Quick answer — Brighton and Hove City CouncilLast refreshed 27 Apr 2026

At a glance

Brighton and Hove City Council has awarded £18.8bn across 522 suppliers, with 586 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 11% · 100 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£2.4m) · SME share 30% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration11%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share30%
Pipeline · open now100
Awards · 90 d8

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Brighton and Hove City Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ21. Tracks 998 published notices and 990 awards on PublicSupply.

998
Notices published
990
Awards
522
Suppliers engaged
2014
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£69.3m
12 m spend
£1.0bn
Prior 12 m
-93%
YoY change
£187k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Brighton and Hove City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£124m£248m£372m£496mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

89

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

100

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

8

£2.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services168 · £240.3bn
Unspecified750 · £1.6bn
goods20 · £393.4m
works60 · £363.1m

Instrument type

contract859 · £242.6bn
call off139 · £31.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 693Find a Tender: 305

Awarded contracts · 586 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Brighton and Hove City Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Water mains & specialist plumbing repairs45000000planned
Building Safety Framework45000000planned
Housing Asbestos Monitoring, Removals, Risk Assessment and Emergency Response45262660planned
Fire Safety Equipment Servicing, Repair and Replacement50413200planned
Communal Ventilation and Duct work45000000planned
Window & door repairs - specialist and standard works45000000planned
Roofing & scaffolding Works45000000planned
Planned kitchens & bathroom work45000000planned
External Housing Works45000000planned
Empty Homes (including kitchen & bathrooms)45000000planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SM
1 contract · SME
£2.0bnest.
11% of total
2
PC
£1.8bnest.
9% of total
3
TP
4 contracts · SME
£1.5bnest.
8% of total
4
SC
£1.1bnest.
6% of total
5
CT
£809.5mest.
4% of total
6
PP
3 contracts · SME
£809.5mest.
4% of total
7
HC
£761.9mest.
4% of total
8
OH
£761.9mest.
4% of total
9522
···
514 other suppliers
long tail · 195 SMEs
£8.2bn
43% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
176 contracts
£316.6bn
99%
Other
103 contracts
£1.2bn
0%
Construction works
277 contracts
£931.3m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
38 contracts
£404.2m
0%
Real estate
6 contracts
£70.9m
0%
Architecture, engineering
68 contracts
£65.8m
0%
Repair & maintenance
17 contracts
£57.6m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
185 contracts
£41.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Other
0
14
0
48
Construction works
0
1
Transport equipment, vehicles
2
Real estate
Architecture, engineering
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 · 2 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 2 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.

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.

30%
SME supplier share
target 33%
290
SME award rows
15
VCSE award rows
522
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 30% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKJ21
Companies House
OC420045
Contact
Sue Kaulsi
Email
Orbissourcingsolutions@eastsussex.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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