Quick answer — Luton Sixth Form CollegeLast refreshed 29 Aug 2025

At a glance

Luton Sixth Form College has awarded £5.0m across 13 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 62% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 6% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration62%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share6%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Luton Sixth Form College is a contracting authority, based in UKH2. Tracks 27 published notices and 25 awards on PublicSupply.

27
Notices published
25
Awards
13
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£176k
12 m spend
£133k
Prior 12 m
+32%
YoY change
£133k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Luton Sixth Form College — 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

Unspecified23 · £2.5m
services4 · £2.5m

Instrument type

contract25 · £5.0m
call off2 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 23Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Luton Sixth Form College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA15598 - Luton Sixth Form College - Insurance ServicesArthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd66510000£176k29 Aug 2025active
CA13470 - Luton Sixth Form College - Minibus Lease ServicesJurni Minibus60000000£013 Jun 2024active
CA14079 - Luton Sixth Form College LSFC - Virtual Server Farm Replacement Lot 1: On Premise SolutionsPhoenix Software Ltd30230000£133k13 Jun 2024active
CA13611 - Luton Sixth Form College - External Audit ServicesBUZZACOTT LLP79212300£66k29 May 2024active
CA11776 - LSFC - Summer 2023 laptop refresh projectStone Technologies Ltd trading as Stone Group30200000£199k03 Oct 2023active
CA10219 - LSFC - Laptop requirementXMA Ltd30200000£128k14 Aug 2023active
RA332958 - L6FC - x80 Monitor requirementErgo Computing UK Ltd33000000£15k10 Aug 2023active
RA332655 - LSFC - x20 iPad 10genAcademia Ltd33000000£6k25 Jul 2023active
RA331925 - L6FC - Apple Mac Mini requirements.33000000£0active
Luton Sixth Form College ~ Catering tenderAramark Ltd£2.5mest.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
AL
3 contracts · 24 Jul27 Jun
£3.1mest.
62% of total
2
RC
2 contracts · SME · 15 Oct
£849k
17% of total
3
XL
2 contracts · 19 Oct14 Aug
£230k
5% of total
4
ST
£199k
4% of total
5
AJ
£176k
3% of total
New
6
AN
1 contract · 07 Oct
£175k
3% of total
7
PS
1 contract · 13 Jun
£133k
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
BL
1 contract · 29 May
£66k
1% of total
913
···
5 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£68k
1% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
1 contract
£2.5m
50%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£849k
17%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£645k
13%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£562k
11%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£285k
6%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£176k
3%
Medical, pharmaceutical
3 contracts
£21k
0%
Radio, TV, communications
2 contracts
£2k
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
Sewage, waste, environment
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Office equipment, IT
Business, legal, advisory
Financial, insurance
0
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 Sixth Form College 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.

6%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
13
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 6% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKH2
Email
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.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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