Quick answer — Places for People GroupLast refreshed 03 Oct 2024

At a glance

Places for People Group has awarded £326.4m across 5 suppliers, with 14 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 61% · 5 open notices 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 concentration61%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Places for People Group is a contracting authority, based in UKM. Tracks 25 published notices and 13 awards on PublicSupply.

25
Notices published
13
Awards
5
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£5.0m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£9.8m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Places for People Group — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

works3 · £500.0m
Unspecified8 · £326.4m
goods9 · £209.0m
services5 · £9.8m

Instrument type

contract25 · £1.0bn
Source:Find a Tender: 18Contracts Finder: 7

Awarded contracts · 14 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
IT Service Management tool (ITSM)cancelled
IT Service Management tool (ITSM)48000000£600kest.active
IT Service Management tool (ITSM)48000000£600kest.active
IT Service Management tool (ITSM)48000000£600kest.active
Scotland Developments Direct Build DPS03419000£100.0mest.active
Scotland Developments Direct Build DPS03419000£100.0mest.active
Decarbonisation Framework09310000planned
Fire Framework31625000£100.0mest.planned
Planned and Responsive Framework45000000£400.0mest.planned
Hardware44316400£9.0mest.planned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
GE
4 contracts · 18 Jan01 Sept
£200.0m
61% of total
2
TG
2 contracts · 11 Jan
£100.0m
31% of total
3
CU
2 contracts · 29 Nov
£21.0m
6% of total
4
GE
2 contracts · 03 Oct
£5.0m
2% of total
▼ 100%
5
SB
4 contracts · 30 Sept
£434k
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
1 contract
£400.0m
38%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
6 contracts
£300.4m
29%
Agriculture, farming
2 contracts
£200.0m
19%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£100.0m
10%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£21.0m
2%
Construction materials
1 contract
£9.0m
1%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£8.0m
1%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£5.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Agriculture, farming
Electrical machinery
IT services, software
Construction materials
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.

Places for People Group 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
5
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UKM
Email
purchasing@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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