Quick answer — London Borough of BrentLast refreshed 08 Apr 2026

At a glance

London Borough of Brent has awarded £1.1bn across 122 suppliers, with 221 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 82 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£779k) · SME share 61% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share61%
Pipeline · open now82
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

London Borough of Brent is a contracting authority, based in UKI72. Tracks 479 published notices and 323 awards on PublicSupply.

479
Notices published
323
Awards
122
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£28.2m
12 m spend
£6.4m
Prior 12 m
+343%
YoY change
£1.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
London Borough of Brent — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£4m£8m£11m£15mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

64

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

82

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£779k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works40 · £1.4bn
services157 · £677.3m
Unspecified274 · £584.7m
goods8 · £1.3m

Instrument type

contract419 · £2.4bn
call off60 · £249.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 251Find a Tender: 228

Awarded contracts · 221 live

All contracts with a published award notice where London Borough of Brent is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Contract to design, build, operate and maintain the South Kilburn District Heat Network - (RESID-2324-005)Vital Energi Utilities Limited09300000£36.0mest.active
Gangs & Serious Youth Violence Programme85000000£291kest.active
FOOD WASTE CADDIES AND CADDY LINERSBRITISHBINS LTDactive
FOOD WASTE CADDIES AND CADDY LINERSBRITISHBINS LTDactive
Advocacy Services85000000£2.3mest.planning
Consultancy Contract for the provision of Temporary Accommodation Support & ManagementGreenlight Commercial and Consulting Ltdactive
Adobe Licenses for the London Borough of Southwark48000000£0active
Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme.98000000£270kest.active
Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme.98000000£270kest.planning
Children’s Public Health Services (0-19 years) Health Visiting and School Nursing (PSR Process C)Central London Community Health Care NHS Trustactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
VE
£300.0mest.
26% of total
2
CP
£175.5mest.
15% of total
3
SD
1 contract · SME · 31 May
£167.3m
15% of total
4
MH
2 contracts · 19 Jan
£44.5m
4% of total
5
PC
3 contracts · SME · 22 Sept
£36.9m
3% of total
New
6
VE
£36.0mest.
3% of total
7
HH
£31.7mest.
3% of total
8
SA
£26.0m
2% of total
New
9122
···
114 other suppliers
long tail · 77 SMEs
£310.5m
27% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
70 contracts
£1.3bn
53%
Other
82 contracts
£418.0m
17%
Health & social work
121 contracts
£326.0m
13%
Architecture, engineering
24 contracts
£178.7m
7%
Construction materials
14 contracts
£162.1m
7%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£44.5m
2%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
6 contracts
£36.0m
1%
Other community services
18 contracts
£5.8m
0%

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
0
Other
12
14
1
0
Health & social work
Architecture, engineering
0
Construction materials
Support transport services
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.

61%
SME supplier share
target 33%
109
SME award rows
6
VCSE award rows
122
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
UKI72
Contact
Bhavin Mistry
Email
procurement@brent.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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