Quick answer — The Northern School of ArtLast refreshed 10 Sept 2025

At a glance

The Northern School of Art has awarded £873k across 12 suppliers, with 7 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 1 open notice 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 concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Northern School of Art is a contracting authority, based in UKC12. Tracks 18 published notices and 16 awards on PublicSupply.

18
Notices published
16
Awards
12
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£458k
12 m spend
£231k
Prior 12 m
+99%
YoY change
£57k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Northern School of Art — 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)

1

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

Unspecified16 · £921k
services2 · £0

Instrument type

contract18 · £921k
Source:Contracts Finder: 15Find a Tender: 3

Awarded contracts · 7 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Northern School of Art is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Security Operations CentreJISCactive
CA16429 - The Northern School of Art - Multi-Functional Devices via CPC Framework - Multifunctional Devices and Associated Products & Services (including Print & Design) CPC/KJ/01/2024Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd30232110£153k10 Sept 2025active
CA16034 - The Northern School of Art are seeking Apple Solutions via Lot 2, Apple Solutions, ICT Hardware & Peripherals EquipmentKRCS Group Ltd30237300£86k13 Aug 2025active
CA16039 - The Northern School of Art - ICT Hardware & Peripherals , Lot 1 - Desktop PC and Portable Device SolutionsSoftcat PLC30237300£142k07 Aug 2025active
CA15495 - The Northern School of Art - Mini Competition for Waste Management REF: 2023/S 000-018204: Waste Management Services (Sustainable)Biffa Waste Services Ltd90500000£45k17 Jul 2025active
CA15733 - The Northern School of Art - Backup and Disaster Recovery SolutionsProact IT UK48710000£33k09 Jul 2025active
CA14959 - The Northern School of Art - Digital Marketing AgencyMediaworks79342000£150k21 May 2025active
CA14745 - The Northern School of Art - Desktop PCs via the HealthTrust Europe LLP FrameworkDell Computer Corporation (Berks)30200000£32k11 Oct 2024active
CA14412 - The Northern School of Art - 1Gb Leased LinesBT Business Direct Ltd32551000£48k17 Jul 2024active
CA14032 - The Northern School of Art - Supply and Replacement Wooden WindowsEHL UK45421132£57k09 May 2024active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
KM
£153k
17% of total
New
2
ME
1 contract · 21 May
£150k
17% of total
▼ 100%
3
SP
1 contract · 07 Aug
£142k
16% of total
New
4
KG
1 contract · 13 Aug
£86k
10% of total
New
5
SL
1 contract · 08 Dec
£78k
9% of total
6
EU
1 contract · 09 May
£57k
7% of total
7
VE
1 contract · 05 Mar
£49k
6% of total
8
BB
1 contract · 17 Jul
£48k
6% of total
▼ 100%
912
···
4 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£110k
13% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£413k
47%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£150k
17%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£111k
13%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£94k
11%
Construction works
1 contract
£57k
7%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£48k
6%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
0
0
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
0
Sewage, waste, environment
0
Construction works
Radio, TV, communications
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.

The Northern School of Art 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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
12
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% 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
UKC12
Contact
Victoria GIBBON
Email
v.gibbon@thecpc.ac.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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