Quick answer — Milton Keynes City CouncilLast refreshed 27 Apr 2026

At a glance

Milton Keynes City Council has awarded £1.9bn across 184 suppliers, with 305 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 51% · 137 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£20.3m) · SME share 31% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 6 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration51%
Modifications · 90 d6
SME spend share31%
Pipeline · open now137
Awards · 90 d5

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Milton Keynes City Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ12. Tracks 321 published notices and 113 awards on PublicSupply.

321
Notices published
113
Awards
184
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£91.5m
12 m spend
£492.2m
Prior 12 m
-81%
YoY change
£750k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Milton Keynes City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£131m£262m£392m£523mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

56

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

137

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£20.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services166 · £1.4bn
works61 · £875.1m
Unspecified87 · £589.9m
goods7 · £15.7m

Instrument type

contract321 · £2.9bn
Source:Find a Tender: 282Contracts Finder: 39

Awarded contracts · 305 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Milton Keynes City Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Long Meadow School Distribution upgrade39715200£200kest.active
Highways Asset Advertising Concession Contract79340000planned
Line of Business System for Regulatory Services48000000planned
MKCC Corporate Cleaning90910000planned
Educational Psychology Assessments85000000£3.0mest.planned
Heat Network Development71314310planned
Energy Centre Construction09300000planned
Construction of Household waste recycling centre45210000planned
Materials Recycling Infrastructure90500000planned
School Admission Appeals75100000£0est.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
ML
2 contracts · 03 Jun
£950.0mest.
51% of total
▼ 100%
2
RI
£350.0mest.
19% of total
3
BG
4 contracts · 12 Aug03 Nov
£47.5mest.
3% of total
New
4
CH
4 contracts · 18 Feb
£31.1mest.
2% of total
5
LO
3 contracts · 18 Feb
£22.2mest.
1% of total
6
GS
3 contracts · 18 Feb
£22.2mest.
1% of total
7
AM
3 contracts · 18 Feb
£22.2mest.
1% of total
8
AH
£22.2mest.
1% of total
9184
···
176 other suppliers
long tail · 42 SMEs
£404.2m
22% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
167 contracts
£4.2bn
65%
Construction works
31 contracts
£1.3bn
20%
Electrical machinery
4 contracts
£400.0m
6%
Sewage, waste, environment
11 contracts
£260.9m
4%
Other
60 contracts
£117.6m
2%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
1 contract
£108.0m
2%
Transport services
7 contracts
£45.4m
1%
Construction materials
10 contracts
£14.4m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
0
Construction works
0
1
0
Electrical machinery
Sewage, waste, environment
Other
28
0
1
16
9
19
1
Hotel, restaurant, retail
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 · 6 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 6 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

31%
SME supplier share
target 33%
74
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
184
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 31% 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
UKJ12
Contact
Procurement Team
Email
corporateprocurement@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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