Quick answer — GLASS FUTURES LTDLast refreshed 17 Nov 2025

At a glance

GLASS FUTURES LTD has awarded £558k across 40 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 58% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 80% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration58%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share80%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

GLASS FUTURES LTD is a contracting authority, based in UKD71. Tracks 58 published notices and 56 awards on PublicSupply.

58
Notices published
56
Awards
40
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£323k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£323k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
GLASS FUTURES LTD — 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)

2

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

services1 · £10.0m
goods1 · £650k
Unspecified56 · £558k

Instrument type

contract58 · £11.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 53Find a Tender: 5

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where GLASS FUTURES LTD is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
The Supply and Delivery of IT HardwarePC Specialist Limitedactive
Supply and Install of Hydrogen PipeworkCTM Europe Limitedactive
The Supply and Delivery of a Multiphysics Model and Furnace Digital Twin University of Liverpool £323k17 Nov 2025pending
Supply of Tilt TableAGR International Inc42000000£029 Oct 2024active
Supply Furnace and Refractory Flux Line Cooling SystemAK Sheetmetal Fabrications Ltd42500000£030 Jul 2024active
Lab Office Fit OutRichardsons Business Equipment Distributors Ltd39180000£019 Jul 2024active
Hot End Coating HoodVidromecanica42000000£003 Jul 2024active
Electrical InfrastructureFIC (UK) Ltd71314100£003 Jul 2024active
Refractory BricksDSF Refractories and Minerals Limited44190000£028 Jun 2024active
IT ServicesCurveball Solutions Ltd72000000£010 Jun 2024active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
UO
1 contract · 17 Nov
£323k
58% of total
New
2
AL
1 contract · SME · 24 Jan
£120k
22% of total
3
PR
1 contract · SME · 25 Jan
£115k
21% of total
4
PS
£0
0% of total
5
CE
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total
6
AI
1 contract · 29 Oct
£0
0% of total
7
AS
1 contract · 30 Jul
£0
0% of total
8
RB
£0
0% of total
940
···
32 other suppliers
long tail · 28 SMEs
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
4 contracts
£10.3m
92%
Industrial machinery
20 contracts
£650k
6%
Construction materials
8 contracts
£120k
1%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£115k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
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Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
0
Industrial machinery
Construction materials
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 · 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.

GLASS FUTURES LTD 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.

80%
SME supplier share
target 33%
44
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
40
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
UKD71
Companies House
10002698
Contact
GFL Procurement Team
Email
procurement@glass-futures.org

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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