At a glance
The Howard Academy Trust has awarded £5.2m across 5 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 48% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
The Howard Academy Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKJ44. Tracks 8 published notices and 6 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
0
Open (bidding)
2
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 4 live
All contracts with a published award notice where The Howard Academy Trust is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Howard Academy Trust Invitation to Tender for Network Infrastructure Replacement at Hurstmere School and Expansion/Enhancement of Wi-Fi Infrastructure at The Howard School | Tel Group Ltd | 32421000 | — | — | active |
| CA15375 - The Howard Academy Trust Invitation to Tender for Network Infrastructure Replacement at Hurstmere School and Expansion/Enhancement of Wi-Fi Infrastructure at The Howard School | Tel Group Ltd | 32421000 | £540k | 13 Jun 2025 | active |
| CA12337 - The Howard Academy Trust - Print Services | Ricoh UK Ltd | 79800000 | £380k | 04 Sept 2023 | active |
| CA11592 - The Howard Academy Trust: Outsourced Catering Services | abm catering limited | 55520000 | £2.5m | 22 Feb 2023 | active |
| The Howard Academy Trust - Payroll and HR Administration System Provision | Access UK Ltd | 79631000 | £200kest. | — | active |
| The Howard Academy Trust Catering Service Tender | Nourish Contract Catering | 15894210 | £1.6m | 27 Jul 2017 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
The Howard Academy Trust has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKJ44
- Contact
- Ben Jones
- e.metcalfe@thecpc.ac.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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