Quick answer — The Manchester CollegeLast refreshed 16 Mar 2020

At a glance

The Manchester College has awarded £6.3m across 37 suppliers.

Why: Top supplier share 29% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 37% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration29%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share37%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Manchester College is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 49 published notices and 49 awards on PublicSupply.

49
Notices published
49
Awards
37
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

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12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£16k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Manchester 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)

0

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

Unspecified49 · £6.3m

Instrument type

contract46 · £3.7m
call off3 · £2.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 49

Awarded contracts · 0 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Manchester College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA7099 - Mini Competition for The Supply and Distribution of iMacs For LTE GroupXMA Ltd30213300£278k16 Mar 2020active
Mini Competition for Provision of TAQA and IQA Courses80000000£0active
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BRANDING SERVICES FOR LTE GROUPGrafit Display Hire31523200£800k20 Jun 2019active
Openshaw Campus phase 145000000£0active
Music and Electric Workshop Demolition TenderForshaw Demolition Ltd45111100£107k18 Jul 2019active
Mechanical & Electrical MaintenanceERIC WRIGHT FM LIMITED50000000£500k17 Apr 2019active
TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SERVICESCAPITA TRAVEL AND EVENTS LIMITED63516000£1.8m05 Jun 2019active
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BRANDING SERVICES FOR LTE GROUPGrafit Display Hire31523200£800k20 Jun 2019active
Environmental Branding NovusGrafit Display Hire34928470£50k11 Apr 2019active
CA6243 - CPC01: Audit ServicesRSM79212000£33k17 Jul 2019active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CT
£1.8m
29% of total
2
GD
3 contracts · SME · 11 Apr20 Jun
£1.7m
26% of total
3
EW
2 contracts · 17 Apr01 May
£1.5m
24% of total
4
BN
1 contract · SME · 20 Oct
£684k
11% of total
5
XL
2 contracts · 11 Feb16 Mar
£278k
4% of total
6
FD
1 contract · SME · 18 Jul
£107k
2% of total
7
ET
1 contract · SME · 09 Apr
£35k
1% of total
8
FF
1 contract · SME · 09 Apr
£35k
1% of total
937
···
29 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£173k
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Support transport services
1 contract
£1.8m
29%
Electrical machinery
2 contracts
£1.6m
26%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£1.5m
24%
Construction works
4 contracts
£791k
13%
Office equipment, IT
9 contracts
£278k
4%
Education, training
9 contracts
£210k
3%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£50k
1%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£33k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Support transport services
Electrical machinery
Repair & maintenance
Construction works
Office equipment, IT
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.

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.

The Manchester 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.

37%
SME supplier share
target 33%
18
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
37
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

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Accountable officer + board roster

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