Quick answer — Coleg GwentLast refreshed 15 Oct 2025

At a glance

Coleg Gwent has awarded £4.3m across 8 suppliers, with 12 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 9 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share20%
Pipeline · open now9
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Coleg Gwent is a contracting authority, based in UKL21. Tracks 25 published notices and 11 awards on PublicSupply.

25
Notices published
11
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£499k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£215k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Coleg Gwent — 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

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

9

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

services11 · £8.1m
works4 · £1.8m
Unspecified7 · £1.5m
goods3 · £880k

Instrument type

contract25 · £12.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 23Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 12 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Coleg Gwent is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
259 Student PPE Tender for Coleg Gwent18100000£90kest.active
260 - Recruitment Agency Framework Tender 79600000£2.8mest.planning
260 - Recruitment Agency Framework Tender 79600000£2.8mest.planning
259 Student PPE Tender for Coleg Gwent18100000£90kest.planned
244 - Passenger lifts at BGLZ Campuskone£325kest.active
236 - Pest control Tender for Coleg Gwentags one ltd£80kest.active
236 - Pest Control Tender for Coleg Gwent AGS one£68k15 Oct 2025active
246 - crosskeys masterplan projectWILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED45000000active
244 - 2 replacement passenger lifts at Block A&B at Coleg Gwent Ebbw Vale Campuskone plc£188k04 Jul 2025active
237 - Coleg Gwent Finance System TenderIplicit limited£243k24 Jul 2025pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WB
£1.4mest.
33% of total
2
AL
1 contract
£1.0mest.
23% of total
3
CG
1 contract · 01 Aug
£1.0m
23% of total
4
KO
2 contracts · 04 Jul
£513kest.
12% of total
New
5
IL
1 contract · SME · 24 Jul
£243k
6% of total
New
6
AO
2 contracts · 15 Oct
£148kest.
3% of total
New
7
WD
£0
0% of total
8
VE
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£5.6m
48%
Other
6 contracts
£1.9m
16%
Construction works
2 contracts
£1.4m
12%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£1.4m
12%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£1.0m
9%
Clothing, footwear
2 contracts
£180k
2%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£100k
1%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£35k
0%

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
Other
0
0
Construction works
Repair & maintenance
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Clothing, footwear
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.

Coleg Gwent 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.

20%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL21
Contact
gareth tidmarsh
Email
procurement.department@coleggwent.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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