Quick answer — City of Wolverhampton CollegeLast refreshed 19 May 2026

At a glance

City of Wolverhampton College has awarded £13.1m across 55 suppliers, with 93 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 53% · 19 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£3.5m) · SME share 11% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration53%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share11%
Pipeline · open now19
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

City of Wolverhampton College is a contracting authority, based in UKG39. Tracks 174 published notices and 151 awards on PublicSupply.

174
Notices published
151
Awards
55
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.3m
12 m spend
£1.7m
Prior 12 m
+388%
YoY change
£118k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
City of Wolverhampton College — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

19

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£3.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified135 · £12.4m
services31 · £950k
works5 · £765k
goods3 · £315k

Instrument type

contract173 · £14.5m
call off1 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 134Find a Tender: 40

Awarded contracts · 93 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CPC Framework Call-Off - Managed Staffing ServicesThe Supply Register Ltd79600000£3.5m18 Jul 2025active
CA17764 - CoWC Temporary and Permanent Staffing - Direct Award via CPC FrameworkThe Supply Register Ltd79620000£3.5m19 May 2026active
CA17383 - City of Wolverhampton College Mechanical & Electrical Services50700000£0active
City of Wolverhampton College Mechanical & Electrical Services50700000£340kest.active
RA356995 - Campus WiFi Refresh72000000£0active
City of Wolverhampton College - HR & Payroll SoftwareMHR INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED£115k11 Dec 2025active
CA17299 - City of Wolverhampton College Advertising and Marketing Services79340000£0active
City of Wolverhampton College Sports Block LTHW & Hot Water Plant Replacement, Wellington Road Campus45317000£200kest.active
CA17147 - City of Wolverhampton College Sports Block LTHW & Hot Water Plant Replacement, Wellington Road Campus45317000£0active
CA16802 - City of Wolverhampton College Telford B2 Unit Refurbishmentthree seeds construction limited45000000£169k04 Feb 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TS
2 contracts · SME · 18 Jul19 May
£7.0m
53% of total
New
2
TS
6 contracts · 19 Jun04 Feb
£1.1mest.
9% of total
▼ 75%
3
BI
4 contracts · 05 Aug20 Sept
£768k
6% of total
▼ 100%
4
BF
£581kest.
4% of total
5
TE
1 contract · 26 Feb
£569k
4% of total
6
AJ
£552k
4% of total
New
7
WG
1 contract · 05 Aug
£315k
2% of total
New
8
SS
4 contracts · 12 Oct05 Aug
£273kest.
2% of total
▼ 100%
955
···
47 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£1.9m
15% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
56 contracts
£7.8m
57%
Construction works
18 contracts
£1.7m
12%
Food, beverages, tobacco
6 contracts
£1.1m
8%
Repair & maintenance
7 contracts
£990k
7%
Software packages, IT
12 contracts
£772k
6%
Financial, insurance
14 contracts
£752k
5%
Other
9 contracts
£420k
3%
IT services, software
15 contracts
£228k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
4
0
4
Construction works
0
0
Food, beverages, tobacco
Repair & maintenance
Software packages, IT
0
Financial, insurance
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 Wolverhampton 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.

11%
SME supplier share
target 33%
11
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
55
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 11% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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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
UKG39
Contact
Emma Middleton
Email
emma.middleton@thecpc.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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