Quick answer — Scarborough Borough CouncilLast refreshed 18 Sept 2023

At a glance

Scarborough Borough Council has awarded £749.1m across 162 suppliers, with 78 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 6% · 12 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 66% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration6%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share66%
Pipeline · open now12
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Scarborough Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKE2. Tracks 244 published notices and 224 awards on PublicSupply.

244
Notices published
224
Awards
162
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£219k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Scarborough Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

12

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

services20 · £3.9bn
Unspecified211 · £625.1m
works7 · £120.0m
goods6 · £0

Instrument type

contract188 · £4.1bn
call off56 · £599.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 211Find a Tender: 33

Awarded contracts · 78 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Whitby Harbour Eskside Wharf Sheet Steel Pile ReplacementC R Reynolds Limited45241000£77k18 Sept 2023active
GB-Scarborough: TPPL Scarborough Borough Council HCC Lot 2 - 3 x 3.1t Diesel Panel Vans (15377)Vauxhall Motors Limited34136200£90k31 Mar 2023active
GB-Scarborough: TPPL Scarborough Borough Council HCC Lot 2 - 4 x 2.3t Diesel Vans (15376)Vauxhall Motors Limited34136000£45k31 Mar 2023active
Whitby Cliff Lift Transport Scheme (1)Nippy Taxis60170000£53k19 Apr 2023active
Scarborough Harbour Pile RepairsNEOM Engineering Ltd45241000£1.7m17 Apr 2023active
Design, Build & Install of Two Bespoke Container Bars For The Scarborough Open Air TheatreA Smith Gt Bentley Ltd44613300£374k14 Mar 2023active
North Yorkshire Election PrintingCFH Docmail Ltd22000000£1.5m31 Mar 2023active
Scarborough Rotunda Museum - Conservation & Repair WorksPinnacle Conservation Ltd45212313£406k30 Mar 2023active
Fundraising Consultant for the Scarborough Fair FestivalsFundraising Consultancy Yorkshire79412000£30k14 Feb 2023active
Whitby Cliff Lift Transport Scheme (1)60170000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WB
5 contracts · 17 Dec04 Nov
£43.5mest.
6% of total
2
PL
5 contracts · SME · 25 Mar01 Aug
£43.1mest.
6% of total
3
JD
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
4
SL
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
5
EC
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
6
ER
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
7
BB
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
8
FC
4 contracts · SME · 17 Dec01 Aug
£42.7mest.
6% of total
9162
···
154 other suppliers
long tail · 107 SMEs
£406.1m
54% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
152 contracts
£6.4bn
100%
IT services, software
6 contracts
£4.4m
0%
Architecture, engineering
28 contracts
£4.1m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
30 contracts
£3.1m
0%
Repair & maintenance
22 contracts
£2.7m
0%
Education, training
2 contracts
£2.0m
0%
Printed matter
5 contracts
£1.5m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
25 contracts
£1.3m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Dec
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Feb
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Apr
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Construction works
IT services, software
Architecture, engineering
Transport equipment, vehicles
Repair & maintenance
Education, training
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

Scarborough 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.

66%
SME supplier share
target 33%
170
SME award rows
21
VCSE award rows
162
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKE2
Contact
Christopher Bourne
Email
chris.winson@scarborough.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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