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Quick answer — London CouncilsLast refreshed 04 May 2023

At a glance

London Councils has awarded £50.4m across 25 suppliers, with 35 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 11% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 59% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration11%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share59%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

London Councils is a contracting authority, based in UKI31. Tracks 33 published notices and 19 awards on PublicSupply.

33
Notices published
19
Awards
25
Suppliers engaged
2020
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
£20.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
London Councils — 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

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

goods5 · £1.6bn
services12 · £70.7m
Unspecified16 · £443k

Instrument type

contract28 · £1.6bn
call off5 · £443k
Source:Find a Tender: 18Contracts Finder: 15

Awarded contracts · 35 live

All contracts with a published award notice where London Councils is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Tax Advice and other Financial Accountancy consultancy for the Pan London Secure Children's Home (SCH) ProjectKPMG LLP——active
C1222a Development, Management, Delivery and Facilitation of the London Leadership Programme—79400000£336kest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesAxis Recruitment Limited79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesDANLUKER LIMITED79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesMorgan Hunt UK LTD79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesFrontier Consulting Ltd79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesLiquid Personnel Limited79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesReed Specialist Recruitment79610000£30.0mest.—active
YPO 001166 - Framework for International Recruitment of Social Work Roles and Associated ServicesSanctuary Personnel Ltd79610000£30.0mest.—active
VEAT Notice: NEC Managed ICT & Back Office Services For Parking & Other Appeal ServicesNEC Software Solutions UK Ltd——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
FC
Frontier Consulting Ltd
2 contracts · SME
£5.5mest.
11% of total
—
2
LP
Liquid Personnel Limited
2 contracts
£5.5mest.
11% of total
—
3
RS
Reed Specialist Recruitment
2 contracts
£5.5mest.
11% of total
—
4
SP
Sanctuary Personnel Ltd
2 contracts
£5.5mest.
11% of total
—
5
AR
Axis Recruitment Limited
1 contract · SME
£4.3mest.
8% of total
—
6
DL
DANLUKER LIMITED
1 contract · SME
£4.3mest.
8% of total
—
7
MH
Morgan Hunt UK LTD
1 contract · SME
£4.3mest.
8% of total
—
8
3R
3D Recruit Ltd
1 contract · SME
£1.3mest.
2% of total
—
9–25
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17 other suppliers
long tail · 10 SMEs
£14.2m
28% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Electrical machinery
1 contract
£1.6bn
74%
Other
22 contracts
£320.4m
15%
Business, legal, advisory
12 contracts
£210.6m
10%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£16.0m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£150k
0%
Education, training
6 contracts
£129k
0%
Real estate
2 contracts
£50k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
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Jun
Electrical machinery
Other
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
Radio, TV, communications
Education, training
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.

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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.

London Councils 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

59%
SME supplier share
target 33%
17
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
25
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Contact
Kalpini Dave
Email
TIM.BATKIN@LONDONCOUNCILS.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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