Quick answer — New College DurhamLast refreshed 19 Dec 2025

At a glance

New College Durham has awarded £51.1m across 137 suppliers, with 143 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 35% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 31% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration35%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share31%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

New College Durham is a contracting authority, based in UKC14. Tracks 183 published notices and 189 awards on PublicSupply.

183
Notices published
189
Awards
137
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.1m
12 m spend
£18.4m
Prior 12 m
-94%
YoY change
£63k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
New College Durham — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£4m£8m£11m£15mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

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

Unspecified165 · £51.3m
goods9 · £129k
services5 · £0
works4 · £0

Instrument type

contract164 · £32.9m
call off19 · £18.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 160Find a Tender: 23

Awarded contracts · 143 live

All contracts with a published award notice where New College Durham is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
NCD521 - Outsourced Catering ServicesAramark UK55500000active
Provision of Gas SupplyCorona Energyactive
Provision of Electricity SupplyEDF Energyactive
Network Switches and SoftwareAspire Technology Solutions Ltdactive
Construction Centre of Excellence: Learning Space 2Meldrum Construction Services Ltdactive
ND437 - Waste Management ServicesVEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED£47k24 Nov 2025active
ND437 - Waste Management ServicesJ & B RECYCLING LIMITED£3k24 Nov 2025active
ND437 - Waste Management ServicesREMONDIS LIMITED£50k24 Nov 2025active
NCD511 - Provision of Janitorial SuppliesFULLI'S PAPERWARE LIMITED£129k19 Dec 2025active
CA16654 - NCD539 - Student Transport ServicesSTANLEY TRAVEL (NORTH EAST) LIMITED60172000£60k16 Dec 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CI
5 contracts · SME · 29 Jun15 May
£17.9m
35% of total
2
AC
2 contracts · SME · 14 Sept21 Aug
£9.0m
18% of total
▼ 100%
3
CL
£5.6m
11% of total
4
GL
1 contract · SME · 01 Aug
£3.0m
6% of total
▼ 100%
5
EC
1 contract · SME · 03 Oct
£1.7m
3% of total
6
TW
1 contract · SME · 01 Aug
£1.7m
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
DC
1 contract · SME · 16 Oct
£1.6m
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
EE
1 contract · 29 Mar
£1.5m
3% of total
9137
···
129 other suppliers
long tail · 40 SMEs
£8.9m
17% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction materials
16 contracts
£27.2m
57%
Construction works
22 contracts
£7.9m
16%
Software packages, IT
10 contracts
£5.2m
11%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£1.9m
4%
Office equipment, IT
8 contracts
£1.9m
4%
Education, training
5 contracts
£1.7m
4%
Architecture, engineering
7 contracts
£1.5m
3%
Radio, TV, communications
11 contracts
£796k
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction materials
Construction works
Software packages, IT
0
0
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Office equipment, IT
Education, training
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.

New College Durham 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.

31%
SME supplier share
target 33%
60
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
137
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
UKC14
Contact
Jane Naylor
Email
purchasing@newdur.ac.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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