Quick answer — National Citizen ServiceLast refreshed 09 Jan 2025

At a glance

National Citizen Service has awarded £807.9m across 74 suppliers, with 6 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 25% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 80% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration25%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share80%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Citizen Service is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 69 published notices and 62 awards on PublicSupply.

69
Notices published
62
Awards
74
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£845k
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£125k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Citizen Service — 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

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

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

Unspecified61 · £1.1bn
services8 · £54.2m

Instrument type

call off14 · £1.1bn
contract55 · £57.3m
Source:Contracts Finder: 61Find a Tender: 8

Awarded contracts · 6 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Citizen Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
PPL-037 - Renovo Outplacement - 2025RENOVO EMPLOYMENT GROUP LIMITED79414000£49k09 Jan 2025active
S&I-041 - Enrichment and AttendanceCentre for Young Lives73110000£45k16 Dec 2024active
Sprinklr Licensing and Implementation via Softcat - Contract AwardedSoftCat PLC72000000£48k18 Oct 2024active
S&I-046 - Social Cohesion Research - Part 22CV Limited73110000£47k23 Dec 2024active
S&I-046 - Social Cohesion Research - Part 1Saul Parker Consulting Limited t/a The Good Side73210000£49k16 Dec 2024active
UK Youth - Joined Up SummitUK Youth79952000£42k15 Oct 2024active
Procurement Partner to support the Commissioning of Services to Young PeopleQuantum 360 Limited79418000£565k19 Sept 2024active
Mentoring Services80570000active
Mentoring Services80310000£0active
National Citizen Service Trust - Employment/Career Coaching Provider - Expression of Interest (EOI)80000000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
IC
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£200.0m
25% of total
2
RI
1 contract · 28 Aug
£152.5m
19% of total
3
IN
1 contract · 28 Aug
£152.5m
19% of total
4
CA
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£11.1m
1% of total
5
SI
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£11.1m
1% of total
6
AP
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£11.1m
1% of total
7
BA
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£11.1m
1% of total
8
CC
1 contract · SME · 28 Aug
£11.1m
1% of total
974
···
66 other suppliers
long tail · 54 SMEs
£247.5m
31% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
38 contracts
£604.4m
70%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£200.0m
23%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£54.0m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
38 contracts
£2.5m
0%
IT services, software
7 contracts
£740k
0%
R&D services
9 contracts
£141k
0%
Health & social work
2 contracts
£66k
0%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£60k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
IT services, software
R&D services
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.

National Citizen Service 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.

80%
SME supplier share
target 33%
60
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
74
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Email
procurement@ncstrust.org.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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