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Quick answer — East Lothian CouncilLast refreshed 19 Mar 2026

At a glance

East Lothian Council has awarded £8.1bn across 205 suppliers, with 397 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 15% · 58 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£79k) · SME share 71% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration15%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share71%
Pipeline · open now58
Awards · 90 d1
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

East Lothian Council is a contracting authority, based in UKM73. Tracks 166 published notices and 139 awards on PublicSupply.

166
Notices published
139
Awards
205
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£234k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
—
YoY change
£15.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
East Lothian 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

20

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

58

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£79k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services118 · £840.9m
works23 · £837.6m
goods17 · £3.0m
Unspecified8 · £591k

Instrument type

contract166 · £1.7bn
Source:Find a Tender: 158Contracts Finder: 8

Awarded contracts · 397 live

All contracts with a published award notice where East Lothian Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
WEATHER FORECASTING, BUREAU, AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES—71351600£960kest.—active
Proposed Housing at the Former Wallyford PS Site, WallyfordCCG (Scotland) Ltd——active
Supply, Installation, Maintenance & Replacement of Bus SheltersCommutaports Limited44212321£800kest.—active
Supply, Installation, Maintenance & Replacement of Bus SheltersCommutaports Limited44212321£800kest.—active
GB-Haddington: TPPL East Lothian Council HCC Lot 2 - 1 x 3.5t L2H2 Access Platform (30690)A M Phillip Trucktech Ltd34114000£79k19 Mar 2026active
DPS Transport for Education, Social care and other transport requirements (East Lothian Council)—60120000£43.7mest.—active
Network of Employability Support and Training – Vocational Training Framework 2026-2030The Larder West Lothian80530000£15.0mest.—active
Network of Employability Support and Training – Vocational Training Framework 2026-2030Triage Central Limited80530000£15.0mest.—active
Network of Employability Support and Training – Vocational Training Framework 2026-2030Hub International80530000£15.0mest.—active
Network of Employability Support and Training – Vocational Training Framework 2026-2030Edinburgh College80530000£15.0mest.—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
CL
CCG (Scotland) Ltd
10 contracts
£1.2bnest.
15% of total
—
2
CI
Cruden Investments Limited
8 contracts · SME
£1.2bnest.
15% of total
—
3
MC
McTaggart Construction Ltd
8 contracts · SME
£1.2bnest.
15% of total
—
4
CH
Campion Homes Ltd
4 contracts
£800.0mest.
10% of total
—
5
AH
A.S. HOMES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
4 contracts · SME
£800.0mest.
10% of total
—
6
FB
Fleming Buildings Ltd
4 contracts · SME
£800.0mest.
10% of total
—
7
RG
Robertson Group Ltd.
4 contracts
£600.0mest.
7% of total
—
8
OC
Ogilvie Construction Limited
4 contracts · SME
£600.0mest.
7% of total
—
9–205
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197 other suppliers
long tail · 146 SMEs
£937.1m
12% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
83 contracts
£26.5bn
93%
Education, training
93 contracts
£738.0m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
27 contracts
£506.0m
2%
Support transport services
1 contract
£400.0m
1%
Construction materials
10 contracts
£232.6m
1%
Architecture, engineering
79 contracts
£116.5m
0%
Transport services
48 contracts
£67.7m
0%
Agriculture, forestry services
11 contracts
£7.6m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
Support transport services
Construction materials
Architecture, engineering
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

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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.

East Lothian Council has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

71%
SME supplier share
target 33%
277
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
205
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM73
Contact
Procurement
Email
procurement@eastlothian.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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