Spend profile

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

£6.7m
12 m spend
£499k
Prior 12 m
+1243%
YoY change
£435k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
City of Bristol College — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.0m£2.0m£3.1m£4.1mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£2.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services18 · £15.7m
Unspecified21 · £10.8m
goods1 · £970k

Instrument type

contract39 · £27.4m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 20Contracts Finder: 20

Awarded contracts · 11 live

All contracts with a published award notice where City of Bristol College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
72263000£970kest.active
LEARNING PARTNERSHIP WEST CIC£2.5m15 May 2026pending
DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED£3.4mest.active
Henry Blue£3.4mest.active
Getech30237300£1.5m21 Aug 2025active
Kindred£2.3mest.active
45453100£006 Jun 2025active
WE ARE SMILE LTD72000000£70k11 Apr 2025active
THE DMS DIGITAL GROUP LIMITED30231320£370k09 Apr 2025active
79600000£500k01 Oct 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AS
£5.5mest.
2
KI
2 contracts · SME · 21 Aug
£4.5mest.
3
LP
1 contract · SME · 15 May
£2.5m
4
AL
1 contract
£2.3mest.
5
DA
£1.7mest.
6
HB
1 contract
£1.7mest.
7
GE
1 contract · 21 Aug
£1.5m
8
TD
1 contract · 09 Apr
£370k
923
···
15 other suppliers
long tail · 5 SMEs
£953k

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
11 contracts
£13.8m
54%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£5.5m
21%
Sewage, waste, environment
4 contracts
£2.5m
10%
Office equipment, IT
2 contracts
£1.9m
7%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£1.0m
4%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£568k
2%
Education, training
2 contracts
£290k
1%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£110k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Other
3
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Sewage, waste, environment
2
Office equipment, IT
2
IT services, software
Business, legal, advisory
1
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 · 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.

City of Bristol College 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

30%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
23
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 30% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UKK11
Contact
Alastair Jack
Email
procurement@cityofbristol.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

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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