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.
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.
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.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
70
Open (bidding)
213
Awarded (90d)
20
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 702 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Newcastle City Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 009497 - Westgate Court, Todds Nook & Vallum Court - Wet Riser Pump Replacement and Repair | — | 45343000 | £160kest. | — | active |
| Brickworks Services | KYAGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | HQC LONDON LIMITED | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | MGM LTD | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | KYAGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | HQC LONDON LIMITED | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | IMPERATOR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Brickworks Services | MGM LTD | £10.8mest. | — | active | |
| Electrical Repairs & Works Support | A. & J. KEITH LIMITED | £12.0mest. | — | active | |
| Electrical Repairs & Works Support | CLEMENTINE SERVICES LTD | £12.0mest. | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKC22
- Companies House
- 04869035
- Contact
- OPEN2026626
- corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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