Quick answer — Liverpool City Region Combined AuthorityLast refreshed 12 May 2026

At a glance

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has awarded £505.2m across 131 suppliers, with 164 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 15% · 45 open notices now · 7 awards in last 90 d (£112.2m) · SME share 65% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration15%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share65%
Pipeline · open now45
Awards · 90 d7

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is a contracting authority, based in UKD72. Tracks 274 published notices and 244 awards on PublicSupply.

274
Notices published
244
Awards
131
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£153.3m
12 m spend
£8.5m
Prior 12 m
+1711%
YoY change
£317k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£31m£61m£92m£122mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

35

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

45

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£112.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services88 · £238.2m
works12 · £109.4m
goods11 · £105.4m
Unspecified163 · £68.2m

Instrument type

contract246 · £516.3m
call off28 · £4.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 164Contracts Finder: 110

Awarded contracts · 164 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Visitor Economy Data DashboardT-STATS SOLUTIONS LIMITED£120kest.active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED£9.7m12 May 2026active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED£6.6m12 May 2026active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesBamford Bus Company Ltd£2.2m12 May 2026active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesBamford Bus Company Ltd£41.4m12 May 2026active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED£36.4m12 May 2026active
Bus Fleet Diesel and Electric VehiclesALEXANDER DENNIS LIMITED£14.8m12 May 2026active
LCRCA - Delivery Partner - Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) - Connect to Work85000000£11.5mest.active
Digital Marketing and Related ServicesBLAZE MEDIA CONSULTANCY LTDactive
Electrical Framework45310000£12.0mest.planned
Showing 110 of 289

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
HT
4 contracts · SME · 12 Apr
£75.3mest.
15% of total
2
BE
£75.2mest.
15% of total
3
AD
4 contracts · 12 May
£67.5m
13% of total
New
4
BB
2 contracts · 12 May
£43.6m
9% of total
New
5
US
2 contracts · SME · 29 Mar
£37.6mest.
7% of total
6
WT
£37.5mest.
7% of total
7
3T
£37.5mest.
7% of total
8
RN
1 contract · SME
£37.5mest.
7% of total
9131
···
123 other suppliers
long tail · 75 SMEs
£93.0m
18% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
95 contracts
£469.7m
66%
Electrical machinery
2 contracts
£104.0m
15%
Architecture, engineering
18 contracts
£43.0m
6%
Construction works
6 contracts
£28.0m
4%
Education, training
55 contracts
£21.5m
3%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£16.2m
2%
Health & social work
7 contracts
£15.2m
2%
Transport equipment, vehicles
7 contracts
£12.6m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
0
0
3
1
35
1
1
111
Electrical machinery
Architecture, engineering
Construction works
Education, training
Software packages, IT
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.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 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%
133
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
131
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
UKD72
Contact
Procurement Team
Email
Procurement@liverpoolcityregion-ca.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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