Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, serving a population of around 325,000 residents across Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and town-centre regeneration.

Quick answer — Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast refreshed 10 Mar 2026

At a glance

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded £30.1bn across 458 suppliers, with 538 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 66% · 103 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£1.4m) · SME share 30% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration66%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share30%
Pipeline · open now103
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, serving a population of around 325,000 residents across Dudley, Stourbridge and Halesowen. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and town-centre regeneration.

1000
Notices published
855
Awards
458
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1028.9bn
12 m spend
£15.7m
Prior 12 m
+6548533%
YoY change
£4.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£282911m£565823m£848734m£1131646mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

45

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

103

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£1.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services160 · £11.5bn
Unspecified756 · £5.2bn
works53 · £844.1m
goods31 · £4.6m

Instrument type

contract998 · £17.5bn
call off2 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 713Find a Tender: 287

Awarded contracts · 538 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Robert Street Primary School – Phase 1 Reroofing45260000£447kest.active
Print Management Services79810000£4.2mest.planned
Pre Market Engagement - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)80000000£420kest.planning
Amazon Business - Public Sector Digital MarketplaceAmazon EU SARL, UK Branchactive
Refurbishment of Existing Deaf Resource Base at Ashwood Park Primary School45300000active
DUD - Provision of Minor Adaptations H806 - ITTHardyman & Co Limited£2.0mest.active
Servicing, Maintenance and Repair of Domestic & Commercial Heating Systemswithdrawn
Electrical Inspection, Repairs and Installations Contractwithdrawn
DUD - Disability Bathroom Adaptations H796EQUANS Regeneration Limited£19.0mest.active
Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Support85000000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CP
4 contracts · SME · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
2
HC
4 contracts · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
3
IC
4 contracts · SME · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
4
KC
4 contracts · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
5
MC
4 contracts · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
6
PA
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
7
QP
4 contracts · SME · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
8
YF
4 contracts · 17 Sept
£19.8bn
66% of total
New
9458
···
450 other suppliers
long tail · 151 SMEs
£870.9bn
2890% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
283 contracts
£1028.9bn
100%
Health & social work
76 contracts
£1.3bn
0%
Construction works
215 contracts
£836.9m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
49 contracts
£72.6m
0%
Education, training
137 contracts
£71.4m
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
46 contracts
£63.2m
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
12 contracts
£60.2m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
66 contracts
£21.4m
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
1028769
2
134
Health & social work
Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
Education, training
Sewage, waste, environment
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.

30%
SME supplier share
target 33%
211
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
458
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 30% 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
UKG36
Contact
Sanjoy Chanda
Email
corporate.procurement@dudley.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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