Quick answer — Inspire Education GroupLast refreshed 04 Aug 2025

At a glance

Inspire Education Group has awarded £120.9m across 9 suppliers, with 32 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Inspire Education Group is a contracting authority, based in UKH11. Tracks 17 published notices and 28 awards on PublicSupply.

17
Notices published
28
Awards
9
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.0m
12 m spend
£8.7m
Prior 12 m
-77%
YoY change
£5.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Inspire Education Group — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£4m£6m£7mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

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

services8 · £15.3m
Unspecified6 · £12.5m
works1 · £0
goods2 · £0

Instrument type

contract17 · £27.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 11Contracts Finder: 6

Awarded contracts · 32 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Inspire Education Group is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Flooring Preferred Supplier45430000active
Janitorial and Cleaning Supplies90919000active
Janitorial and Cleaning Supplies90919000active
CA15727 - Apprenticeship Standards Subcontracting ArrangementsINSPIRE PLUS80000000£2.0m04 Aug 2025active
Supported Delivery Model Subcontracting ArrangementsLearning Curve Group£6.8mest.active
Home to College TransportDews Coaches60172000£5.3mest.active
Home to College Transportnationwide coaches ltd60172000£5.3mest.active
Home to College TransportDews Coaches60172000£5.3mest.active
Home to College Transportnationwide coaches ltd60172000£5.3mest.active
Home to College TransportW.H. Fowler & Sons (Coaches) Ltd60172000£5.3mest.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
NC
7 contracts · SME · 25 Jul
£31.8mest.
26% of total
▼ 100%
2
BL
7 contracts · 25 Jul
£31.8mest.
26% of total
▼ 100%
3
DC
6 contracts · SME · 25 Jul
£26.5mest.
22% of total
▼ 100%
4
LC
2 contracts · 21 Oct
£13.6mest.
11% of total
▼ 100%
5
WF
£5.3mest.
4% of total
▼ 100%
6
IP
3 contracts · 22 Jun04 Aug
£3.5m
3% of total
New
7
AS
£3.3mest.
3% of total
8
GL
1 contract
£3.3mest.
3% of total
99
···
1 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Transport services
22 contracts
£95.5m
79%
Education, training
6 contracts
£18.6m
15%
Other
2 contracts
£6.8m
6%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Transport services
Education, training
2
Other
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
12
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
9
Distinct suppliers

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
UKH11
Contact
Natalie Shipp
Email
procurement@ieg.ac.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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