Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, serving a population of around 245,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and town-centre regeneration.
At a glance
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded £6.2bn across 580 suppliers, with 517 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 3% · 91 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£2.4m) · SME share 37% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 7 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, serving a population of around 245,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and town-centre regeneration.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
70
Open (bidding)
91
Awarded (90d)
8
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 517 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prevention and Reduction of Violence Against Women, Girls and Boys | The Youth Association | — | — | active | |
| Provision of Ceiling Track Hoists | Prism UK Medical Ltd | 42416100 | £75k | 11 May 2026 | active |
| Managed Services for Dynamics 365/Power Platform | KPMG LLP | 48000000 | £360k | 13 Sept 2024 | active |
| Provision of Thurnscoe Library Internal Refurbishments and Roof Replacement | — | 45212330 | £500kest. | — | active |
| Occupational Health & Health Surveillance Services | BARNSLEY HOSPITAL NHS TRUST | — | — | active | |
| The North Area Council Advice & Support Service | BARNSLEY & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU | £330k | 01 May 2026 | pending | |
| South Area Council Community Outreach Advice Sessions | DIAL Barnsley | £264kest. | — | active | |
| Bikeability Cycle Training | Active Barnsley Ltd | — | — | active | |
| The Design, Manufacture and Installation of Modular Ramps and Associated Services | — | 34953000 | £300kest. | — | active |
| Provision of the Refurbishment of Rock House Children's Home | Creative Building Projects | £564kest. | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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 · 7 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 7 notices 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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKE31
- Contact
- Beth Taylor
- BethTaylor@barnsley.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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