Quick answer — Luton Borough CouncilLast refreshed 13 Apr 2026

At a glance

Luton Borough Council has awarded £780.0m across 86 suppliers, with 38 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 1 open notice now · 19 awards in last 90 d (£3.4bn) · SME share 93% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share93%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d19

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Luton Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 84 published notices and 84 awards on PublicSupply.

84
Notices published
84
Awards
86
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.4bn
12 m spend
£799k
Prior 12 m
+426230%
YoY change
£410k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Luton Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£936m£1872m£2809m£3745mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

19

£3.4bn

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified79 · £243.0m
services4 · £3.0m
works1 · £0

Instrument type

contract67 · £227.2m
call off17 · £18.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 78Find a Tender: 6

Awarded contracts · 38 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Luton Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
AT1452 Civil and Structural Inspections for Luton Rising DART71000000£3.0mest.planning
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesDILSHAN TRANSPORT GROUP LIMITED£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesPREMIER MINIBUS AND CAR HIRE LIMITED£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesCHILTERN CARS LTD£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport Services24 X 7 LTD.£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport Services7 PLUS TRAVEL LTD£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesA1 MINIBUS & COACH LTD£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesAAA TAXIS (GB) LIMITED£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesAIK MANAGEMENT LTD£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
AT1454 - Provision of Passenger transport ServicesCITILINK SOLUTIONS LIMITED£179.2m13 Apr 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DT
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
2
PM
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
3
CC
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
4
2L
1 contract · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
5
PT
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
6
AM
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
7
AT
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
8
AM
1 contract · SME · 13 Apr
£179.2m
23% of total
New
986
···
78 other suppliers
long tail · 73 SMEs
£1.7bn
215% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
20 contracts
£3.4bn
98%
Health & social work
16 contracts
£40.9m
1%
Construction works
28 contracts
£16.5m
0%
Architecture, engineering
7 contracts
£3.3m
0%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£2.5m
0%
Office equipment, IT
3 contracts
£750k
0%
Food, beverages, tobacco
1 contract
£555k
0%
Agriculture, forestry services
2 contracts
£501k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
3404
Health & social work
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Repair & maintenance
Office equipment, 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.

Luton Borough Council 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.

93%
SME supplier share
target 33%
84
SME award rows
39
VCSE award rows
86
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
UK
Contact
Mr Zhihong Wong
Email
zhihong.wong@luton.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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