Quick answer — Lancaster City CouncilLast refreshed 07 Apr 2026

At a glance

Lancaster City Council has awarded £139.0m across 275 suppliers, with 169 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 22% · 49 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£2.1m) · SME share 65% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration22%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share65%
Pipeline · open now49
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Lancaster City Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD44. Tracks 537 published notices and 480 awards on PublicSupply.

537
Notices published
480
Awards
275
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£5.1m
12 m spend
£6.9m
Prior 12 m
-27%
YoY change
£70k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Lancaster City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

49

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£2.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified431 · £114.1m
works32 · £83.8m
services48 · £8.7m
goods26 · £967k

Instrument type

contract427 · £186.2m
call off110 · £21.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 396Find a Tender: 141

Awarded contracts · 169 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Lancaster City Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Legal SupportTrowers & Hamlins LLPactive
Bar SuppliesCarlsberg Marstons Brewing Companyactive
Beach CleanerOverton UK Limitedactive
Glazing SupplyHuws Gray Ltd44221100£95k17 Mar 2026active
Block CleaningLCD Support Services90910000£23k24 Mar 2026active
Replacement Smoke Alarms 202645343000active
Lot 2 - Purchase and Lease of Refuse Collection Vehicles 18T and OverDennis Eagle Limited34100000£1.7m07 Apr 2026active
RTBSS SupportRT Business System Solutions Ltdpending
Property Team ConsultancyHarrison Pitt Architects71000000£247k04 Oct 2024active
Liquid FuelsStandard Fuel Oils Ltd09100000£511k06 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
EW
1 contract · 01 May
£30.0m
22% of total
2
AL
1 contract · 02 Mar
£15.0m
11% of total
3
RT
2 contracts · SME
£13.0mest.
9% of total
4
VJ
1 contract · 12 Feb
£9.4m
7% of total
5
WR
15 contracts · SME · 27 Jul05 Oct
£5.3m
4% of total
6
CL
1 contract · SME
£5.0mest.
4% of total
7
HL
2 contracts · SME · 08 Aug16 Sept
£4.9m
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
NP
1 contract · 05 Mar
£4.5m
3% of total
9275
···
267 other suppliers
long tail · 172 SMEs
£51.8m
37% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
128 contracts
£115.3m
60%
Other
93 contracts
£42.6m
22%
Recreational, cultural, sport
5 contracts
£15.0m
8%
Public utilities
2 contracts
£4.5m
2%
Transport equipment, vehicles
27 contracts
£4.3m
2%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
6 contracts
£4.1m
2%
Construction materials
27 contracts
£3.6m
2%
Business, legal, advisory
27 contracts
£3.3m
2%

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
Other
0
Recreational, cultural, sport
Public utilities
Transport equipment, vehicles
2
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1
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 · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Lancaster City Council has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

65%
SME supplier share
target 33%
246
SME award rows
22
VCSE award rows
275
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD44
Contact
Mr Scott Cunningham
Email
scunningham@lancaster.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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