Quick answer — OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITEDLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED has awarded £7.5m across 52 suppliers, with 38 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 40% · 5 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£400k) · SME share 62% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration40%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share62%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKJ14. Tracks 58 published notices and 53 awards on PublicSupply.

58
Notices published
53
Awards
52
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£400k
12 m spend
£3.5m
Prior 12 m
-89%
YoY change
£65k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED — 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

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£400k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services8 · £34.5m
Unspecified46 · £7.5m
works1 · £0
goods3 · £0

Instrument type

contract57 · £42.0m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 30Contracts Finder: 28

Awarded contracts · 38 live

All contracts with a published award notice where OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
HR Consultancy ServicesEmeria Consultingactive
Provision of a Transfer Station for Dry Mixed RecyclateR. COLLARD LIMITED£400k20 May 2026active
Leadership development programmeVanguard Consulting limitedactive
Electrical Rewires and Repairs frameworkNKS Contracts (Central) Ltdactive
Provision of Temporary Agency Labour79620000£19.5mest.active
Waste and Environmental Consultancy ServicesJULES AND FIELD LIMITEDactive
Certification AgencyInterface NRMactive
Provision of a Transfer Station for Dry Mixed Recyclate45232470active
Damp & Mould rectification worksC.E.F CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITEDactive
Driver and Vehicle Information SolutionsLicence Check 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
BG
2 contracts · 01 Apr12 May
£3.0m
40% of total
▼ 100%
2
BG
1 contract · 15 Dec
£1.5m
20% of total
3
NW
1 contract · 01 Dec
£1.0m
13% of total
4
RC
1 contract · SME · 20 May
£400k
5% of total
New
5
NG
1 contract · 04 Oct
£327k
4% of total
6
BK
£250k
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
PS
4 contracts · SME · 01 Dec14 Mar
£184k
2% of total
▼ 100%
8
CS
1 contract · 01 May
£100k
1% of total
952
···
44 other suppliers
long tail · 29 SMEs
£733k
10% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£19.8m
47%
Construction works
7 contracts
£19.5m
47%
Repair & maintenance
5 contracts
£1.2m
3%
Other
18 contracts
£484k
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
3 contracts
£327k
1%
Furniture, cleaning
1 contract
£250k
1%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£100k
0%
Agriculture, farming
1 contract
£86k
0%

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
Construction works
Repair & maintenance
Other
0
Sewage, waste, environment
Furniture, cleaning
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 DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED 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.

62%
SME supplier share
target 33%
36
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
52
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
UKJ14
Companies House
10719222
Contact
ODS Procurement
Email
ODSProcurement@odsgroup.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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