Spend profile

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

£37.3m
12 m spend
£548k
Prior 12 m
+6702%
YoY change
£246k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Cambridge City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£8.1m£16m£24m£32mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

59

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£153k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services131 · £2.7bn
works58 · £504.9m
Unspecified282 · £122.6m
goods18 · £8.8m

Instrument type

contract415 · £3.3bn
call off74 · £66.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 246Find a Tender: 243

Awarded contracts · 59 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Cambridge City Council is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CI
£2.0bnest.
2
CI
£250.0mest.
3
BW
£111.3mest.
4
RW
1 contract · SME
£111.3mest.
5
TB
5 contracts · SME · 19 Oct16 Sept
£37.2mest.
6
DC
£11.1mest.
7
BP
3 contracts · SME · 19 Oct17 Nov
£10.0mest.
8
FB
3 contracts · SME · 19 Oct17 Nov
£10.0mest.
9132
···
124 other suppliers
long tail · 97 SMEs
£118.5m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
65 contracts
£2.5bn
66%
Sewage, waste, environment
20 contracts
£676.0m
18%
Construction works
50 contracts
£361.4m
10%
Architecture, engineering
13 contracts
£107.3m
3%
Repair & maintenance
7 contracts
£82.3m
2%
Installation services
30 contracts
£29.5m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
18 contracts
£11.5m
0%
Medical, pharmaceutical
3 contracts
£8.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Other
4
1
29
0
0
1
2
0
0
Sewage, waste, environment
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
0
Repair & maintenance
Installation services
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 · 7 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 7 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.

81%
SME supplier share
target 33%
153
SME award rows
13
VCSE award rows
132
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH12
Companies House
OC430052
Contact
Sarah Bail
Email
procurement@cambridge.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.

Resources

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