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Quick answer — Northern RailwayLast refreshed 31 Jan 2025

At a glance

Northern Railway has awarded £4.5m across 2 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 50% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration50%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Railway is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 10 published notices and 8 awards on PublicSupply.

10
Notices published
8
Awards
2
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£4.5m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£2.2m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Railway — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

2

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

services2 · £8.9m
Unspecified7 · £4.5m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract10 · £13.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 7Find a Tender: 3

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Railway is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-York: CIS Lot 3Sella Controls Limited45000000£2.2m31 Jan 2025active
Battery Cell 6v MonoblockFiltration Control Limited——active
Battery Cell 6v MonoblockFiltration Control Limited34600000£2.2m22 Nov 2024active
GB-Mancheter: Heritage Railings, Victorian Pavement Lights and AIFA Works at Manchester Victoria Station—45000000£0—active
GB-York: CIS Lot 3—45000000£0—active
GB-York: Commercial investment Fund package II East and West—44115000£0—active
Provision of Pre-planned WAV /Non-WAV (Crew Movements) and Emergency and ad hoc taxi services for rail passengers during disruption. For NTL & TPT.—60120000£2.0mest.—active
Provision of Pre-planned WAV /Non-WAV (Crew Movements) and Emergency and ad hoc taxi services for rail passengers during disruption. For NTL & TPT.—60120000£0—active
Outdoor Advertising Services—79341000£6.9mest.—active
GB-York: NTL - Procurement of Principal Contractor for Customer Information Screens, including Public Announcement Systems GRIP 5 (ES5) to GRIP 8 (ES8) - Lot 2—45000000£0—active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
FC
Filtration Control Limited
2 contracts · 22 Nov
£2.2m
50% of total
▼ 100%
2
SC
Sella Controls Limited
1 contract · 31 Jan
£2.2m
50% of total
▼ 100%

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£6.9m
52%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£2.2m
17%
Construction works
4 contracts
£2.2m
17%
Transport services
2 contracts
£2.0m
15%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Transport equipment, vehicles
Construction works
Transport services
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.

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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 Railway 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
2
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Sarah Nixon
Email
sarah.nixon@northernrailway.co.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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