Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is the unitary local authority for the area of Bath and North East Somerset in South West England, headquartered in Bath and serving a population of around 195,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and heritage-led regeneration in the World Heritage city of Bath.
At a glance
Bath and North East Somerset Council has awarded £2.4bn across 506 suppliers, with 441 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 2% · 72 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£10.2m) · SME share 63% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is the unitary local authority for the area of Bath and North East Somerset in South West England, headquartered in Bath and serving a population of around 195,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and heritage-led regeneration in the World Heritage city of Bath.
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
54
Open (bidding)
72
Awarded (90d)
11
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 441 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Bath and North East Somerset Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Support Service (Pre-and Post-16) | — | 85000000 | — | — | planned |
| Mental Health Services in the Community | — | 85000000 | — | — | planned |
| Living Well in the Community Framework | — | 85000000 | — | — | planned |
| Older People's Homecare Framework | — | 85000000 | — | — | planned |
| IKB-RB- NEC4 PSC Contract - Randall Simmonds | RANDALL SIMMONDS LLP | — | — | active | |
| 1 Gascoyne Place - Refurbishment Works | STRINGER CONSTRUCT LTD | — | — | active | |
| Repowering (electrification) of Refuse Collection Vehicle | ELECTRA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD | 34144512 | £328k | 08 May 2026 | active |
| OFFICE SUPPLIES 2025 | Banner Group Limited | 30192000 | £300k | 27 Feb 2026 | active |
| Provision of Care for Adults in Care Homes | — | 85311000 | — | — | planned |
| Collection and Treatment of Wood Waste | SOUTH WEST WOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED | — | — | 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 · 1 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 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.
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
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKK12
- Contact
- Ms Olivia Clements
- Olivia_Clements@bathnes.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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