Quick answer — Places for PeopleLast refreshed 24 Apr 2026

At a glance

Places for People has awarded £345.9m across 71 suppliers, with 145 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 31% · 30 open notices now · 26 awards in last 90 d (£1.3m) · SME share 24% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration31%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share24%
Pipeline · open now30
Awards · 90 d26

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Places for People is a contracting authority, based in UKD45. Tracks 156 published notices and 119 awards on PublicSupply.

156
Notices published
119
Awards
71
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£5.3m
12 m spend
£3.8m
Prior 12 m
+39%
YoY change
£2.7m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Places for People — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

19

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

30

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

26

£1.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods10 · £416.0m
Unspecified78 · £239.9m
works23 · £205.0m
services45 · £91.4m

Instrument type

contract156 · £952.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 83Contracts Finder: 73

Awarded contracts · 145 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Places for People is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Waste Services (Group)34928480planned
Home Ownership Income Collection79940000active
Home Ownership Income Collection79940000active
Places for People Utilities Contract09121200planned
Home Ownership Income Collection79940000active
National Cyclical Decorations Framework45442110planned
Delivery, management and maintenance of Public & Private EV Infrastructure31158000planned
Fleet Management Framework50111000planned
Fleet Management Framework50111000planned
National Groundworkers Framework45000000planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
TG
10 contracts · 25 Feb27 Sept
£108.5m
31% of total
2
AA
3 contracts · 12 Jan
£59.0mest.
17% of total
3
ID
£18.9mest.
5% of total
4
SS
2 contracts · SME
£18.9mest.
5% of total
5
WP
2 contracts · SME
£18.9mest.
5% of total
6
SG
1 contract · SME
£10.5mest.
3% of total
7
JR
1 contract · SME
£8.4mest.
2% of total
8
SG
£8.4mest.
2% of total
971
···
63 other suppliers
long tail · 15 SMEs
£48.1m
14% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction materials
26 contracts
£840.0m
66%
Construction works
37 contracts
£144.2m
11%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
23 contracts
£116.1m
9%
Repair & maintenance
16 contracts
£81.5m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
12 contracts
£43.0m
3%
Medical, pharmaceutical
1 contract
£25.0m
2%
Other
50 contracts
£22.1m
2%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£8.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction materials
Construction works
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Repair & maintenance
Business, legal, advisory
Medical, pharmaceutical
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

24%
SME supplier share
target 33%
32
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
71
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 24% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD45
Contact
Ethan Salmons
Email
procurement@placesforpeople.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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