Quick answer — South Lakeland District CouncilLast refreshed 31 Mar 2023

At a glance

South Lakeland District Council has awarded £47.0m across 81 suppliers, with 76 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 36% · 8 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 52% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration36%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share52%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South Lakeland District Council is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 131 published notices and 134 awards on PublicSupply.

131
Notices published
134
Awards
81
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
£101k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South Lakeland District 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

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

Unspecified113 · £15.1m
goods7 · £15.1m
services9 · £5.0m
works2 · £0

Instrument type

contract107 · £26.4m
call off24 · £8.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 113Find a Tender: 18

Awarded contracts · 76 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Land Based, Coastal Remote Sensing Services FrameworkCoastSense Ltd£5.0mest.active
Grange Over Sands Lido & Promenade RefurbishmentRH Irving Construction Ltdactive
Grange Lido & Promenade RefurbishmentR H Irving Construction Ltd45000000£6.6m31 Mar 2023active
Recycling Bring Sites 2023 - 2027Brian Armistead Ltd T/A Sinkfall Recycling Ltdactive
Recycling Bring Sites 2023 - 2027Brian Armistead Ltd T/a Sinkfall Recycling Ltd90500000£690k24 Mar 2023active
Stray Dog Collection & Kennelling Services 2023 - 2027Milnthorpe Kennels and Cattery03000000£120k06 Mar 2023active
Elections Management & Electoral Registration System via Framework RM3821 Lot 2CIdox Software Ltd72000000£139k31 Oct 2022active
Refurbishment and Cleaning works of Flats at New Road, KendalHowe Projects Ltd50000000£36k28 Sept 2022active
Refurbishment to create 2 no. Self-contained family units at Town View Fields Hostel, KendalHowe Project Ltd45000000£48k18 Nov 2022active
RE-ADVERTISED Rayrigg Meadow - Installation of Changing Places SchemeHowe Projects Limited45000000£30k15 Apr 2022active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PL
£16.8mest.
36% of total
2
RI
2 contracts · SME · 31 Mar
£6.6m
14% of total
3
CL
1 contract · SME
£5.0mest.
11% of total
4
TG
4 contracts · SME
£3.7mest.
8% of total
5
ML
1 contract · SME · 30 Jun
£1.3m
3% of total
6
DE
2 contracts · 06 Sept11 Oct
£992k
2% of total
7
BU
£933kest.
2% of total
8
AL
2 contracts
£933kest.
2% of total
981
···
73 other suppliers
long tail · 43 SMEs
£10.6m
23% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
13 contracts
£41.0m
47%
Food, beverages, tobacco
7 contracts
£16.9m
19%
Clothing, footwear
8 contracts
£11.2m
13%
Construction works
39 contracts
£7.8m
9%
Transport equipment, vehicles
8 contracts
£6.2m
7%
Sewage, waste, environment
12 contracts
£2.2m
2%
Software packages, IT
4 contracts
£1.6m
2%
Musical instruments, sport
7 contracts
£624k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Other
Food, beverages, tobacco
Clothing, footwear
Construction works
Transport equipment, vehicles
Sewage, waste, environment
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.

South Lakeland District 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.

52%
SME supplier share
target 33%
67
SME award rows
7
VCSE award rows
81
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Mrs Pam Moffatt
Email
customer.services@southlakeland.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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