Spend profile

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

£54.5m
12 m spend
£360k
Prior 12 m
+15035%
YoY change
£475k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£10m£20m£30m£40mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£677k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes
18 recorded contracts worth £36.8m end within 12 months.View expiry radar →

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works10 · £71.3m
services22 · £30.6m
Unspecified62 · £22.8m
goods1 · £120k

Instrument type

contract95 · £124.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 86Contracts Finder: 9

Awarded contracts · 34 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The District Council of Folkestone and Hythe 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
BG
4 contracts · 27 Oct17 Nov
£13.4mest.
2
CP
3 contracts · SME · 18 Aug
£6.9mest.
3
AC
2 contracts · SME · 27 Jan
£4.4mest.
4
PI
£3.2m
5
KC
1 contract · SME · 16 Dec
£3.2m
6
1F
1 contract · SME · 16 Dec
£3.2m
7
SP
1 contract · SME · 16 Dec
£3.2m
8
2H
2 contracts · SME · 16 Dec
£3.2m
960
···
52 other suppliers
long tail · 32 SMEs
£28.4m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
74 contracts
£125.9m
96%
Architecture, engineering
7 contracts
£3.5m
3%
Software packages, IT
4 contracts
£753k
1%
Musical instruments, sport
1 contract
£680k
1%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£400k
0%
Construction works
1 contract
£196k
0%
IT services, software
1 contract
£170k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Other
5
1
6
1
37
2
1
Architecture, engineering
Software packages, IT
0
0
Musical instruments, sport
1
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
0
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
56
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
60
Distinct suppliers
74%
SME share of awarded value
where SME status recorded
7%
Local suppliers (CT postcodes)
2 of 28 with known office
16%
Value to local suppliers
£7.6m of £46.9m
47%
Postcode coverage
28 of 60 matched suppliers
Local = Companies House registered office in the CT postcode area — not trading address, so national firms registered locally count and local branches of elsewhere-registered firms don't. Percentages are of suppliers with a known registered office.

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
UKJ44
Contact
Mrs Mhairi Richards
Email
procurement@folkestone-hythe.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.

Resources

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