Quick answer — GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUSTLast refreshed 05 May 2026

At a glance

GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST has awarded £2.9bn across 243 suppliers, with 391 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 7% · 69 open notices now · 15 awards in last 90 d (£34.1m) · SME share 41% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration7%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share41%
Pipeline · open now69
Awards · 90 d15

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST is a contracting authority, based in UKD33. Tracks 521 published notices and 415 awards on PublicSupply.

521
Notices published
415
Awards
243
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£43.4m
12 m spend
£132.3m
Prior 12 m
-67%
YoY change
£2.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£35m£70m£104m£139mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

67

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

69

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

15

£34.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services116 · £7.3bn
works35 · £1.8bn
Unspecified325 · £325.3m
goods45 · £182.2m

Instrument type

contract479 · £9.5bn
call off42 · £132.2m
Source:Find a Tender: 295Contracts Finder: 226

Awarded contracts · 391 live

All contracts with a published award notice where GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
TfGM Contentful SubscriptionsCantarus Limited48000000£398k19 Mar 2026active
Bus Shelter and Bus Stop Maintenance and CleaningCENTRAL ELECTRICAL (NW) LTD£1.1mest.active
Creative Services FrameworkAGENT MARKETING LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkAGENT MARKETING LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkMEANWHILE LTD£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkTHE BEHAVIOURS AGENCY LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkTHG INGENUITY LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkTHG INGENUITY LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkVivid Everywhere Ltd£3.7m05 May 2026pending
Creative Services FrameworkFRESH APPROACH (UK) LIMITED£3.7m05 May 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
RL
11 contracts · SME · 25 Feb10 Jan
£201.5mest.
7% of total
2
PS
2 contracts · SME · 12 Jul
£200.1mest.
7% of total
3
GC
1 contract · SME
£200.0mest.
7% of total
4
AL
12 contracts · SME · 01 Mar15 Apr
£174.3mest.
6% of total
▼ 100%
5
WU
10 contracts · SME · 01 Jun15 Apr
£171.2mest.
6% of total
▼ 100%
6
SU
6 contracts · SME · 15 Apr
£123.0mest.
4% of total
▼ 100%
7
OA
6 contracts · SME · 01 Mar15 Apr
£101.0mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
SD
6 contracts · SME · 01 Mar15 Apr
£101.0mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%
9243
···
235 other suppliers
long tail · 134 SMEs
£1.6bn
56% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
84 contracts
£9.1bn
49%
Construction works
40 contracts
£5.5bn
29%
Radio, TV, communications
20 contracts
£1.3bn
7%
Printed matter
5 contracts
£1.1bn
6%
Other
167 contracts
£810.0m
4%
Transport services
51 contracts
£444.7m
2%
Transport equipment, vehicles
50 contracts
£341.8m
2%
Financial, insurance
90 contracts
£208.0m
1%

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
Construction works
Radio, TV, communications
Printed matter
Other
2
4
30
Transport services
0
0
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.

41%
SME supplier share
target 33%
202
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
243
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
UKD33
Companies House
08913502
Contact
Anna Manns
Email
anna@agmprocurement.com

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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