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Quick answer — DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENTLast refreshed 29 Mar 2018

At a glance

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT has awarded £44.4m across 19 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 59% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 4% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration59%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share4%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 28 published notices and 28 awards on PublicSupply.

28
Notices published
28
Awards
19
Suppliers engaged
2011
First award on file

Spend profile

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

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12 m spend
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Prior 12 m
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YoY change
£60k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT — 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)

0

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

Unspecified28 · £44.4m

Instrument type

contract26 · £44.2m
call off2 · £192k
Source:Contracts Finder: 28

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Neighbourhood Planning Services 2018-2022LOCALITY (UK)75100000£26.3m22 Dec 2017active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working Parties—71621000£0—active
Investigation of Real FiresBuilding Research Establishment73110000£15k27 Mar 2015active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working PartiesNORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL71621000£33k29 Mar 2018active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working PartiesUrban Vision71621000£33k29 Mar 2018active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working PartiesCentral Bedfordshire Council71621000£33k29 Mar 2018active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working PartiesHampshire County Council71621000£33k29 Mar 2018active
Provision of Secretariat Services supporting Aggregate Working PartiesDavid Jarvis Associates71621000£33k29 Mar 2018active
Provision of High Streets Retailer and Vacancy DataTHE LOCAL DATA COMPANY LTD73110000£27k20 Mar 2018active
Contract for National Evaluation of the Expanded Troubled Families Programme - Lot 3 Longitudinal SurveysIpsos MORI73110000£8k26 Mar 2015active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
LO
LOCALITY (UK)
1 contract · SME · 22 Dec
£26.3m
59% of total
—
2
NC
National Centre for Social Research
1 contract · 01 Dec
£15.9m
36% of total
—
3
BR
Building Research Establishment
6 contracts · 13 Dec – 31 Mar
£1.2m
3% of total
—
4
MW
Move With Us
1 contract · 07 Jul
£286k
1% of total
—
5
GU
Groundwork UK
1 contract · 14 Jan
£155k
0% of total
—
6
IM
Ipsos MORI
2 contracts · 26 Mar – 02 Jun
£113k
0% of total
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7
MR
Malcolm Reading Consultants
1 contract · 08 Jun
£101k
0% of total
—
8
BI
BEHAVIOURAL INSIGHTS LTD
1 contract · 31 Jan
£81k
0% of total
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11 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£287k
1% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Government administration
5 contracts
£26.8m
60%
R&D services
14 contracts
£17.3m
39%
Architecture, engineering
7 contracts
£165k
0%
Other community services
2 contracts
£101k
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
1 contract
£36k
0%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£0.01
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Government administration
R&D services
Architecture, engineering
Other community services
Recreational, cultural, sport
Financial, insurance
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

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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.

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

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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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

4%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
19
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 4% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

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Accountable officer + board roster

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