Quick answer — NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUSTLast refreshed 24 Oct 2025

At a glance

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST has awarded £9.7m across 16 suppliers, with 21 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 15% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 17% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration15%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share17%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST is a contracting authority, based in UKC22. Tracks 44 published notices and 36 awards on PublicSupply.

44
Notices published
36
Awards
16
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
£850k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST — 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)

10

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

Unspecified22 · £6.4m
services13 · £1.7m
goods7 · £400k
works2 · £0

Instrument type

contract44 · £8.5m
Source:Find a Tender: 24Contracts Finder: 20

Awarded contracts · 21 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
NET-0154 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods (2025)Bidfood15000000active
NET-0154 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods (2025)JR Holland15000000active
NET-0135 Student Planners (2025)POINTER GROUP LTDactive
NET-0135 Student Planners (2025)Penstripe (Pointer Group Ltd)24 Oct 2025pending
NET-0081 Payroll, Pension and Associated HR Services (2024)Gateshead Council£800kest.active
NET-0096 Reading Books, Text Books and Revision Guides (2024)Schoolhouse Books Ltdactive
NET-0144 Minor Works (2025)closed
NET-0144 Minor Works (2025)45214000active
NET-0093 FREEBROUGH ACADEMY COACHES (2024)Skelton Coaches Ltdactive
NET-0069 Careers Information and Guidance (2023)CareerWave Ltdactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PP
£1.5m
15% of total
2
AG
1 contract · 06 Oct
£1.4m
14% of total
3
GS
1 contract · 28 Sept
£1.2m
12% of total
4
GC
£800kest.
8% of total
5
LC
£450kest.
5% of total
6
QA
£450kest.
5% of total
7
CF
£400kest.
4% of total
8
TI
2 contracts · 22 Jul
£140k
1% of total
916
···
8 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£0
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
16 contracts
£4.2m
40%
Education, training
9 contracts
£3.0m
28%
Construction works
2 contracts
£1.5m
14%
Office equipment, IT
3 contracts
£1.4m
13%
Electrical machinery
2 contracts
£348k
3%
Financial, insurance
2 contracts
£140k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
Education, training
Construction works
Office equipment, IT
Electrical machinery
Financial, insurance
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.

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST 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.

17%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
16
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 17% 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
UKC22
Companies House
07189647
Contact
David Hart
Email
d.hart@northerneducationtrust.org

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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