Quick answer — East Durham CollegeLast refreshed 03 Sept 2025

At a glance

East Durham College has awarded £2.9m across 14 suppliers, with 29 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 28% · 24 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration28%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now24
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

East Durham College is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 48 published notices and 21 awards on PublicSupply.

48
Notices published
21
Awards
14
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£529k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£166k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
East Durham College — 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)

24

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

Unspecified17 · £2.0m
goods13 · £830k
services16 · £700k
works2 · £0

Instrument type

call off9 · £1.7m
contract39 · £1.7m
Source:Find a Tender: 36Contracts Finder: 12

Awarded contracts · 29 live

All contracts with a published award notice where East Durham College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Supply, Installation & Maintenance of HR and Payroll System48450000active
Infrastructure & End User Computing Refreshcomplete
Supply, Installation & Maintenance of HR and Payroll System48450000active
Supply, Installation & Maintenance of HR and Payroll Systemcomplete
Supply, Installation & Maintenance of HR and Payroll System48450000active
Infrastructure & End User Computing Refresh30200000active
Supply, Installation & Maintenance of HR and Payroll System48450000active
Infrastructure & End User Computing Refresh30200000active
Infrastructure & End User Computing Refresh30200000active
Supply, Installation, and Maintenance of CCTV Systemcomplete
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
LC
4 contracts · 22 Dec03 Sept
£800kest.
28% of total
2
AD
2 contracts · 04 Aug
£473k
17% of total
3
UL
1 contract · SME
£450kest.
16% of total
4
VE
3 contracts · 13 Mar
£167k
6% of total
5
RL
1 contract · SME · 25 Oct
£106k
4% of total
6
CL
1 contract · SME · 26 Aug
£100k
4% of total
7
FL
1 contract · 04 May
£99k
3% of total
8
AP
£79k
3% of total
▼ 100%
914
···
6 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£127k
4% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
6 contracts
£1.1m
30%
Other
10 contracts
£900k
24%
Security, emergency equipment
5 contracts
£830k
22%
Transport services
2 contracts
£473k
12%
IT services, software
1 contract
£167k
4%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£106k
3%
Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£99k
3%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£79k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
Other
Security, emergency equipment
Transport services
IT services, software
Transport equipment, vehicles
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 · 5 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 5 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.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
14
Distinct suppliers

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
UKC14
Contact
Joanne Wilson
Email
joanne.wilson@eastdurham.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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