Quick answer — The Co-operative Academy of ManchesterLast refreshed 30 Mar 2026

At a glance

The Co-operative Academy of Manchester has awarded £824k across 4 suppliers, with 20 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 64% · 16 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£381k) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration64%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share29%
Pipeline · open now16
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Co-operative Academy of Manchester is a contracting authority, based in UKD33. Tracks 24 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

24
Notices published
12
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£438k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£300k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Co-operative Academy of Manchester — 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)

16

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£381k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services7 · £14.3m
works3 · £900k
Unspecified11 · £674k
goods3 · £60k

Instrument type

contract24 · £15.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 16Contracts Finder: 8

Awarded contracts · 20 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Co-operative Academy of Manchester is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA17780 - Co-op Academy Medlock - Toilet Refurbishment45453100£0active
Co-op Academy Medlock - Toilet Refurbishment45453100£1est.active
Total FM Tender for Co-op Academies Trust79993000£300kest.active
Co-op Academies Trust - Building Cleaning Tender90911200£6.5mest.active
Total FM Tender for Co-op Academies Trust79993000£300kest.active
Total FM Tender for Co-op Academies Trust79993000£300kest.active
CA17551 - Total FM Tender for Co-op Academies Trust79993000£0active
CA17544 - 11v11 3G Pitch for Co-op Academy Swinton45212200£0active
Co-op Academies Trust - Building Cleaning Tender90911200£6.5mest.active
CA17480 - Co-op Academies Trust - Building Cleaning Tender90911200£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SS
3 contracts · SME · 17 Mar30 Mar
£531kest.
64% of total
New
2
WR
£236k
29% of total
3
KL
1 contract · 26 Feb
£57k
7% of total
New
4
AL
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£12.9m
81%
Construction works
6 contracts
£900k
6%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£900k
6%
Other
4 contracts
£341k
2%
Real estate
1 contract
£310k
2%
Construction materials
1 contract
£236k
1%
Agriculture, forestry services
1 contract
£191k
1%
Musical instruments, sport
2 contracts
£117k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Sewage, waste, environment
Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
Other
0
Real estate
Construction materials
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 · 3 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 3 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.

29%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 29% 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
UKD33
Contact
Jonathan Whittle
Email
tenders@whittlepartnerships.co.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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