Spend profile

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

£3.0bn
12 m spend
£526.5m
Prior 12 m
+471%
YoY change
£625k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£773m£1546m£2319m£3092mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

68

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

44

£2.8bn

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works12 · £19.2bn
services91 · £3.7bn
Unspecified155 · £3.6bn
goods126 · £1.6bn

Instrument type

contract376 · £28.1bn
call off8 · £50k
Source:Find a Tender: 242Contracts Finder: 142

Awarded contracts · 137 live

All contracts with a published award notice where CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TG
£875.0mest.
2
DE
2 contracts · 29 Apr
£875.0mest.
3
BE
2 contracts · 29 Apr
£875.0mest.
4
EE
2 contracts · SME · 29 Apr
£875.0mest.
5
IG
2 contracts · 10 Oct
£500.0m
6
NC
10 contracts · 22 Nov03 Sept
£264.5mest.
7
CS
1 contract · SME
£260.0mest.
8
EL
5 contracts · 02 Jun05 Aug
£207.3mest.
9878
···
870 other suppliers
long tail · 187 SMEs
£10.4bn

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
70 contracts
£19.3bn
33%
Sewage, waste, environment
70 contracts
£10.6bn
18%
Business, legal, advisory
306 contracts
£10.1bn
17%
Other
117 contracts
£6.7bn
12%
IT services, software
88 contracts
£6.1bn
10%
Installation services
39 contracts
£2.6bn
4%
Financial, insurance
95 contracts
£1.3bn
2%
Electrical machinery
92 contracts
£1.2bn
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Construction works
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
1
Other
34
140
2809
21
IT services, software
Installation services
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 · 2 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 2 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.

17%
SME supplier share
target 33%
279
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
878
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 17% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UKD34
Charity no.
1130461
Email
tenders@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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