Quick answer — The Marches Academy TrustLast refreshed 21 Apr 2026

At a glance

The Marches Academy Trust has awarded £31.4m across 4 suppliers, with 9 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 4 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£3.2m) · SME share 13% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share13%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Marches Academy Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKG22. Tracks 13 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

13
Notices published
10
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.5m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£3.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Marches Academy Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£3.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified6 · £14.5m
services7 · £13.6m

Instrument type

contract13 · £28.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 9Contracts Finder: 4

Awarded contracts · 9 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Marches Academy Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Marches Academy Trust - Cleaning Services TenderCleanTEC Services Limited£3.2mest.active
Marches Academy Trust - Cleaning Services TenderCleanTEC Services Limited£3.2m21 Apr 2026active
Marches Academy Trust - Catering Services Tenderabm Catering Limited£5.3mest.active
Marches Academy Trust - Catering Services Tenderabm Catering Limited55524000£5.3m11 Jul 2025active
Marches Academy Trust - Catering Services Tender55524000£0active
The Marches Academy Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesCleanTEC Services Limited£1.8mest.active
CA11802 - The Marches Academy Trust Contract for Cleaning ServicesCleanTEC Services Limited90919300£2.3m27 Jun 2023active
Marches Academy Trust Tender for Catering ServicesTaylor Shaw Limited55524000£3.3mest.active
Marches Academy Trust Tender for Catering ServicesTaylor Shaw Limited55524000£3.3mest.active
CA10580 - Marches Academy Trust Tender for Catering Services55524000£3.7m27 Sept 2022active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CS
4 contracts · 27 Jun21 Apr
£10.5mest.
33% of total
New
2
TS
£6.7mest.
21% of total
3
AC
£5.3mest.
17% of total
4
AC
1 contract · 11 Jul
£5.3m
17% of total
New

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
5 contracts
£15.6m
50%
Other
4 contracts
£13.4m
43%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£2.3m
7%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Hotel, restaurant, retail
5
Other
3
Sewage, waste, environment
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.

The Marches Academy Trust 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.

13%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 13% 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
UKG22
Email
operations@invictuspartnership.com

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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