Quick answer — Hertfordshire County CouncilLast refreshed 19 May 2026

At a glance

Hertfordshire County Council has awarded £26.5bn across 1197 suppliers, with 2894 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 183 open notices now · 20 awards in last 90 d (£377.3m) · SME share 70% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 7 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d7
SME spend share70%
Pipeline · open now183
Awards · 90 d20

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Hertfordshire County Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH23. Tracks 790 published notices and 682 awards on PublicSupply.

790
Notices published
682
Awards
1197
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.2bn
12 m spend
£265.5m
Prior 12 m
+739%
YoY change
£16.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Hertfordshire County Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£499m£997m£1496m£1994mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

165

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

183

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

20

£377.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services485 · £10.1bn
Unspecified211 · £2.0bn
goods73 · £721.9m
works21 · £335.4m

Instrument type

contract790 · £13.1bn
Source:Find a Tender: 657Contracts Finder: 133

Awarded contracts · 2894 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Hertfordshire County Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Children's Weight Management85000000planned
Provision of meals on wheels85312400planned
Provision of community based support for older people85312100planned
Contract for the Provision of Residential Placements for up to Three (3) Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs - Chambersbury85000000planned
Contract for the Provision of Residential Placements for up to Three (3) Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs - Rowans85000000planned
Contract for the Provision of an Emergency Residential Service for Children or Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs85000000planned
Strategic Lead Provider Services - Support at Home85300000planned
Strategic Lead Provider Services - Reablement85300000planned
A CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF MEASURED TERM MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL, PLANNED, REACTIVE AND MINOR WORKS45259300planned
Contract for the Provision of Residential Placements for up to Three (3) Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs - Green End85000000planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AS
£2.0bnest.
8% of total
2
HP
£2.0bnest.
8% of total
3
CI
£2.0bnest.
8% of total
4
RI
£1.9bnest.
7% of total
5
JU
£1.9bnest.
7% of total
6
LU
6 contracts · SME · 04 Nov
£666.7mest.
3% of total
New
7
LB
6 contracts · SME · 04 Nov
£666.7mest.
3% of total
New
8
LZ
6 contracts · SME · 04 Nov
£666.7mest.
3% of total
New
91197
···
1,189 other suppliers
long tail · 783 SMEs
£16.2bn
61% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
1236 contracts
£215.7bn
72%
Transport equipment, vehicles
381 contracts
£53.3bn
18%
Other
167 contracts
£10.4bn
3%
Education, training
498 contracts
£5.0bn
2%
Architecture, engineering
49 contracts
£4.3bn
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
113 contracts
£3.4bn
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
157 contracts
£3.2bn
1%
Construction works
37 contracts
£2.7bn
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
0
1
7
0
Other
0
1
1813
0
38
1
360
Education, training
Architecture, engineering
Medical, pharmaceutical
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 · 7 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 7 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.

70%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2094
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
1197
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
UKH23
Contact
Children's Services
Email
strategic.procurement@hertfordshire.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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