Quick answer — The National College for High Speed RailLast refreshed 07 Nov 2017

At a glance

The National College for High Speed Rail has awarded £1.3m across 7 suppliers, with 1 live contract.

Why: Top supplier share 43% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration43%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share29%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The National College for High Speed Rail is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 10 published notices and 10 awards on PublicSupply.

10
Notices published
10
Awards
7
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£134k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The National College for High Speed Rail — 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

Unspecified10 · £1.3m

Instrument type

call off4 · £1.1m
contract6 · £260k
Source:Contracts Finder: 10

Awarded contracts · 1 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The National College for High Speed Rail is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
IT Service Management Contract Provider for Further Education72600000£0active
Integrated Financial Management System for Further Education48442000£0active
Integrated Financial System for Further Education48442000£0active
Apprenticeship Training for Project Management and Commercial Procurement and Supply ChainSR Supply Chain Consultants80300000£67k07 Nov 2017active
Apprenticeship Training for Project Management and Commercial Procurement and Supply ChainLondon College of Business and Law80300000£67k07 Nov 2017active
ITT For Multi Function Devices - RM3781Kyocera Document Solutions (UK) Ltd30121100£60k31 Jul 2017active
Facilities Management Site Teams, Birmingham & DoncasterPremier Support Services79993100£200k24 Aug 2017active
Digital Signage and WayfindingWSi group32321200£569k21 Jun 2017active
BIM Cave Soft Market Test48000000£0active
Audio VisualRapid Technologies50340000£350k21 Jun 2017active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WG
1 contract · 21 Jun
£569k
43% of total
2
RT
1 contract · 21 Jun
£350k
27% of total
3
PS
1 contract · 24 Aug
£200k
15% of total
4
SS
1 contract · SME · 07 Nov
£67k
5% of total
5
LC
1 contract · SME · 07 Nov
£67k
5% of total
6
KD
£60k
5% of total
7
KL
1 contract · 14 Dec
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£569k
43%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£350k
27%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£200k
15%
Education, training
2 contracts
£134k
10%
Office equipment, IT
1 contract
£60k
5%

Activity heatmap

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

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Radio, TV, communications
Repair & maintenance
Business, legal, advisory
Education, training
Office equipment, IT
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 National College for High Speed Rail 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.

29%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 29% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

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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