Quick answer — Northampton Borough CouncilLast refreshed 28 Jan 2021

At a glance

Northampton Borough Council has awarded £134.5m across 44 suppliers, with 1 live contract.

Why: Top supplier share 83% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 77% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration83%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share77%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northampton Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 38 published notices and 38 awards on PublicSupply.

38
Notices published
38
Awards
44
Suppliers engaged
2017
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
£304k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northampton Borough Council — 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

Unspecified38 · £134.5m

Instrument type

contract22 · £112.8m
call off16 · £21.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 38

Awarded contracts · 1 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northampton Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Maintenance of the Northampton Borough Council CCTV SystemUT service and maintenance Ltd32234000£180k13 Jul 2020active
NBC Stage 2 Place Marketing Campaign for NorthamptonPavement Creative Ltd79340000£65k28 Jan 2021active
NBC Asbestos Removal M&S Building Northampton Town Centre45262660£0active
Hardingstone Bike Park Soft Market Testing45000000£0active
Northampton Borough Council- Guildhall Roof Repairs and Maintenance Work - Re-Advertised45261900£0active
NBC Marketing Project - Communicating with businesses and residents during Covid-19 lockdownAvison Young (UK) Limited t/a Avison Young79310000£65k23 Nov 2020active
NBC RFQ - Exhibition Design, Build and Installation - Trainers: A Global ObsessionVertigo92521100£38k13 Nov 2020active
Northampton Borough Council further competition ESPO framework RM6017 Postal Goods, Services and Solutions (Lot 7)PSL Print Management Ltd64000000£1.0m15 Oct 2020active
Northampton Borough Council - Lings Wood Skate Park under ESPO 115BENDCRETE LEISURE LIMITED45212100£94k11 Sept 2020active
Northampton Borough Council - Guidhall Roof Repairs45261900£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
VE
1 contract · 01 Jun
£111.3m
83% of total
2
SL
1 contract · 26 Feb
£10.9m
8% of total
3
ER
£1.3m
1% of total
4
PI
1 contract · 30 Apr
£1.3m
1% of total
5
AS
1 contract · 30 Apr
£1.3m
1% of total
6
PP
1 contract · SME · 15 Oct
£1.0m
1% of total
7
TH
1 contract · SME · 01 Jun
£304k
0% of total
8
TC
1 contract · SME · 01 Jun
£304k
0% of total
944
···
36 other suppliers
long tail · 31 SMEs
£6.7m
5% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
7 contracts
£122.2m
91%
Health & social work
17 contracts
£5.2m
4%
Business, legal, advisory
15 contracts
£4.6m
3%
Postal, telecoms
1 contract
£1.0m
1%
Food, beverages, tobacco
3 contracts
£900k
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£245k
0%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£180k
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
2 contracts
£79k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
Postal, telecoms
Food, beverages, tobacco
Sewage, waste, environment
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.

Northampton Borough Council 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.

77%
SME supplier share
target 33%
34
SME award rows
19
VCSE award rows
44
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
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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