Oxfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the county of Oxfordshire in South East England, headquartered in Oxford and serving a population of around 725,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, highways and transport, libraries, school transport, waste disposal and fire and rescue services.

Quick answer — Oxfordshire County CouncilLast refreshed 12 May 2026

At a glance

Oxfordshire County Council has awarded £20.9bn across 566 suppliers, with 702 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 10% · 113 open notices now · 7 awards in last 90 d (£11.9m) · SME share 56% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 9 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration10%
Modifications · 90 d9
SME spend share56%
Pipeline · open now113
Awards · 90 d7

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Oxfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the county of Oxfordshire in South East England, headquartered in Oxford and serving a population of around 725,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, highways and transport, libraries, school transport, waste disposal and fire and rescue services.

1000
Notices published
863
Awards
566
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£166.5m
12 m spend
£933.5m
Prior 12 m
-82%
YoY change
£584k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Oxfordshire County Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£236m£472m£708m£944mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

108

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

113

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

7

£11.9m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services283 · £240.6bn
Unspecified669 · £3.8bn
works26 · £200.0m
goods22 · £500k

Instrument type

contract933 · £243.2bn
call off67 · £1.3bn
Source:Contracts Finder: 608Find a Tender: 392

Awarded contracts · 702 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Oxfordshire County Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Smoke and Heat Training Facilities 2026/2027FIRE SERVICE COLLEGE LIMITEDactive
Smoke Alarms 2026FireBlitz Extinguisher Ltd31625100£75k12 May 2026active
Residential Children's Home for Disabled Children in Oxfordshire85311300£14.0mest.planning
Oxfordshire Micromobility scheme34420000£5.8mest.active
Oxford Coach Management StrategyPHIL JONES ASSOCIATES LIMITEDactive
Residential Children's Home for Disabled Children in Oxfordshire - Endeavour House85311300£14.0mest.planning
Active travel improvements on Old Hungerford RoadURBAN MOVEMENT LIMITEDactive
Supply of Fuel CardsALLSTAR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITEDactive
Provision of printing services for Oxfordshire Pension FundADARE SEC LIMITED £50k01 Apr 2026active
Provision of printing services for Oxfordshire Pension FundADARE SEC LIMITED£50kpending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SM
1 contract · SME
£2.0bnest.
10% of total
2
PC
£1.8bnest.
8% of total
3
TP
4 contracts · SME
£1.5bnest.
7% of total
4
SC
£1.1bnest.
5% of total
5
MI
5 contracts · 30 Apr20 Mar
£1.0bn
5% of total
▼ 100%
6
CT
£809.5mest.
4% of total
7
PP
3 contracts · SME
£809.5mest.
4% of total
8
HC
£761.9mest.
4% of total
9566
···
558 other suppliers
long tail · 320 SMEs
£9.5bn
46% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
402 contracts
£362.6bn
99%
Construction works
63 contracts
£1.4bn
0%
Other
231 contracts
£388.1m
0%
Agriculture, forestry services
29 contracts
£276.8m
0%
Other community services
47 contracts
£186.8m
0%
Transport services
79 contracts
£171.9m
0%
IT services, software
69 contracts
£107.2m
0%
Installation services
2 contracts
£95.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Construction works
Other
45
1
9
0
12
0
Agriculture, forestry services
Other community services
Transport services
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 · 9 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 9 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

56%
SME supplier share
target 33%
479
SME award rows
24
VCSE award rows
566
Distinct suppliers

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
UKJ14
Contact
Priscilla Opare Mintah
Email
Priscilla.Oparemintah@oxfordshire.gov.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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