Quick answer — Ashford Borough CouncilLast refreshed 02 Jun 2026

At a glance

Ashford Borough Council has awarded £294.8m across 201 suppliers, with 173 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 55 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£2.6m) · SME share 58% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share58%
Pipeline · open now55
Awards · 90 d11

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Ashford Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ45. Tracks 420 published notices and 313 awards on PublicSupply.

420
Notices published
313
Awards
201
Suppliers engaged
2009
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£64.6m
12 m spend
£27.4m
Prior 12 m
+135%
YoY change
£167k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ashford Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£8m£16m£23m£31mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

41

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

55

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

11

£2.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified302 · £276.5m
services73 · £207.1m
works26 · £167.5m
goods19 · £1.1m

Instrument type

contract325 · £602.1m
call off95 · £50.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 281Find a Tender: 139

Awarded contracts · 173 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ashford Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of stairlifts, floor lifts and maintenanceStannah Lift Services Ltd44115600£255k02 Jun 2026active
Cycling Consultancy RuralAecom Ltd71311200£45k18 May 2026active
AI Document Check SolutionCospire Technologies Private Limited£135kest.active
Extension and associated works to 23 Barnett Field45000000£350kest.active
Quantity Surveyor (Tanyard)Kent Construction Consultants Limited71250000£140k23 Apr 2026active
IDIS Data HubINTEC FOR BUSINESS LIMITED48000000£159k14 Apr 2026active
Tenant Satisfaction SurveysThe Leadership Factor Ltd£65kest.active
Specialist Arts Centre Business Planner79400000£25kest.active
Preliminary Market Engagement for Park Mall Redevelopment45111291£120.0mest.planning
Water Supply and Sewerage ServicesAnglian Water Business (National) Limited T/A Wave65100000£303k09 Feb 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SP
2 contracts · 01 Apr
£42.0m
14% of total
2
BC
1 contract · SME · 31 Mar
£29.7m
10% of total
3
AW
1 contract · SME · 01 Nov
£24.2m
8% of total
4
JL
6 contracts · SME · 15 Jun17 Dec
£19.2m
6% of total
New
5
NR
1 contract · SME · 15 Aug
£15.0m
5% of total
New
6
EE
1 contract · 04 Oct
£11.3m
4% of total
7
WM
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec
£8.2m
3% of total
New
8
TW
1 contract · SME · 18 Jul
£6.0m
2% of total
▼ 100%
9201
···
193 other suppliers
long tail · 113 SMEs
£88.2m
30% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
121 contracts
£337.4m
60%
Sewage, waste, environment
12 contracts
£143.3m
25%
Other
44 contracts
£31.2m
6%
Recreational, cultural, sport
6 contracts
£15.7m
3%
Construction materials
10 contracts
£14.2m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
42 contracts
£11.1m
2%
Software packages, IT
31 contracts
£7.1m
1%
Architecture, engineering
38 contracts
£5.2m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
3
4
0
1
27
1
Sewage, waste, environment
Other
15
Recreational, cultural, sport
Construction materials
0
Business, legal, advisory
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 · 1 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

58%
SME supplier share
target 33%
155
SME award rows
37
VCSE award rows
201
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ45
Contact
Stephanie Leonard
Email
procurement.email@ashford.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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