Quick answer — Rochdale Borough CouncilLast refreshed 14 Apr 2026

At a glance

Rochdale Borough Council has awarded £1.4bn across 179 suppliers, with 456 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 167% · 50 open notices now · 340 awards in last 90 d (£56.2bn) · SME share 80% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration167%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share80%
Pipeline · open now50
Awards · 90 d340

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Rochdale Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD37. Tracks 136 published notices and 71 awards on PublicSupply.

136
Notices published
71
Awards
179
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£56.3bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£80.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Rochdale Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£10772m£21543m£32315m£43086mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

27

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

50

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

340

£56.2bn

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services76 · £3.0bn
Unspecified33 · £868.9m
works21 · £565.1m
goods6 · £10.0m

Instrument type

contract136 · £4.4bn
Source:Find a Tender: 133Contracts Finder: 3

Awarded contracts · 456 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Rochdale Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Specialist Health Improvement85100000planned
Preliminary Market Engagement - Rochdale Council Empty Homes and Leasing Programme70210000planning
Crossgates Primary School - Replacement Fencing and Car Park Resurfacing WorksGROUNDWORK LANDSCAPES LIMITEDactive
Raise Rochdale Primary PRU45000000£4.0mest.planned
Bowlee Artificial Pitches and Sports Hub45000000planned
The Elderly Oral Health ProgrammeRIS Products85100000active
SMMC Fit Out45000000£15.0mest.planned
Alkrington Primary School – Roofing Refurbishment Works45000000£190kest.active
ELECTRICAL REWIRE (PHASE 2) AT WHITTAKER MOSS PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROCHDALE45000000£250kest.active
Rochdale Recovery Serviceplanned
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BC
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
2
LC
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
3
HH
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
4
DC
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
5
EA
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
6
HM
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
7
MC
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
8
AC
6 contracts · SME · 27 Mar
£2.3bn
167% of total
New
9179
···
171 other suppliers
long tail · 137 SMEs
£38.0bn
2749% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
387 contracts
£56.3bn
96%
Health & social work
12 contracts
£902.1m
2%
Construction works
13 contracts
£597.3m
1%
Other community services
37 contracts
£360.0m
1%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£300.0m
1%
Education, training
1 contract
£217.5m
0%
Medical, pharmaceutical
1 contract
£30.3m
0%
Construction materials
4 contracts
£10.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
0
2
50
2
39169
17060
Health & social work
Construction works
Other community services
Radio, TV, communications
Education, training
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.

Rochdale Borough Council 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.

80%
SME supplier share
target 33%
345
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
179
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD37
Contact
Sophie Lamb
Email
procurement@star-procurement.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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