The London Borough of Waltham Forest is the local authority for the north-east London borough of Waltham Forest, headquartered in Walthamstow and serving a population of around 280,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and regeneration programmes.

Quick answer — London Borough of Waltham ForestLast refreshed 24 Feb 2026

At a glance

London Borough of Waltham Forest has awarded £711.1m across 431 suppliers, with 908 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 87 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 53% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share53%
Pipeline · open now87
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The London Borough of Waltham Forest is the local authority for the north-east London borough of Waltham Forest, headquartered in Walthamstow and serving a population of around 280,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and regeneration programmes.

1000
Notices published
1001
Awards
431
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£2.3bn
12 m spend
£14.7m
Prior 12 m
+15774%
YoY change
£168k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
London Borough of Waltham Forest — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£633m£1265m£1898m£2530mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

16

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

87

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

Unspecified484 · £576.6m
services499 · £540.5m
works9 · £456.5m
goods8 · £1.6m

Instrument type

contract902 · £1.5bn
call off98 · £77.2m
Source:Find a Tender: 544Contracts Finder: 456

Awarded contracts · 908 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Supply of Temporary Accommodation55250000£218.8mest.active
Provision of Sensory Support Service85000000£10est.planning
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSASTON HEATING LIMITED£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSIZ ENERGY SERVICES LTD£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSREFYT LTD£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSRETROSERVE LTD£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSSAVING ENERGY LIMITED£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSSMART ENERGIE LIMITED£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSSURESERVE ENERGY SERVICES UK LIMITED£30.0mest.active
Service Store Technical Partners - DPSAMS MAINTENANCE LIMITED£30.0mest.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
BH
1 contract · 23 Sept
£162.0m
23% of total
2
AL
7 contracts · SME · 31 Jan24 Feb
£100.3m
14% of total
New
3
VG
6 contracts · 16 Mar24 Feb
£100.2m
14% of total
New
4
PL
3 contracts · SME · 20 Sept24 Feb
£100.0m
14% of total
New
5
HS
5 contracts · 31 Jan24 Feb
£100.0m
14% of total
New
6
RS
2 contracts · SME · 24 Feb
£100.0m
14% of total
New
7
AU
2 contracts · 24 Feb
£100.0m
14% of total
New
8
CR
3 contracts · SME · 24 Feb
£100.0m
14% of total
New
9431
···
423 other suppliers
long tail · 241 SMEs
£2.0bn
277% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
501 contracts
£2.7bn
68%
Construction works
45 contracts
£515.0m
13%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
5 contracts
£220.8m
5%
Health & social work
208 contracts
£214.2m
5%
Business, legal, advisory
190 contracts
£165.6m
4%
Transport equipment, vehicles
27 contracts
£120.9m
3%
Other community services
17 contracts
£44.1m
1%
IT services, software
45 contracts
£30.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct
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Feb
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Jun
Other
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0
2300
Construction works
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
Transport equipment, vehicles
16
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.

53%
SME supplier share
target 33%
571
SME award rows
36
VCSE award rows
431
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
UKI53
Contact
Gemma Edwards
Email
gemma.edwards@walthamforest.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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