Quick answer — South Somerset District CouncilLast refreshed 30 Jan 2023

At a glance

South Somerset District Council has awarded £90.3m across 11 suppliers, with 19 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 50% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 22% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration50%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share22%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

South Somerset District Council is a contracting authority, based in UKK23. Tracks 40 published notices and 44 awards on PublicSupply.

40
Notices published
44
Awards
11
Suppliers engaged
2021
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
£7.5m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
South Somerset 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)

6

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

services7 · £41.5m
works2 · £16.5m
Unspecified30 · £268k
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract28 · £58.0m
call off12 · £268k
Source:Contracts Finder: 30Find a Tender: 10

Awarded contracts · 19 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Protector Insurance66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Zurich Municipal66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Zurich Municipal66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Ashdale Engineering UK Ltd66510000£7.5mest.active
Provision of Insurance Coverage (Excluding Broking Services)Maven Public Sector66510000£7.5mest.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
MP
£45.0mest.
50% of total
2
ZM
3 contracts
£22.5mest.
25% of total
3
PI
£7.5mest.
8% of total
4
AE
£7.5mest.
8% of total
5
AR
£7.5mest.
8% of total
6
KL
1 contract · 03 Aug
£110k
0% of total
7
CL
1 contract · SME · 30 Jan
£93k
0% of total
8
TF
1 contract · SME · 02 Aug
£33k
0% of total
911
···
3 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£32k
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
14 contracts
£90.0m
64%
Other
1 contract
£30.0m
21%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£11.6m
8%
Transport equipment, vehicles
4 contracts
£5.0m
4%
Education, training
3 contracts
£4.0m
3%
Construction works
6 contracts
£110k
0%
R&D services
3 contracts
£33k
0%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
1 contract
£32k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Financial, insurance
Other
Repair & maintenance
Transport equipment, vehicles
Education, training
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 · 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 Somerset 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.

22%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
11
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 22% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKK23
Contact
Beth Wadley
Email
iain.copeland@somerset.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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