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Quick answer — The City Literary InstituteLast refreshed 23 Dec 2025

At a glance

The City Literary Institute has awarded £2.3m across 6 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 25% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration25%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The City Literary Institute is a contracting authority, based in UKI31. Tracks 11 published notices and 8 awards on PublicSupply.

11
Notices published
8
Awards
6
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.1m
12 m spend
£758k
Prior 12 m
+44%
YoY change
£410k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The City Literary Institute — 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)

3

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

Unspecified7 · £2.3m
services3 · £1.7m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract10 · £3.6m
call off1 · £424k
Source:Contracts Finder: 7Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The City Literary Institute is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
City Lit College - Website Maintenance and Development of Existing Website—72212222£950kest.—active
CA16615 - City Lit College - Website Maintenance and Development of Existing WebsiteTHE OTHER MEDIA LIMITED72212222£547k23 Dec 2025active
CA16614 - City Lit College - Creative Design for Website and Marketing Campaign AssetsCreativeRace72212222£341k23 Dec 2025active
City Lit College - Creative Design for Website and Marketing Campaign Assets—72212222£350kest.—active
CA16612 - City Lit SEO, Analytics, Conversion Rate Optimisation and Digital PRWOLFENDEN AGENCY LIMITED79416200£202k23 Dec 2025active
City Lit SEO, Analytics, Conversion Rate Optimisation and Digital PR—79416200£410kest.—active
CA14930 - The City Literacy Institute - Security Staffing and Associated ServicesSentinel Group Security Limited79710000£568k25 Mar 2025active
CPC/PM/02/2020: Minor Works Dynamic Purchasing SystemWOODLAND CORPORATE INTERIORS LIMITED——active
CA14113 - CPC/PM/02/2020: Minor Works Dynamic Purchasing SystemWOODLAND CORPORATE INTERIORS LIMITED45220000£190k30 Jul 2024active
Refurbishment and fit out of an educational facility—45000000£0—active
Showing 1–10 of 11

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SG
Sentinel Group Security Limited
1 contract · 25 Mar
£568k
25% of total
▼ 100%
2
TO
THE OTHER MEDIA LIMITED
1 contract · 23 Dec
£547k
24% of total
New
3
WB
Wagstaff Bros Limited
1 contract · 27 Jul
£424k
19% of total
—
4
CR
CreativeRace
1 contract · 23 Dec
£341k
15% of total
New
5
WA
WOLFENDEN AGENCY LIMITED
1 contract · 23 Dec
£202k
9% of total
New
6
WC
WOODLAND CORPORATE INTERIORS LIMITED
2 contracts · 30 Jul
£190k
8% of total
▼ 100%

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
4 contracts
£2.2m
55%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£1.2m
30%
Construction works
3 contracts
£614k
15%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
1
Business, legal, advisory
0
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.

The City Literary Institute 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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
6
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Email
e.thorley@thecpc.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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