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Quick answer — South Ayrshire CouncilLast refreshed 20 Oct 2023

At a glance

South Ayrshire Council has awarded £847.3m across 434 suppliers, with 874 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 47% · 92 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 75% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration47%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share75%
Pipeline · open now92
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South Ayrshire Council is a contracting authority, based in UKM94. Tracks 364 published notices and 322 awards on PublicSupply.

364
Notices published
322
Awards
434
Suppliers engaged
2017
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
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YoY change
£10.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South Ayrshire 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

30

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

92

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

services282 · £614.5m
works21 · £92.5m
goods56 · £16.5m
Unspecified5 · £847k

Instrument type

contract364 · £724.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 359Contracts Finder: 5

Awarded contracts · 874 live

All contracts with a published award notice where South Ayrshire Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Supply, Implementation, Support & Maintenance of a Social Care Case Management SystemAccess UK Limited85000000——active
Provision of Media Advertising Services—79340000——active
Provision of a Recovery College—85310000——active
Flexible Framework Agreement for Supported Living and Personal Care for Adults with Learning Disabilities (1st Reopening)—85310000——active
Provision of Removal & Storage Services for Domestic and Non-Domestic Properties—70333000——active
Provision of speech and language therapyNHS Ayrshire & Arran——active
Provision of a Forestry Services & Equipment Framework Agreement—03400000——active
Re-opening of the South Ayrshire Local Employability Partnership (SALEP) Trusted Partner Flexible Framework Agreement (FFA)—80500000——active
Supply and Installation of Production Equipment for Troon Concert Hall and Ayr Town HallSSUK Ltd——active
Appointment of a Project Team for Solar Farm DevelopmentCollective Architecture——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
ML
Marston (Holdings) Limited
1 contract
£400.0mest.
47% of total
—
2
HM
Harper Macleod LLP
6 contracts · SME
£47.3mest.
6% of total
—
3
ES
ENABLE Scotland
10 contracts · SME
£27.1mest.
3% of total
—
4
CC
Constance Care
8 contracts · SME
£27.1mest.
3% of total
—
5
RS
Rainbow Services
8 contracts · SME
£27.1mest.
3% of total
—
6
CC
Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited
8 contracts · SME
£27.1mest.
3% of total
—
7
CC
Cairllum Care
8 contracts · SME
£27.1mest.
3% of total
—
8
AS
Anderson Strathern LLP
5 contracts
£25.3mest.
3% of total
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9–434
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426 other suppliers
long tail · 302 SMEs
£239.0m
28% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
194 contracts
£3.5bn
65%
Health & social work
129 contracts
£831.4m
15%
Business, legal, advisory
39 contracts
£506.6m
9%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£400.0m
7%
Architecture, engineering
101 contracts
£119.7m
2%
Other
27 contracts
£28.3m
1%
Government administration
6 contracts
£6.4m
0%
Electrical machinery
2 contracts
£6.0m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
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Construction works
Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
Support transport services
Architecture, engineering
Other
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.

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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.

South Ayrshire 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

75%
SME supplier share
target 33%
650
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
434
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
UKM94
Contact
Tom Murphy
Email
procurement@south-ayrshire.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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