Quick answer — Carmarthenshire County CouncilLast refreshed 21 May 2026

At a glance

Carmarthenshire County Council has awarded £2.2bn across 548 suppliers, with 1947 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 36% · 105 open notices now · 47 awards in last 90 d (£75.2m) · SME share 75% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration36%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share75%
Pipeline · open now105
Awards · 90 d47

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Carmarthenshire County Council is a contracting authority, based in UKL14. Tracks 392 published notices and 919 awards on PublicSupply.

392
Notices published
919
Awards
548
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£870.6m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Carmarthenshire County Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£217m£435m£652m£870mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

88

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

105

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

47

£75.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services241 · £637.1m
works22 · £322.1m
goods66 · £268.6m
Unspecified63 · £14.1m

Instrument type

contract390 · £1.2bn
call off2 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 386Contracts Finder: 6

Awarded contracts · 1947 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Carmarthenshire County Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Domiciliary Care85000000£70.0mest.planned
Community Based Support 285100000£130.0mest.planned
Community Preventative Services 285300000£10.0mest.planned
Working Age Adults Care Home Services85144000£20.0mest.planned
Carmarthenshire County Council Direct Award - Glass Recycling Boxes (Lot 5)IPL PLASTICS (UK) LIMITEDactive
Carmarthenshire Construction Professional Services Framework 71000000£15.0mest.planned
Supply, Installation and Servicing of Stairlifts, Hoists and Lifts in Domestic Properties44115000£3.0mest.planned
Supply of Building Materials, Heating and Plumbing Materials, Electrical Materials, Civils Materials & Associated Products44000000£7.0mest.planned
Commercial Fixed Electrical, Portable Appliance Testing (PAT), Emergency Lights Testing & Electrical Protection50000000£500kest.planned
Sewerage Services50000000£2.7mest.planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MI
19 contracts
£792.2mest.
36% of total
2
SP
3 contracts · SME
£127.0mest.
6% of total
3
CH
£126.9mest.
6% of total
4
TH
£125.6mest.
6% of total
5
HF
£76.4mest.
4% of total
6
SS
11 contracts · SME
£74.2mest.
3% of total
7
TP
16 contracts · SME · 03 Mar
£64.0m
3% of total
New
8
WB
16 contracts · SME · 03 Mar
£64.0m
3% of total
New
9548
···
540 other suppliers
long tail · 454 SMEs
£1.5bn
69% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
214 contracts
£3.5bn
53%
Other
372 contracts
£949.4m
14%
Architecture, engineering
136 contracts
£645.3m
10%
Food, beverages, tobacco
262 contracts
£590.5m
9%
Financial, insurance
13 contracts
£377.3m
6%
Construction works
347 contracts
£320.0m
5%
Radio, TV, communications
41 contracts
£204.2m
3%
Transport services
274 contracts
£87.5m
1%

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
0
1
1
1
1
791
75
Architecture, engineering
Food, beverages, tobacco
Financial, insurance
Construction works
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 · 3 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 3 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.

75%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1283
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
548
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL14
Contact
Chris Davies
Email
chddavies@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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