Quick answer — Oxford Council Direct ServicesLast refreshed 22 Oct 2024

At a glance

Oxford Council Direct Services has awarded £8.6m across 20 suppliers, with 6 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 41% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 82% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration41%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share82%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Oxford Council Direct Services is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 22 published notices and 22 awards on PublicSupply.

22
Notices published
22
Awards
20
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£3.1m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£100k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Oxford Council Direct Services — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

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

Unspecified22 · £8.6m

Instrument type

contract21 · £8.2m
call off1 · £400k
Source:Contracts Finder: 22

Awarded contracts · 6 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Oxford Council Direct Services is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Asphalt Surfacing WorksAsphalt Surfacing Limited45233222£3.0m22 Oct 2024active
Provision of HGV DriversDH Oxfordshire Limited79600000£100k31 Aug 2024active
Domestic Waste Management SoftwareBartec Municipal Technologies Limited48100000£80k28 Feb 2024active
Supply of Two Wheeled Plastic BinsContenur UK Limited34928480£140k13 Mar 2024active
Automated Locking Systems -ParksPitchbooking Limited43325000£30k05 Dec 2023active
Extension to Kitchens and Bathrooms Framework45211310£600k14 Dec 2023active
Health, Safety, Environmental, and Waste SupportEKS Associates Limited71317210£100k14 Dec 2023active
Contract for Health and Safety SupportSitesafe UK Limited71317210£100k14 Dec 2023active
Specialist legal adviceOAH LAW LIMITED79110000£120k12 Sept 2023active
Ad-hoc legal support for FOIA requestsEVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL) LLP79111000£30k11 Oct 2023active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AS
2 contracts · SME · 15 Mar22 Oct
£3.5m
41% of total
▼ 100%
2
CE
1 contract · 01 Oct
£1.5m
17% of total
3
SU
2 contracts · SME · 08 Aug14 Dec
£166k
2% of total
4
SH
1 contract · SME · 14 Dec
£160k
2% of total
5
CU
1 contract · 13 Mar
£140k
2% of total
6
RC
1 contract · SME · 07 Oct
£135k
2% of total
7
OL
1 contract · SME · 12 Sept
£120k
1% of total
8
DO
1 contract · SME · 31 Aug
£100k
1% of total
▼ 100%
920
···
12 other suppliers
long tail · 10 SMEs
£906k
11% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
8 contracts
£4.8m
56%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£1.5m
18%
Construction materials
1 contract
£1.0m
12%
Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£325k
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£295k
3%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£266k
3%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£221k
3%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£140k
2%

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
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Construction materials
Business, legal, advisory
Sewage, waste, environment
Architecture, engineering
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.

Oxford Council Direct Services 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.

82%
SME supplier share
target 33%
18
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
20
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

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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