Quick answer — Frays Academy TrustLast refreshed 05 Jun 2023

At a glance

Frays Academy Trust has awarded £7.5m across 6 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 46% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration46%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Frays Academy Trust is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 8 published notices and 8 awards on PublicSupply.

8
Notices published
8
Awards
6
Suppliers engaged
2018
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
£1.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Frays Academy Trust — 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)

1

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

Unspecified6 · £7.5m
goods2 · £1.0m

Instrument type

contract8 · £8.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 6Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Frays Academy Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA11994 - Frays Academy Trust - Outsourced Catering Services FrameworkTHE PANTRY (UK) LIMITED55520000£3.5m05 Jun 2023active
Frays Academy Trust - Gas & Electricity Fixed Price Supply Contracts09000000£1.5m06 Sept 2022active
Frays Academy Trust - Gas & Electricity Fixed Price Supply ContractsSSE Energy09123000active
Frays Academy Trust - Gas & Electricity Fixed Price Supply ContractsEDF Energy09123000active
Frays Academy Trust - Gas & Electricity Fixed Price Supply Contracts09000000£0active
Frays Academy Trust - Gas & Electricity Fixed Price Supply Contracts09310000£1.0mest.active
Frays Academy Trust Electricity Tender 2019EDF Energy Customers Limited09000000£41k23 Apr 2019active
Frays Academy Trust Electricity Tender 2019SSE plc09000000£41k23 Apr 2019active
Frays Academy Trust Electricity Tender 201909000000£0active
CA4764 - CPC20: Outsourced Catering Services - Frays Academy TrustCaterlink55500000£2.5m19 Jul 2018active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TP
1 contract · 05 Jun
£3.5m
46% of total
2
CA
1 contract · 19 Jul
£2.5m
33% of total
3
EE
1 contract · 23 Apr
£41k
1% of total
4
SP
1 contract · 23 Apr
£41k
1% of total
5
SE
1 contract
£0
0% of total
6
EE
1 contract
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£6.0m
70%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
8 contracts
£2.6m
30%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Petroleum, fuel, energy
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.

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.

Frays Academy Trust 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
6
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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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
UK
Contact
Joe Ewers
Email
joe.ewers@gingerenergy.co.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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