Quick answer — Ayrshire CollegeLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

Ayrshire College has awarded £7.9m across 14 suppliers, with 23 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 82% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 86% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration82%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share86%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Ayrshire College is a contracting authority, based in UKM93. Tracks 16 published notices and 11 awards on PublicSupply.

16
Notices published
11
Awards
14
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£339k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ayrshire College — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

6

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods13 · £7.9m
services3 · £410k

Instrument type

contract16 · £8.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 16

Awarded contracts · 23 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ayrshire College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Ayrshire College Finance SystemSymmetry Ltd72261000£410kest.active
Ayrshire College Finance SystemSymmetry Ltd72261000£410kest.active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeCrimson Kite Consultancy80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeThe Houstonexchange.co.uk80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeQuo Solvis Ltd80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeMZN Consultancy80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeCoull Coaching LTD80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeQuo Solvis Ltd80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeCrimson Kite Consultancy80533200active
Associate Traininers Dynamic Purchasing System for Ayrshire CollegeThe Houstonexchange.co.uk80533200active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
RU
1 contract · SME
£6.5mest.
82% of total
2
SL
2 contracts
£820kest.
10% of total
3
LG
1 contract · SME
£280kest.
4% of total
4
BA
1 contract
£280kest.
4% of total
5
CK
2 contracts · SME
£0
0% of total
6
TH
2 contracts · SME
£0
0% of total
7
QS
3 contracts · SME
£0
0% of total
8
MC
2 contracts · SME
£0
0% of total
914
···
6 other suppliers
long tail · 6 SMEs
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Clothing, footwear
3 contracts
£6.9m
79%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£820k
9%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£560k
6%
Food, beverages, tobacco
4 contracts
£500k
6%

Activity heatmap

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

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Clothing, footwear
IT services, software
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Food, beverages, tobacco
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.

Ayrshire College 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.

86%
SME supplier share
target 33%
18
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
14
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM93
Companies House
SC021177
Contact
Alan Ritchie
Email
alan.ritchie@ayrshire.ac.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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