At a glance
Cheshire West and Chester Council has awarded £422.7m across 569 suppliers, with 477 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 21% · 62 open notices now · 12 awards in last 90 d (£23.4m) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD63. Tracks 1000 published notices and 909 awards on PublicSupply.
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
43
Open (bidding)
62
Awarded (90d)
12
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 477 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Cheshire West and Chester Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Breaks - community based activity groups | — | 85000000 | — | — | active |
| Yorkstone Paving | JOHNSONS WELLFIELD LTD | — | — | active | |
| Brokerage - Targeted Short Breaks for Children | — | 85000000 | — | — | active |
| Integrated Community Equipment Service | — | 85000000 | — | — | active |
| Roundabout Sponsorship | BAY MEDIA LTD | — | — | active | |
| Local Bus 43082 | D&G Bus Ltd. | 60000000 | £57k | 02 Feb 2026 | active |
| Trees for Climate (TFC) Match at Source Blended Finance Strategy | — | 66000000 | — | — | active |
| Electrical Testing Street Lighting | ELECTRICAL TESTING LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Local Bus 43003 | Warrington's Own Buses | 60000000 | £120k | 02 Feb 2026 | active |
| Target Hardening 2027 | — | 35120000 | — | — | planning |
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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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
- UKD63
- Contact
- Elaine Roberts-Smith
- centralprocurement@cheshirewestandchester.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.
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