Quick answer — BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUSTLast refreshed 16 Feb 2026

At a glance

BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST has awarded £10.5bn across 44 suppliers, with 69 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST is a contracting authority, based in UKC23. Tracks 75 published notices and 72 awards on PublicSupply.

75
Notices published
72
Awards
44
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£11.0m
12 m spend
£20.6m
Prior 12 m
-47%
YoY change
£1.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£7m£9mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

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

services17 · £1.0bn
works1 · £1.0bn
Unspecified50 · £45.9m
goods7 · £0

Instrument type

contract74 · £2.0bn
call off1 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 50Find a Tender: 25

Awarded contracts · 69 live

All contracts with a published award notice where BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST is the contracting authority.

downloadExport CSV
TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICESBATSON GROUNDCARE LTD77000000£981k16 Feb 2026active
GLF0009 - Provision of HR System & Payroll Services - GLF SchoolsACCESS UK LTD48000000£392k23 Dec 2025active
VMREF0025 - BCCET Connectivity and Telephony TenderDurham County Council32000000£1.1m30 Sept 2025active
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust - DPSFC -078 - The Provision of Catering & Cleaning ConsumablesR&R PACKAGING LIMITED39800000£309k22 Jul 2025active
Cleaning ServicesKGB CLEANING SERVICES (SOUTHERN) LTD90900000£6.7m23 Jun 2025active
IT Managed Service - KingsmeadowSTONE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED30000000£82k08 Aug 2025active
IT Hardware (Lot 2 - Refurb)Pure IT Recycling Ltd30000000£332k18 Jun 2025active
IT Hardware (Lot 1 - New)Misco Technologies Limited30000000£852k18 Jun 2025active
Swimming Pool Refurb - Hummersknott AcademyH2O Servicing Limited45000000£204k12 Jun 2025active
Provision of CanopiesAble Canopies44000000£100k18 Nov 2024active
Showing 110 of 82

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
LU
5 contracts · 14 Jul07 Apr
£1.0bnest.
10% of total
▼ 100%
2
ST
£1.0bnest.
9% of total
3
IA
£1.0bnest.
9% of total
4
AN
£1.0bnest.
9% of total
5
TL
2 contracts · SME
£1.0bnest.
9% of total
6
DC
5 contracts · 01 Oct30 Sept
£501.8mest.
5% of total
New
7
TE
2 contracts · 19 May
£501.5mest.
5% of total
8
US
£500.1mest.
5% of total
944
···
36 other suppliers
long tail · 16 SMEs
£4.0bn
38% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
18 contracts
£5.0bn
42%
Other
15 contracts
£4.0bn
33%
Musical instruments, sport
3 contracts
£1.0bn
8%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£1.0bn
8%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£501.6m
4%
Mining, metals
2 contracts
£500.0m
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
7 contracts
£13.4m
0%
Food, beverages, tobacco
2 contracts
£3.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
0
Other
Musical instruments, sport
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Software packages, IT
0
Mining, metals
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.

BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC 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.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
24
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
44
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

Upgrade to Pro

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.

Free with account

Sign in to read news mentions

Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.

Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKC23
Contact
Emily Stewart
Email
emily.stewart@ecservices.org.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.

Resources

No verified links for BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST yet. Know one? Suggest it below.

Share this profile

Citation for journalists & researchers available via API.