Quick answer — Guildford Borough CouncilLast refreshed 15 Apr 2026

At a glance

Guildford Borough Council has awarded £153.0m across 145 suppliers, with 98 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 29% · 39 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£150k) · SME share 46% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration29%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share46%
Pipeline · open now39
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Guildford Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ25. Tracks 328 published notices and 268 awards on PublicSupply.

328
Notices published
268
Awards
145
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£11.3m
12 m spend
£19.1m
Prior 12 m
-41%
YoY change
£117k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Guildford Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£3m£6m£8m£11mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

39

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£150k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works19 · £201.4m
services45 · £150.5m
Unspecified260 · £109.7m
goods4 · £190k

Instrument type

contract327 · £460.9m
call off1 · £834k
Source:Contracts Finder: 248Find a Tender: 80

Awarded contracts · 98 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Guildford Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Clerk of Works (CoW) - Housing and Regeneration Projects71520000planning
Weyside Urban Village - Communication Consultant71530000planning
Riverside Boardwalk Replacement [GBC]Keystone Environmental Ltd15 Apr 2026active
Weyside Urban Village - Reptile Translocation - AWARDThomson Environmental Consultants Ltd90700000£150k09 Apr 2026active
GBC - Borough bedding procurement for the supply of plants03451100£170kest.active
Provision of Tree and Countryside Framework - Pre-Market Engagement03000000£5.0mest.planning
New Depot – Workshop & MOT Bay Equipment Supply42600000£190kest.active
Night Security/Patrols for Car Park [GBC] - AWARDMadiganGill Resource Limited75241000£979k26 Feb 2026active
Kitchen & Bathroom Capital Installations39141000active
Managed Services for Temporary Agency ResourcesComensura Limited79600000£8.5m14 Apr 2025active
Showing 110 of 322

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
VL
2 contracts · 07 Jul
£44.9mest.
29% of total
2
SD
2 contracts · SME · 05 Oct13 Jun
£17.4m
11% of total
3
WC
4 contracts · 16 Mar07 Aug
£16.1mest.
10% of total
4
RB
1 contract · 05 Nov
£10.2m
7% of total
New
5
CL
1 contract · 14 Apr
£8.5m
6% of total
▼ 100%
6
CS
2 contracts · 08 Jan
£3.6m
2% of total
7
GC
2 contracts · 17 May17 Sept
£3.6m
2% of total
▼ 100%
8
AL
4 contracts · SME · 14 Oct24 Sept
£3.0m
2% of total
▼ 98%
9145
···
137 other suppliers
long tail · 67 SMEs
£39.5m
26% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Recreational, cultural, sport
11 contracts
£120.3m
29%
Other
20 contracts
£101.6m
24%
Construction works
85 contracts
£92.0m
22%
Furniture, cleaning
8 contracts
£60.5m
15%
Electrical machinery
4 contracts
£15.3m
4%
Business, legal, advisory
27 contracts
£9.9m
2%
Architecture, engineering
38 contracts
£8.0m
2%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
5 contracts
£7.7m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Recreational, cultural, sport
Other
Construction works
10
Furniture, cleaning
Electrical machinery
Business, legal, advisory
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.

Guildford Borough Council 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.

46%
SME supplier share
target 33%
84
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
145
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ25
Companies House
10152910
Contact
Jennifer Rhoden
Email
procurement@guildford.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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