Quick answer — Greater Manchester Combined AuthorityLast refreshed 15 May 2026

At a glance

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has awarded £1.3bn across 60 suppliers, with 59 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 34% · 3 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£895k) · SME share 26% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration34%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share26%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKD33. Tracks 86 published notices and 85 awards on PublicSupply.

86
Notices published
85
Awards
60
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£31.1m
12 m spend
£872k
Prior 12 m
+3472%
YoY change
£1.6m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Greater Manchester Combined Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£7m£14m£20m£27mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

4

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£895k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services8 · £135.9m
Unspecified73 · £80.5m
goods5 · £1.6m

Instrument type

contract79 · £215.3m
call off7 · £2.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 66Find a Tender: 20

Awarded contracts · 59 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Greater Manchester Combined Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GMCA 1983 - Safe Transitions - Refugee Lodging Scheme85000000£295kest.planning
GMCA 1982 - Safe Transitions - New Community Guidance85000000£308kest.planning
GMCA 1664 Water Rescue PPE - DrysuitsIonic Rescue LTD35000000£278k05 Mar 2026active
Restricted Eligibility Support Service (RESS)85300000£1.3mest.planning
Forensic road collision investigation trainingAI TRAINING SERVICES LTD.active
GMCA 1936: GM Inclusion Health Service 2026 - 202985000000£6.6mest.planning
GMCA 1699 Engineering Project Manager Support for Solar Design and Build Contract Management71300000£820kest.active
GMCA965 Legal Services Support to GMCA's Waste & Resources ServiceDLA PIPER UK LLP£895k15 May 2026pending
Pay and reward benchmarkingKORN FERRY (UK) LIMITEDactive
Calibration and testing of Intox machinesLION LABORATORIES LIMITEDactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EF
£463.8mest.
34% of total
2
OC
£421.7mest.
31% of total
3
KF
£337.3mest.
25% of total
4
SU
1 contract · SME
£42.2mest.
3% of total
5
MU
1 contract · 09 Oct
£19.2m
1% of total
New
6
CS
3 contracts · 20 Jun25 Feb
£14.5m
1% of total
7
BT
2 contracts · 25 Jun02 Aug
£13.2m
1% of total
New
8
GP
£7.6m
1% of total
960
···
52 other suppliers
long tail · 22 SMEs
£27.6m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
31 contracts
£3.5bn
98%
Software packages, IT
14 contracts
£26.4m
1%
Health & social work
8 contracts
£20.5m
1%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£14.9m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£13.1m
0%
Repair & maintenance
10 contracts
£8.8m
0%
Other community services
2 contracts
£1.9m
0%
Security, emergency equipment
4 contracts
£1.9m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Architecture, engineering
Software packages, IT
0
21
2
1
Health & social work
4
IT services, software
0
2
Radio, TV, communications
Repair & maintenance
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

26%
SME supplier share
target 33%
23
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
60
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 26% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD33
Email
procurement@gmp.police.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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