picture, incumbent payment histories and alerts the moment things move.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Department for Transport spend?

Department for Transport has £56,023,715,573 of tracked procurement spend across 39,264 published payments to 2,402 suppliers, covering Jan 2025 to Mar 2026. These figures come from Department for Transport’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Department for Transport’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 2,402 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Department for Transport contracts are expiring?

Department for Transport has 12 contracts with an end date in the next 12 months in our records. Which specific contracts, who holds them and what they are worth is inside PSIP — the moment a contract nears expiry is the moment to engage the buyer.

Where does this Department for Transport spending data come from?

From Department for Transport itself. UK public bodies are required to publish their payments to suppliers. PSIP ingests those official publications, normalises the formats and matches suppliers against the Companies House register, so every figure traces back to a source publication — nothing is estimated.

Figures aggregated from Department for Transport’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Jan 2025Mar 2026. See the full data coverage.