Quick answer — Hastings Borough CouncilLast refreshed 24 Apr 2026

At a glance

Hastings Borough Council has awarded £960.2m across 72 suppliers, with 68 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 91% · 31 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£2.9m) · SME share 23% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 4 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration91%
Modifications · 90 d4
SME spend share23%
Pipeline · open now31
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hastings Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ22. Tracks 177 published notices and 130 awards on PublicSupply.

177
Notices published
130
Awards
72
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£4.8m
12 m spend
£6.2m
Prior 12 m
-23%
YoY change
£200k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hastings Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

31

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£2.9m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified119 · £945.2m
services47 · £40.2m
works11 · £15.5m

Instrument type

contract177 · £1.0bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 108Find a Tender: 69

Awarded contracts · 68 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
HBC JB Provision of Food Safety Inspection Services (ESPH771)55300000£54kest.active
HBC CS Asset Consultancy (ESPH768)Bloom Procurement Services Ltd79411000£200k24 Apr 2026active
HBC Bill Payment ServicesALLPAY LIMITED48442000£40k01 Mar 2026active
HBC Supported Accommodation - Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Programme (ESPH726)85311000active
HBC JB Provision of Food Safety Inspection Services (ESPH771)55300000£54kest.active
HBC - Refurbishment and New Paving Works at Pelham Crescent, Hastings (ESPH761)45233161active
HBC Supported Accommodation - Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Programme (ESPH726)85311000active
HBC Supported Accommodation - Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Programme (ESPH726)85311000active
HBC NB Street Outreach and Move on Support Contract (Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Programme) (ESPH725 JB)Southdown Housing Association Limited£2.7m26 Mar 2026pending
ESPH HBC 20-31 Castleham Road Over-Roofing (ESPH741)45260000£687kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
JC
£876.3m
91% of total
2
WM
3 contracts · SME · 08 Oct
£35.0m
4% of total
3
PC
4 contracts · 24 Aug23 Dec
£9.1mest.
1% of total
▼ 100%
4
SH
6 contracts · 30 Aug26 Mar
£8.5mest.
1% of total
New
5
BA
1 contract · 09 Feb
£4.2m
0% of total
6
WC
1 contract · 09 Mar
£4.1m
0% of total
7
WC
2 contracts · 09 Feb
£3.5mest.
0% of total
8
PI
4 contracts · 27 Mar
£1.7m
0% of total
▼ 100%
972
···
64 other suppliers
long tail · 14 SMEs
£17.9m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
27 contracts
£931.9m
95%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
4 contracts
£18.6m
2%
Real estate
7 contracts
£9.1m
1%
Architecture, engineering
13 contracts
£7.0m
1%
Health & social work
11 contracts
£6.5m
1%
Repair & maintenance
4 contracts
£4.7m
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
5 contracts
£3.7m
0%
Software packages, IT
10 contracts
£3.2m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
0
0
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Real estate
Architecture, engineering
0
Health & social work
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 · 4 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 4 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.

23%
SME supplier share
target 33%
23
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
72
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 23% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ22
Contact
Jack Berry
Email
procurement@hastings.gov.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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