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Quick answer — Southwark CouncilLast refreshed 07 Nov 2023

At a glance

Southwark Council has awarded £138.9m across 45 suppliers, with 27 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 19% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share19%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Southwark Council is a contracting authority, based in UKI44. Tracks 79 published notices and 88 awards on PublicSupply.

79
Notices published
88
Awards
45
Suppliers engaged
2015
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
£326k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Southwark 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

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

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

Unspecified72 · £26.9m
services6 · £16.0m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract74 · £40.5m
call off5 · £2.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 72Find a Tender: 7

Awarded contracts · 27 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
177 Abbey Street Key Worker Housing and Community Facility: Pre-Development AgreementBouygues UK71000000——active
Heat Supply Agreement relating to South East London Combined Heat and Power District Heating NetworkVeolia ES Southwark Limited45231100——active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Lunchtime Company55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Zebedees Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747JPL Catering Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Juniper Pursuits Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Lunchtime Company55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Aspens Services Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Harrison Catering Services Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—active
Southwark Council – Framework for nursery, primary and secondary school food service Case Reference 002747Accent Catering Services Ltd55524000£8.0mest.—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
LC
Lunchtime Company
3 contracts · SME
£24.0mest.
17% of total
—
2
JC
JPL Catering Ltd
3 contracts · SME
£24.0mest.
17% of total
—
3
JP
Juniper Pursuits Ltd
2 contracts
£16.0mest.
12% of total
—
4
HC
Harrison Catering Services Ltd
2 contracts
£16.0mest.
12% of total
—
5
ZL
Zebedees Ltd
1 contract · SME
£8.0mest.
6% of total
—
6
AS
Aspens Services Ltd
1 contract
£8.0mest.
6% of total
—
7
AC
Accent Catering Services Ltd
1 contract
£8.0mest.
6% of total
—
8
NC
Nourish Contract Catering LTD
1 contract · SME
£8.0mest.
6% of total
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9–45
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37 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£26.9m
19% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
17 contracts
£118.4m
83%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£8.8m
6%
Architecture, engineering
11 contracts
£6.2m
4%
Construction works
22 contracts
£5.8m
4%
Transport services
1 contract
£2.3m
2%
Business, legal, advisory
7 contracts
£550k
0%
IT services, software
1 contract
£326k
0%
Financial, insurance
2 contracts
£201k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Hotel, restaurant, retail
Construction materials
Architecture, engineering
Construction works
Transport services
Business, legal, advisory
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 · 1 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 1 notice 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.

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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.

19%
SME supplier share
target 33%
11
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
45
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 19% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI44
Contact
Jillian Houghton
Email
Jillian.Houghton@southwark.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

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Accountable officer + board roster

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