Quick answer — Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow)Last refreshed 08 Jun 2026

At a glance

Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow) has awarded £286.8m across 76 suppliers, with 157 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 32 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 91% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share91%
Pipeline · open now32
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow) is a contracting authority, based in UKM82. Tracks 77 published notices and 68 awards on PublicSupply.

77
Notices published
68
Awards
76
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
£3.1m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow) — 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

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

32

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

services66 · £112.9m
goods10 · £10.7m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract77 · £123.5m
Source:Find a Tender: 77

Awarded contracts · 157 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsASPIRE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsWhite Label Sourcing Ltd18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsBorder Embroideries Ltd T/A BE Uniforms18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsWhite Label Sourcing Ltd18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsBorder Embroideries Ltd T/A BE Uniforms18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsWhite Label Sourcing Ltd18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsBorder Embroideries Ltd T/A BE Uniforms18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsWhite Label Sourcing Ltd18412000active
Multi-Lot Framework Agreement for the Provision of UniformsASPIRE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES18412000active
Framework Agreement for the Provision of First Aid and Medical at EventsSt Andrews First Aid79952000£1.0mest.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
BL
6 contracts · SME
£34.5mest.
12% of total
2
HM
6 contracts · SME
£34.5mest.
12% of total
3
GT
2 contracts · SME
£19.8mest.
7% of total
4
CC
2 contracts · SME
£19.8mest.
7% of total
5
SA
£12.5mest.
4% of total
6
AS
3 contracts · SME
£12.5mest.
4% of total
7
TU
5 contracts · SME
£11.9mest.
4% of total
8
TL
£11.7mest.
4% of total
976
···
68 other suppliers
long tail · 61 SMEs
£129.6m
45% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
68 contracts
£589.1m
58%
Postal, telecoms
7 contracts
£238.0m
24%
Agriculture, farming
18 contracts
£72.0m
7%
Musical instruments, sport
19 contracts
£55.8m
6%
Electrical machinery
3 contracts
£34.0m
3%
Other
14 contracts
£12.2m
1%
Software packages, IT
9 contracts
£5.4m
1%
Recreational, cultural, sport
8 contracts
£2.9m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Postal, telecoms
Agriculture, farming
Musical instruments, sport
Electrical machinery
Other
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 · 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.

Glasgow Life (Culture & Sport Glasgow) 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.

91%
SME supplier share
target 33%
130
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
76
Distinct suppliers

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
UKM82
Contact
Joyce Caldwell
Email
joyce.caldwell@glasgowlife.org.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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