Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
40
Open (bidding)
0
Awarded (90d)
7
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 95 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Central Bedfordshire Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access UK Ltd. | 48450000 | £960k | 26 Jun 2026 | active | |
| Kapas Consultancy | — | — | active | ||
| UL VS Ltd | 71313410 | £0 | 23 Jun 2026 | active | |
| Ashby Fire Safety Services Ltd | — | — | active | ||
| Ashby Fire Safety Services Ltd | 90711100 | £0 | 23 Jun 2026 | active | |
| FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED | — | — | active | ||
| ST CHRISTOPHER'S FELLOWSHIP | — | — | active | ||
| RENT CONNECT HOUSING LIMITED | — | — | active | ||
| M J Granger Grounds Maintenance Ltd | 45233161 | £19k | 11 Jun 2026 | active | |
| NOAH Enterprise | — | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
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.
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.
target 33%
where SME status recorded
8 of 126 with known office
£525.8m of £634.6m
126 of 431 matched suppliers
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.
Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKH25
- Contact
- Shawez Khwaja
- procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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