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Quick answer — Carlisle City CouncilLast refreshed 20 Aug 2024

At a glance

Carlisle City Council has awarded £31.8m across 45 suppliers, with 65 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 53% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration53%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share29%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Carlisle City Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD1. Tracks 73 published notices and 81 awards on PublicSupply.

73
Notices published
81
Awards
45
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£781k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£529k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Carlisle City 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

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

goods6 · £10.1m
Unspecified64 · £4.9m
services3 · £0

Instrument type

contract68 · £15.0m
call off5 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 64Find a Tender: 9

Awarded contracts · 65 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Award of Education Management System under Crown Commercial Services Vertical Application Solutions Framework Agreement RM6259 (Lot 2)Capita Business Services Limited48900000£781k20 Aug 2024active
Condition Assessment of Cumberland Highways NetworkW.D.M Ltd71355000£72k04 Mar 2024active
Contract Events Management and Reporting System SoftwareTHINKPROJECT UK LIMITED48000000£174k08 Nov 2023active
GB-Carlisle: TPPL Carlisle City Council NEPO HGV Lot 2 - 1 x 16t DAF with Faun Variopress Refuse Body - ex Demo (15926)Faun Zoeller (UK) Limited34144511£135k31 Mar 2023active
GB-Carlisle: TPPL Carlisle City Council HCC Lot 2 - 7 x Electric LCVs (14333)Citroen UK Limited34136000£233k13 Mar 2023active
Design & Build Technical Advisor for Central Plaza Site, Carlisle—71000000£0—active
Fire Protection Enhancement to First Floor and Infill of Existing Ceremonial Stair Area at Civic Centre Carlisle—51700000£0—active
Planned & Reactive Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance—50710000£0—active
The Cumberland Story—79415200£0—active
Supply and Delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Corporate Wear 2022-2026Bunzl UK Ltd T/A Bunzl Greenham18100000£1.4mest.—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
PL
PFD (Carlisle) Ltd
4 contracts
£16.8mest.
53% of total
—
2
TG
Thomas Graham & Sons Ltd
4 contracts · SME
£3.7mest.
12% of total
—
3
FZ
Faun Zoeller (UK) Limited
5 contracts · 28 Feb – 31 Mar
£979k
3% of total
—
4
BU
Bunzl UK Ltd T/A Bunzl Greenham
2 contracts
£933kest.
3% of total
—
5
AL
Arco Limited
2 contracts
£933kest.
3% of total
—
6
HF
Heil Farid
1 contract · 31 Aug
£832k
3% of total
—
7
CB
Capita Business Services Limited
1 contract · 20 Aug
£781k
2% of total
▼ 100%
8
2G
2San Global Limited
1 contract · SME
£563kest.
2% of total
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9–45
···
37 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£6.2m
20% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
9 contracts
£36.0m
52%
Food, beverages, tobacco
4 contracts
£16.8m
24%
Clothing, footwear
8 contracts
£11.2m
16%
Transport equipment, vehicles
21 contracts
£3.3m
5%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£955k
1%
Construction works
11 contracts
£529k
1%
Architecture, engineering
49 contracts
£72k
0%
Agricultural machinery
1 contract
£52k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Food, beverages, tobacco
Clothing, footwear
Transport equipment, vehicles
Software packages, IT
Construction works
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.

Carlisle City 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.

29%
SME supplier share
target 33%
25
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
45
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 29% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD1
Contact
Timothy Kulewa
Email
dawn.reid@carlisle.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

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