Quick answer — Rossendale Borough CouncilLast refreshed 13 Apr 2026

At a glance

Rossendale Borough Council has awarded £9.2m across 24 suppliers, with 58 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 43% · 34 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£1.3m) · SME share 41% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 11 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration43%
Modifications · 90 d11
SME spend share41%
Pipeline · open now34
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Rossendale Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD46. Tracks 180 published notices and 145 awards on PublicSupply.

180
Notices published
145
Awards
24
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£6.4m
12 m spend
£84k
Prior 12 m
+7566%
YoY change
£90k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Rossendale Borough Council — 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

34

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£1.3m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services30 · £8.8m
Unspecified137 · £7.0m
works10 · £3.7m
goods3 · £0

Instrument type

contract178 · £19.5m
call off2 · £0
Source:Contracts Finder: 118Find a Tender: 62

Awarded contracts · 58 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Rossendale Resettler Support and Signposting Service (LRSSS)85311000£120kest.active
Rossendale Resettler Support and Signposting Service (LRSSS)85311000£120kest.active
Creative Skills Programme for Young People in Rawtenstall, Waterfoot and Crawshawbooth92312000£90kest.active
Creative Skills Programme for Young People in Rawtenstall, Waterfoot and Crawshawbooth92312000£90kest.active
Community Grants Service Provider (Pride in Place Programme)85322000£30kest.active
Lead Organisation to Deliver a Creative Arts Programme in Waterfoot92312000£120kest.active
Rossendale Resettler Support and Signposting Service (LRSSS)85311000£120kest.active
Rossendale Resettler Support and Signposting Service (LRSSS)85311000£120kest.active
Creative Skills Programme for Young People in Rawtenstall, Waterfoot and Crawshawbooth92312000£90kest.active
Lead Organisation to Deliver a Creative Arts Programme in Waterfoot92312000£120kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PC
2 contracts · SME · 29 Oct
£4.0m
43% of total
New
2
GR
3 contracts · 15 Aug13 Apr
£3.0mest.
33% of total
New
3
EL
3 contracts · 16 Jan
£900kest.
10% of total
New
4
RC
2 contracts · SME · 26 Sept
£491k
5% of total
New
5
MC
1 contract · 09 Jul
£178k
2% of total
New
6
CP
£178kest.
2% of total
7
MC
1 contract · 07 Jul
£120k
1% of total
8
NL
1 contract · 16 Aug
£108k
1% of total
924
···
16 other suppliers
long tail · 7 SMEs
£247k
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
26 contracts
£8.6m
78%
Recreational, cultural, sport
9 contracts
£688k
6%
Health & social work
8 contracts
£570k
5%
Transport equipment, vehicles
5 contracts
£406k
4%
Musical instruments, sport
6 contracts
£270k
2%
Construction works
32 contracts
£215k
2%
Architecture, engineering
23 contracts
£178k
2%
Business, legal, advisory
10 contracts
£40k
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
0
4
0
1
Recreational, cultural, sport
Health & social work
Transport equipment, vehicles
0
Musical instruments, sport
Construction works
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 · 11 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 11 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.

41%
SME supplier share
target 33%
13
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
24
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD46
Contact
Kevin Fenton-Clough
Email
kevinfentonclough@rossendalebc.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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