Newcastle City Council is the metropolitan local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England, serving a population of around 308,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and city-centre regeneration.

Quick answer — Newcastle City CouncilLast refreshed 08 Apr 2026

At a glance

Newcastle City Council has awarded £7.3bn across 601 suppliers, with 702 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 3% · 213 open notices now · 20 awards in last 90 d (£170.5m) · SME share 56% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 6 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration3%
Modifications · 90 d6
SME spend share56%
Pipeline · open now213
Awards · 90 d20

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Newcastle City Council is the metropolitan local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England, serving a population of around 308,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and city-centre regeneration.

1000
Notices published
845
Awards
601
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£206.3m
12 m spend
£70.0m
Prior 12 m
+194%
YoY change
£729k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Newcastle City Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£47m£93m£140m£187mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

70

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

213

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

20

£170.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services323 · £948.5m
Unspecified561 · £867.6m
works68 · £123.4m
goods48 · £65.9m

Instrument type

contract882 · £1.8bn
call off118 · £216.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 573Contracts Finder: 427

Awarded contracts · 702 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
009497 - Westgate Court, Todds Nook & Vallum Court - Wet Riser Pump Replacement and Repair45343000£160kest.active
Brickworks ServicesKYAGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesHQC LONDON LIMITED£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesMGM LTD£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesKYAGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesHQC LONDON LIMITED£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesIMPERATOR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED£10.8mest.active
Brickworks ServicesMGM LTD£10.8mest.active
Electrical Repairs & Works SupportA. & J. KEITH LIMITED£12.0mest.active
Electrical Repairs & Works SupportCLEMENTINE SERVICES LTD£12.0mest.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
OS
3 contracts · SME · 23 Feb
£224.7mest.
3% of total
2
TP
3 contracts · SME · 23 Feb
£224.7mest.
3% of total
3
HL
4 contracts · SME · 06 Mar23 Feb
£224.7mest.
3% of total
4
AY
3 contracts · SME · 23 Feb
£224.7mest.
3% of total
5
KS
2 contracts · SME · 11 Dec
£159.1mest.
2% of total
6
NE
£159.1mest.
2% of total
7
PT
2 contracts · 11 Dec
£159.1mest.
2% of total
8
SC
2 contracts · 11 Dec
£159.1mest.
2% of total
9601
···
593 other suppliers
long tail · 346 SMEs
£5.4bn
74% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
72 contracts
£4.8bn
60%
Other
303 contracts
£1.7bn
21%
Health & social work
193 contracts
£859.6m
11%
Construction works
115 contracts
£329.8m
4%
Transport equipment, vehicles
100 contracts
£142.9m
2%
Construction materials
32 contracts
£90.2m
1%
Repair & maintenance
29 contracts
£60.9m
1%
Medical, pharmaceutical
14 contracts
£32.7m
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
Other
4
0
0
2
2
10
1
170
1
Health & social work
Construction works
0
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
1
2
0
0
Construction materials
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.

56%
SME supplier share
target 33%
517
SME award rows
112
VCSE award rows
601
Distinct suppliers

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
UKC22
Companies House
04869035
Contact
OPEN2026626
Email
corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.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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