Spend profile

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

£190k
12 m spend
£333k
Prior 12 m
-43%
YoY change
£307k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Preston College — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£275k£550k£825k£1.1mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

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

Unspecified6 · £1.5m
goods2 · £560k
services2 · £0

Instrument type

contract10 · £2.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 6Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 2 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Preston College is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
NV
1 contract · 07 Aug
£526k
2
CE
1 contract · 04 Sept
£408k
3
BS
1 contract · 06 Feb
£190k
4
AR
£0
5
DA
£0
6
EB
1 contract
£0
7
MH
1 contract · 17 Jun
£0

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£560k
28%
Office equipment, IT
1 contract
£526k
26%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£408k
20%
Business, legal, advisory
5 contracts
£333k
17%
Construction works
1 contract
£190k
9%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Software packages, IT
Office equipment, IT
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
0
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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% 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
Eleanor Wolf
Email
ewolf@preston.ac.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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