South Tyneside Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, North East England, headquartered in South Shields and serving a population of around 148,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and coastal regeneration.
At a glance
South Tyneside Council has awarded £4.2bn across 730 suppliers, with 415 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 12% · 59 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£813k) · SME share 63% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
South Tyneside Council is the metropolitan local authority for the borough of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, North East England, headquartered in South Shields and serving a population of around 148,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and coastal regeneration.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
8
Open (bidding)
59
Awarded (90d)
5
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 415 live
All contracts with a published award notice where South Tyneside Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Software | MRI Software Limited | 48000000 | £547k | 31 Mar 2026 | active |
| CMIS Support Software Renewal Contract | Astech Consultants | 48000000 | £42k | 01 May 2026 | active |
| M3 Assure Software Renewal | NEC Software Solutions UK Limited | 48000000 | £137k | 01 Apr 2026 | active |
| Tranman Fleet Software Renewal | Civica UK Limited | 48000000 | £51k | 09 Apr 2026 | active |
| Housing Services Vehicles | — | 34100000 | £0 | — | active |
| Design and Build of a BMX Pump Track | BACK-ON-TRACK MOUNTAIN BIKE SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 45112722 | £175k | 23 Sept 2025 | active |
| Election Management Software Renewal | Civica UK Ltd | 48000000 | £36k | 20 Mar 2026 | active |
| Decarbonisation and Retrofit Works at Simonside Activity Centre | Airco Refrigeration and Airconditioning Ltd | 45331000 | £341k | 10 Feb 2026 | active |
| Vehicle Parts, Tyres, Lubricants & Workshop Equipment | FLEET FACTORS LIMITED | 34300000 | £1.5m | 15 Dec 2025 | active |
| Warm Homes Grant | E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions Ltd | 71314200 | £1.5m | 10 Dec 2025 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
South Tyneside Council has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKC22
- Contact
- Kerry Tate
- kerry.tate@southtyneside.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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