Quick answer — Luminate Education GroupLast refreshed 13 Jan 2026

At a glance

Luminate Education Group has awarded £8.9m across 23 suppliers, with 26 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 46% · 15 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration46%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share33%
Pipeline · open now15
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Luminate Education Group is a contracting authority, based in UKE42. Tracks 51 published notices and 29 awards on PublicSupply.

51
Notices published
29
Awards
23
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.0m
12 m spend
£2.5m
Prior 12 m
-59%
YoY change
£97k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Luminate Education Group — 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

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

15

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

works3 · £39.2m
Unspecified25 · £7.9m
services10 · £7.4m
goods13 · £450k

Instrument type

contract50 · £54.9m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 29Contracts Finder: 22

Awarded contracts · 26 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Luminate Education Group is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
LEG T183 CAFM System (Phase 1)48000000£100kest.active
LEG T183 CAFM System (Phase 1)48000000£100kest.active
LEG T169 - External Legal Services - AWARD79100000£13513 Oct 2025active
Lifts - Leeds ConservatoireCurrie & Brown UK Ltd45000000£73k13 Jan 2026active
LEG T157 LEG Framework: Curriculum Recruitment79600000£6.3mest.active
Project E (FE Veeam Backup - Renewal & Support)Softcat PLC48000000£38k09 Dec 2025active
Park Lane A and B Conditions of SurveyCurrie & Brown UK Ltd45000000£32k10 Dec 2025active
Luminate Education Group - Loose Furniture FF&FE Mabgate & Park Lane Block C - AWARDEmergent Crown Contract Office Furnishings Limited39000000£147k10 Dec 2025active
Luminate Education Group - Tender for the provision of Watchguard - Renewal & Support - Project FEpic Network Support Ltd£67k08 Dec 2025active
Luminate Education Group - Tender for the provision of Watchguard - Renewal & Support - Project F - AWARDepic network support ltd72000000£81k08 Dec 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BC
£4.1m
46% of total
2
AC
1 contract · 09 Aug
£1.1m
12% of total
▼ 100%
3
BA
£1.1mest.
12% of total
New
4
GS
£660k
7% of total
▼ 100%
5
HC
£400k
4% of total
▼ 100%
6
HC
£400kest.
4% of total
7
EC
£244k
3% of total
▲ 52%
8
JL
1 contract · 02 Aug
£192k
2% of total
923
···
15 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£772k
9% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
5 contracts
£39.3m
72%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£7.1m
13%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£4.2m
8%
Other
8 contracts
£1.3m
2%
Industrial machinery
5 contracts
£1.1m
2%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£660k
1%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£341k
1%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£286k
1%

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
0
Business, legal, advisory
0
Sewage, waste, environment
0
Other
0
0
Industrial machinery
Architecture, engineering
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.

33%
SME supplier share
target 33%
9
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
23
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
UKE42
Contact
Hugo Santos
Email
procurement@luminate.ac.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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