Quick answer — City of York CouncilLast refreshed 22 May 2026

At a glance

City of York Council has awarded £5.2bn across 406 suppliers, with 1088 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 141 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£782k) · SME share 55% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share55%
Pipeline · open now141
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

City of York Council is a contracting authority, based in UKE21. Tracks 814 published notices and 765 awards on PublicSupply.

814
Notices published
765
Awards
406
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.8m
12 m spend
£70.0m
Prior 12 m
-87%
YoY change
£4.8m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
City of York Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£8m£17m£25m£33mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

60

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

141

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£782k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works103 · £962.5m
services143 · £846.4m
Unspecified529 · £325.9m
goods39 · £143.7m

Instrument type

contract779 · £2.2bn
call off35 · £73.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 485Find a Tender: 329

Awarded contracts · 1088 live

All contracts with a published award notice where City of York Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Servicing of Passenger and Commercial LiftsRUBAX LIFTS LIMITED£460k22 May 2026pending
City of York Council Mechanical and Engineering Framework45300000£5.0mest.planned
City of York Council Building Work Contract45000000£2.0mest.planned
York Outer Ring Road45000000£40.0mest.planned
Installation and Servicing of Mobility Lifts42416100£3.0mest.planned
Park and Ride Site Upgrades45000000£2.8mest.planned
Civil Engineering Materials44100000£2.0mest.planned
Plant Hire Framework43000000£5.0mest.planned
Germany Beck45232152£5.3mest.planned
Castle & Eye of York45000000£9.9mest.planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BC
17 contracts · SME
£408.7mest.
8% of total
2
BB
£360.0mest.
7% of total
3
BN
£360.0mest.
7% of total
5
JS
£360.0mest.
7% of total
6
DC
15 contracts · SME
£208.7mest.
4% of total
7
HC
10 contracts · SME
£203.6mest.
4% of total
8
BL
2 contracts · SME
£200.0mest.
4% of total
9406
···
398 other suppliers
long tail · 191 SMEs
£2.1bn
40% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
579 contracts
£5.7bn
60%
Mining machinery
111 contracts
£1.5bn
16%
Industrial machinery
168 contracts
£694.6m
7%
Other
82 contracts
£602.2m
6%
Transport equipment, vehicles
181 contracts
£556.9m
6%
Architecture, engineering
54 contracts
£267.4m
3%
Construction materials
14 contracts
£110.6m
1%
Health & social work
72 contracts
£82.8m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Mining machinery
Industrial machinery
Other
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
Architecture, engineering
1
0
0
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 · 5 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 5 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.

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.

55%
SME supplier share
target 33%
585
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
406
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKE21
Contact
Mark Woolford
Email
procurement@york.gov.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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