Quick answer — Sefton Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast refreshed 08 May 2026

At a glance

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded £1.2bn across 93 suppliers, with 259 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 13% · 25 open notices now · 58 awards in last 90 d (£880k) · SME share 70% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration13%
Modifications · 90 d3
SME spend share70%
Pipeline · open now25
Awards · 90 d58

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKD73. Tracks 122 published notices and 122 awards on PublicSupply.

122
Notices published
122
Awards
93
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£5.1bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£144.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1386m£2772m£4158m£5544mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

29

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

25

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

58

£880k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services42 · £364.6m
works18 · £80.0m
Unspecified58 · £11.0m
goods4 · £1.8m

Instrument type

contract121 · £457.4m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 121Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 259 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Sefton Council HM1- Carriageway Resurfacing45000000£80.0mest.active
InvestSefton Consultancy Support for Small Businesses79400000£128kest.active
Provision of Supported Living Services in Sefton - Framework85300000active
Domestic Abuse Refuge ServiceWHAG£880k08 May 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2FORMBY VILLAGE RADIO CARS LIMITED30 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2Reliable travel services30 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2D COOPER TAXIS30 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2Travel Co30 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2YELLOW TOP HOLDINGS LIMITED30 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Passenger Transport - Open Framework Round 2Green Destinations Ltd30 Apr 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
HT
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£154.2mest.
13% of total
New
2
PT
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£154.2mest.
13% of total
New
3
ST
6 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£132.0mest.
11% of total
New
4
TC
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£84.3mest.
7% of total
New
5
AM
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£84.3mest.
7% of total
New
6
CC
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£84.3mest.
7% of total
New
7
RT
9 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£84.3mest.
7% of total
New
8
RT
6 contracts · SME · 22 Dec30 Apr
£58.2mest.
5% of total
New
993
···
85 other suppliers
long tail · 51 SMEs
£327.3m
28% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
201 contracts
£10.1bn
97%
Education, training
1 contract
£217.5m
2%
Construction works
17 contracts
£80.0m
1%
Health & social work
20 contracts
£1.8m
0%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£1.8m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
40 contracts
£128k
0%
IT services, software
1 contract
£70k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Construction works
Health & social work
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
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 · 3 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 3 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.

70%
SME supplier share
target 33%
165
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
93
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD73
Contact
Jane Taylor
Email
cdp@sefton.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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