Quick answer — The Litmus Partnership LtdLast refreshed 30 Dec 2019

At a glance

The Litmus Partnership Ltd has awarded £517.4m across 97 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 13% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 14% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration13%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share14%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Litmus Partnership Ltd is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 380 published notices and 380 awards on PublicSupply.

380
Notices published
380
Awards
97
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£965k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Litmus Partnership Ltd — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

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

Unspecified380 · £519.6m

Instrument type

call off335 · £509.9m
contract45 · £9.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 380

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Litmus Partnership Ltd is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Caterham High School ~ Tender for Catering ServicesAlliance in Partnership Ltd55524000£850k30 Dec 2019active
Little Heath School - Tender for Cleaning ServicesYBC Cleaning Services90919300£475k30 Dec 2019active
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School - Tender for Grounds Maintenance ServicesParkway Ground Maintenance Ltd77314000£395k23 Dec 2019active
South Staffordshire Council - Tender for Catering ServicesMellors Catering Services Ltd55520000£500k16 Dec 2019active
Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust - Tender for Catering ServicesABM Catering Ltd55524000£500k17 Dec 2019active
Lawrence Sheriff School - Tender for Cleaning ServicesAccuro FM Ltd90919300£475k02 Dec 2019active
Abbey Academies Trust - Tender for Cleaning ServicesGSO Limited t/a Reef Cleaning Solutions90919300£280k25 Nov 2019active
Lincoln Christ's Hospital School - Tender for Cleaning ServicesIndependent Cleaning Services Ltd90919300£800k24 Nov 2019active
St James CofE Primary School - Tender for Catering ServicesAspens Services Ltd55524000£625k26 Nov 2019active
City of Bristol College - Tender for Cleaning Services90911200£0active
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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
40 contracts · 16 Jun26 Nov
£67.7m
13% of total
2
CC
£58.9m
11% of total
3
CL
38 contracts · 21 Jun29 Jul
£58.8m
11% of total
4
AC
14 contracts · 05 Jul17 Dec
£22.4m
4% of total
5
CC
15 contracts · 27 Jun22 Jul
£19.0m
4% of total
6
AL
8 contracts · 20 May09 Jul
£16.3m
3% of total
7
MC
11 contracts · 10 May16 Dec
£14.8m
3% of total
8
AF
17 contracts · SME · 26 Jan02 Dec
£14.3m
3% of total
997
···
89 other suppliers
long tail · 27 SMEs
£241.2m
47% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
236 contracts
£402.2m
78%
Sewage, waste, environment
136 contracts
£105.7m
20%
Business, legal, advisory
5 contracts
£2.6m
1%
Furniture, cleaning
1 contract
£2.3m
0%
Real estate
1 contract
£1.8m
0%
Agriculture, forestry services
5 contracts
£1.4m
0%
Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£901k
0%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£414k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
Furniture, cleaning
Real estate
Agriculture, forestry services
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

The Litmus Partnership Ltd 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.

14%
SME supplier share
target 33%
49
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
97
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 14% 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
United Kingdom

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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