Spend profile

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

£18.9m
12 m spend
£5.3m
Prior 12 m
+258%
YoY change
£84k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Mercian Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£4.8m£9.6m£14m£19mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

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)

7

£717k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified74 · £34.1m
services14 · £1.0m
works3 · £50k

Instrument type

contract91 · £35.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 68Find a Tender: 23

Awarded contracts · 15 live

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

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
IS
2 contracts · 21 Jun12 Feb
£22.8m
2
TI
2 contracts · 23 Apr
£2.8m
3
SS
2 contracts · 28 Jun
£1.7m
4
BS
2 contracts · 29 Apr
£1.2m
5
MB
7 contracts · 17 Oct20 Apr
£740k
6
UH
2 contracts · SME · 28 Jul
£723kest.
7
WA
2 contracts · SME · 23 Apr
£465k
8
HY
3 contracts · 09 Aug29 Jan
£409k
941
···
33 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£3.8m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£22.8m
66%
Construction works
38 contracts
£3.8m
11%
Education, training
2 contracts
£2.8m
8%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£1.7m
5%
Architecture, engineering
5 contracts
£1.2m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£865k
3%
Other
9 contracts
£640k
2%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£483k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Hotel, restaurant, retail
17
Construction works
0
0
0
0
0
0
Education, training
Sewage, waste, environment
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
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 Mercian 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.

3%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
41
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 3% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG38
Companies House
07611347
Email
info@themerciantrust.org

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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