Quick answer — GWE BUSINESS WEST LTDLast refreshed 01 Feb 2024

At a glance

GWE BUSINESS WEST LTD has awarded £5.0m across 27 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 30% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 56% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration30%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share56%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

GWE BUSINESS WEST LTD is a contracting authority, based in UKK11. Tracks 46 published notices and 41 awards on PublicSupply.

46
Notices published
41
Awards
27
Suppliers engaged
2016
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
£32k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
GWE BUSINESS WEST 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)

4

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

Unspecified38 · £3.7m
services8 · £1.3m

Instrument type

contract21 · £3.8m
call off25 · £1.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 38Find a Tender: 8

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where GWE BUSINESS WEST LTD is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
International Travel Support Services79900000£0active
Events Catering ServicesCleverchefs Ltd (t/a Epic Caterers)98113000£101 Feb 2024active
Events Catering ServicesCleverchefs Ltd (t/a Epic Caterers)98113000£1est.active
International Travel Support Services GBIPMeon Valley Travel Limited79900000£440k26 Oct 2023active
International Travel Support Services GBIPMeon Valley Travel Limited79900000£500kest.active
Events Catering Services98113000£0active
IT Managed ServicesSoda IT Support (South) Limited72000000£750k03 Oct 2023active
IT Managed ServicesSoda IT Support (South) Limited72000000£750kest.active
Events Catering Services98113000cancelled
International Travel Support Services GBIP79900000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SI
2 contracts · 03 Oct
£1.5mest.
30% of total
2
MV
2 contracts · 26 Oct
£940kest.
19% of total
3
AL
1 contract · 20 Dec
£332k
7% of total
4
MV
7 contracts · SME · 08 Jan26 Feb
£288k
6% of total
5
AS
£224k
5% of total
6
UI
1 contract · 21 Sept
£224k
5% of total
7
CB
1 contract · 21 Sept
£224k
5% of total
8
EG
1 contract · 21 Sept
£224k
5% of total
927
···
19 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£1.0m
20% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

IT services, software
9 contracts
£2.3m
46%
Business, legal, advisory
13 contracts
£1.1m
22%
R&D services
5 contracts
£996k
20%
Support transport services
6 contracts
£188k
4%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£146k
3%
Government administration
1 contract
£100k
2%
Transport services
1 contract
£100k
2%
Education, training
7 contracts
£52k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
IT services, software
Business, legal, advisory
R&D services
Support transport services
Software packages, IT
Government administration
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.

GWE BUSINESS WEST 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.

56%
SME supplier share
target 33%
23
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
27
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
UKK11
Contact
Contracts Team
Email
procurement@businesswest.co.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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