Quick answer — The Council of the Borough of KirkleesLast refreshed 12 Jun 2026

At a glance

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has awarded £2.0bn across 438 suppliers, with 1063 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 38 open notices now · 217 awards in last 90 d (£7.3bn) · SME share 51% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 6 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d6
SME spend share51%
Pipeline · open now38
Awards · 90 d217

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is a contracting authority, based in UKE44. Tracks 297 published notices and 619 awards on PublicSupply.

297
Notices published
619
Awards
438
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£7.4bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£37.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1018m£2036m£3055m£4073mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

57

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

38

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

217

£7.3bn

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services129 · £2.8bn
works46 · £510.3m
Unspecified76 · £300.6m
goods46 · £38.0m

Instrument type

contract295 · £3.6bn
call off2 · £309k
Source:Find a Tender: 291Contracts Finder: 6

Awarded contracts · 1063 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Day Opportunities Learning DisabilitiesPONDEROSA ZOO LTD£598k12 Jun 2026active
Day Opportunities Learning DisabilitiesMENCAP IN KIRKLEES£413k12 Jun 2026active
Day Opportunities Learning DisabilitiesMENCAP IN KIRKLEES£847k12 Jun 2026active
Day Opportunities Learning DisabilitiesBRIDGEWOOD TRUST LIMITED£394k12 Jun 2026active
Day Opportunities Learning DisabilitiesBRIDGEWOOD TRUST LIMITED£591k12 Jun 2026active
Further Competition from EMP for 16+ Supported Accommodation Service January - March 2026Apex Pathway85000000active
Further Competition from EMP for 16+ Supported Accommodation Service January - March 2026Dreamss85000000active
Further Competition from EMP for 16+ Supported Accommodation Service January - March 2026Dreamss85000000active
Further Competition from EMP for 16+ Supported Accommodation Service January - March 2026HSS Homes85000000active
Further Competition from EMP for 16+ Supported Accommodation Service January - March 2026Independent Living Project85000000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
KU
£462.0mest.
23% of total
2
JL
22 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
3
KB
22 contracts · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
4
PL
22 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
5
PR
22 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
6
CL
23 contracts · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
7
JL
22 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
8
WN
22 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£415.6mest.
20% of total
New
9438
···
430 other suppliers
long tail · 234 SMEs
£5.7bn
280% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
675 contracts
£11.4bn
55%
Health & social work
147 contracts
£6.6bn
32%
Sewage, waste, environment
7 contracts
£1.7bn
8%
Construction works
79 contracts
£723.4m
3%
Construction materials
18 contracts
£322.0m
2%
Food, beverages, tobacco
11 contracts
£35.0m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
86 contracts
£12.9m
0%
Mining machinery
1 contract
£11.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
84
16
3703
1
3625
3
Health & social work
Sewage, waste, environment
Construction works
Construction materials
Food, beverages, tobacco
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 · 6 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 6 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.

51%
SME supplier share
target 33%
525
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
438
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
UKE44
Companies House
01624297
Contact
Procurement
Email
procurement@kirklees.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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