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Quick answer — Bolton Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast refreshed 13 May 2026

At a glance

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded £1.8bn across 578 suppliers, with 760 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 7% · 95 open notices now · 13 awards in last 90 d (£364.0m) · SME share 84% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration7%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share84%
Pipeline · open now95
Awards · 90 d13
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD36. Tracks 487 published notices and 430 awards on PublicSupply.

487
Notices published
430
Awards
578
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.5bn
12 m spend
£163.2m
Prior 12 m
+1438%
YoY change
£4.7m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£562m£1125m£1687m£2249mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

21

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

95

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

13

£364.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services158 · £2.1bn
Unspecified303 · £1.0bn
works12 · £637.0m
goods14 · £18.3m

Instrument type

contract457 · £3.8bn
call off30 · £96.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 284Find a Tender: 203

Awarded contracts · 760 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)G.K Transferz£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)A2Z TRANSFERZ LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)Speedy Transferz£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)TRIPLE ZERO TAXIS LIMITED£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)A2U TRAVELS LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)COMFY CONNECT LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)GRACE HEALTH LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)GREEN DESTINATIONS LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)OAKDALE TRAVEL LTD£28.0m13 May 2026pending
Approved Contractors for the Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) Framework (2)SLINE TRAVEL LIMITED£28.0m13 May 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AL
Agilisys Limited
2 contracts · 11 Nov
£134.6mest.
7% of total
—
2
BM
BOLTON MIDDLEBROOK LEISURE TRUST
1 contract · 02 Dec
£60.0mest.
3% of total
New
3
BC
Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (CVS)
1 contract · SME · 17 May
£60.0m
3% of total
—
4
BN
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
6 contracts · 24 Jan – 24 Oct
£57.1mest.
3% of total
—
5
MH
Marston Holdings Limited (t/a NSL)
1 contract
£40.0mest.
2% of total
—
6
BM
BESTWAY MINI BUSES LTD
3 contracts · SME · 04 Aug
£28.8mest.
2% of total
New
7
IT
IK Travel
3 contracts · SME · 07 Jul – 04 Aug
£28.5mest.
2% of total
New
8
IA
Ideal Airport Travel
3 contracts · SME · 07 Jul – 04 Aug
£28.5mest.
2% of total
New
9–578
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570 other suppliers
long tail · 496 SMEs
£3.6bn
194% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
230 contracts
£8.6bn
49%
Other
244 contracts
£5.7bn
33%
Construction works
145 contracts
£1.6bn
9%
Other community services
177 contracts
£957.9m
6%
Education, training
34 contracts
£252.4m
1%
Transport equipment, vehicles
27 contracts
£129.6m
1%
Public utilities
3 contracts
£57.8m
0%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£56.4m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Other
2045
13
60
20
5
0
364
Construction works
Other community services
0
Education, training
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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.

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

84%
SME supplier share
target 33%
813
SME award rows
251
VCSE award rows
578
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
UKD36
Contact
Iain Mackie
Email
corporate.procurement@bolton.gov.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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