Quick answer — Hartlepool Borough CouncilLast refreshed 19 Mar 2026

At a glance

Hartlepool Borough Council has awarded £3.6bn across 413 suppliers, with 263 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 4% · 53 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£2.6m) · SME share 55% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 5 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration4%
Modifications · 90 d5
SME spend share55%
Pipeline · open now53
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hartlepool Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKC11. Tracks 721 published notices and 692 awards on PublicSupply.

721
Notices published
692
Awards
413
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£12.3m
12 m spend
£12.3m
Prior 12 m
+0%
YoY change
£60k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hartlepool Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£5m£7m£10mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

16

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

53

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£2.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services90 · £244.6m
Unspecified614 · £89.0m
works8 · £32.0m
goods9 · £14.8m

Instrument type

contract644 · £340.8m
call off77 · £39.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 523Find a Tender: 198

Awarded contracts · 263 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Reimagining Middleton Grange - Transfer of Titles & DeedsCARTER TOWLER LIMITEDactive
Connect to Work - (Revised Version)80000000£5.3mest.active
21 - 25 Whitby Street45000000£2.9mest.planned
Supported Accommodation85311000£2.3mest.planned
High Ropes Repair at Carlton AdventureTECHNICAL OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS LIMITEDactive
Local Area Reform PlanTHE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSIONactive
Architectural Design Services - Concept Design and Feasibility RIBA Stage 0-2GRADON. EHT LIMITEDactive
Connect to Work Programmecancelled
Supported Accommodation and Floating Support Service for Individuals Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Becoming HomelessHOME GROUP LIMITEDactive
Support Service for Provision of Supported Accommodation for Individuals who are Homeless or at Risk of Becoming HomelessHOME GROUP 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
AE
£150.0mest.
4% of total
2
AC
1 contract · SME
£150.0mest.
4% of total
3
ES
£150.0mest.
4% of total
4
EC
£150.0mest.
4% of total
5
GC
£150.0mest.
4% of total
6
GI
£150.0mest.
4% of total
7
HS
1 contract · SME
£150.0mest.
4% of total
8
HL
1 contract · SME
£150.0mest.
4% of total
9413
···
405 other suppliers
long tail · 212 SMEs
£2.1bn
58% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
47 contracts
£3.5bn
92%
Health & social work
99 contracts
£204.2m
5%
Construction works
177 contracts
£47.8m
1%
Other
156 contracts
£13.9m
0%
Construction materials
15 contracts
£12.5m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
29 contracts
£6.5m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
47 contracts
£3.4m
0%
Architecture, engineering
37 contracts
£2.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
Health & social work
Construction works
Other
2
8
3
Construction materials
Transport equipment, vehicles
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 · 5 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 5 notices 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.

55%
SME supplier share
target 33%
364
SME award rows
23
VCSE award rows
413
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
UKC11
Contact
Karen Cooper
Email
procurement@hartlepool.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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