Quick answer — Bridgwater Town CouncilLast refreshed 17 Apr 2025

At a glance

Bridgwater Town Council has awarded £2.0m across 8 suppliers, with 15 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 39% · 12 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 60% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration39%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share60%
Pipeline · open now12
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Bridgwater Town Council is a contracting authority, based in UKK23. Tracks 28 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

28
Notices published
12
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£1.1m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£165k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Bridgwater Town Council — 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)

12

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

works7 · £5.4m
Unspecified11 · £2.0m
services7 · £150k
goods3 · £100k

Instrument type

contract21 · £5.8m
call off7 · £1.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 17Contracts Finder: 11

Awarded contracts · 15 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Bridgwater Town Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
St Matthews Fair - Market Security79710000active
Bridgwater Fair - Electric Supply09300000active
Bridgwater Town Hall Refurbishment & Extension 202645000000£2.2mest.active
Bridgwater Town Hall Refurbishment & Extension 202645000000£2.2mest.active
Mansfield Park Multi-Use Games Area and Play Equipment Project45000000£165kest.active
Mansfield Park Project45000000£165kest.active
Bridgwater Town Hall Theatre Equipment (SLAVSE)Audiotek Limited51000000£391k17 Apr 2025active
Bridgwater Town Council - Fireworks Contract (St Matthews Field & Snowflakes) (ref BTCF) - 2025 to 202724600000£0active
Bridgwater Town Hall Theatre Equipment (SLAVSE)closed
Bridgwater Town Hall Theatre Equipment (SLAVSE)£150kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
QC
2 contracts · 28 Mar18 Oct
£783k
39% of total
▼ 100%
2
JL
1 contract · 05 Apr
£398k
20% of total
3
AL
1 contract · 17 Apr
£391k
19% of total
▼ 100%
4
CW
2 contracts · SME · 26 Apr
£177k
9% of total
5
RE
1 contract · SME · 13 Feb
£93k
5% of total
6
QC
1 contract · SME · 14 Aug
£65k
3% of total
7
FS
1 contract · SME · 17 Aug
£54k
3% of total
8
TS
1 contract · SME · 15 Oct
£49k
2% of total
▼ 100%

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
8 contracts
£6.4m
83%
Other
7 contracts
£450k
6%
Installation services
1 contract
£391k
5%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£295k
4%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£93k
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£49k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Other
Installation services
Architecture, engineering
Electrical machinery
Sewage, waste, environment
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 · 1 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

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.

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.

60%
SME supplier share
target 33%
6
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK23
Contact
Geoff Sawyer
Email
procurement@bridgwater-tc.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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