Quick answer — Dumfries and Galloway CouncilLast refreshed 13 Jun 2026

At a glance

Dumfries and Galloway Council has awarded £1.9bn across 377 suppliers, with 862 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 22% · 102 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 85% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration22%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share85%
Pipeline · open now102
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is a contracting authority, based in UKM92. Tracks 303 published notices and 268 awards on PublicSupply.

303
Notices published
268
Awards
377
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£5.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Dumfries and Galloway Council — 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

69

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

102

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

services238 · £783.2m
works33 · £221.1m
goods32 · £39.4m

Instrument type

contract303 · £1.0bn
Source:Find a Tender: 303

Awarded contracts · 862 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Dumfries and Galloway Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Kerbside Fibres & Mixed Containers (Dumfries & Castle Douglas)90513000active
MBT RDF & Contingency Contractclosed
DGCP-0212 School Catering Equipment Repair and Maintenance45331231cancelled
DGCP-0212 School Catering Equipment Repair and Maintenance45331231£287kest.active
DGCP-0212 School Catering Equipment Repair and Maintenance45331231£574kest.active
MBT RDF & Contingency Contract90510000£3.3mest.active
Roads Civil Engineering FrameworkLuddon Construction Limited45000000£44.7mest.active
Roads Civil Engineering FrameworkJohn McGeady Ltd45000000£44.7mest.active
Roads Civil Engineering FrameworkJ H Civil Engineering Ltd45000000£44.7mest.active
Roads Civil Engineering FrameworkHillhouse Quarry Group Ltd45000000£44.7mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
ML
£400.0mest.
22% of total
2
HQ
8 contracts · SME
£102.5mest.
6% of total
3
TD
2 contracts · SME
£89.4mest.
5% of total
4
AR
2 contracts · SME
£89.4mest.
5% of total
5
CL
2 contracts
£89.4mest.
5% of total
6
JM
5 contracts · SME
£72.7mest.
4% of total
7
GQ
5 contracts · SME
£55.9mest.
3% of total
8
OW
£51.3mest.
3% of total
9377
···
369 other suppliers
long tail · 312 SMEs
£906.4m
49% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
276 contracts
£5.1bn
54%
Construction works
71 contracts
£1.7bn
18%
Construction materials
40 contracts
£921.1m
10%
Support transport services
7 contracts
£668.3m
7%
Business, legal, advisory
26 contracts
£506.5m
5%
Architecture, engineering
142 contracts
£376.4m
4%
Repair & maintenance
16 contracts
£107.8m
1%
Transport services
14 contracts
£100.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Health & social work
Construction works
Construction materials
Support transport services
Business, legal, advisory
Architecture, engineering
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 · 3 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 3 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.

85%
SME supplier share
target 33%
701
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
377
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
UKM92
Contact
Susan Brewster
Email
Susan.Brewster@dumgal.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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