Quick answer — The 3-18 Education TrustLast refreshed 01 May 2026

At a glance

The 3-18 Education Trust has awarded £14.8m across 5 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 45% · 4 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£6.7m) · SME share 38% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration45%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share38%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The 3-18 Education Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKG22. Tracks 11 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

11
Notices published
10
Awards
5
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£6.7m
12 m spend
£2.0m
Prior 12 m
+237%
YoY change
£1.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The 3-18 Education Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£6m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£6.7m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified5 · £12.2m
services6 · £7.9m

Instrument type

contract11 · £20.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 7Contracts Finder: 4

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The 3-18 Education Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
3-18 Education Trust TEnder for Catering ServicesOCS Food Co trading as Catering Academy£6.7m01 May 2026active
CA16644 - 3-18 Education Trust TEnder for Catering Services55524000£0active
CA14621 - The 3-18 Education Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesNIC Services Group90919300£2.0m23 May 2025active
The 3-18 Education Trust Contract for Cleaning Services£1.6mest.active
The 3-18 Education Trust and Bridgnorth Endowed School Tender for Catering ServicesInnovate Services Ltd55524000active
The 3-18 Education Trust and Bridgnorth Endowed School Tender for Catering ServicesAtalian Servest trading as Catering Academy55524000active
CA11781 - The 3-18 Education Trust and Bridgnorth Endowed School Tender for Catering Services55524000£2.2m26 May 2023active
The 3-18 Education Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesCleantec Services Limited90919300£1.1mest.active
The 3-18 Education Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesCleantec Services Limited90919300£1.1mest.active
The 3-18 Education Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesCleantec Services Limited90919300£1.1mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
OF
£6.7m
45% of total
New
2
CS
4 contracts · SME · 07 Mar
£3.9mest.
26% of total
3
NS
1 contract · 23 May
£2.0m
13% of total
▼ 100%
4
IS
£0
0% of total
5
AS
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
2 contracts
£8.3m
51%
Sewage, waste, environment
5 contracts
£5.9m
36%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
4 contracts
£2.2m
13%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Other
7
Sewage, waste, environment
Hotel, restaurant, retail
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The 3-18 Education Trust has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

38%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
5
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG22
Email
admin@wlpconsultancy.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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