Quick answer — Stevenage Borough CouncilLast refreshed 05 Mar 2026

At a glance

Stevenage Borough Council has awarded £1.2bn across 371 suppliers, with 270 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 28% · 35 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 34% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration28%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share34%
Pipeline · open now35
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Stevenage Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH23. Tracks 630 published notices and 605 awards on PublicSupply.

630
Notices published
605
Awards
371
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£84.3m
12 m spend
£103.0m
Prior 12 m
-18%
YoY change
£135k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Stevenage Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£12m£25m£37m£49mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

10

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

35

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

Unspecified558 · £461.8m
services52 · £387.1m
works19 · £78.6m
goods1 · £250k

Instrument type

contract630 · £927.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 507Find a Tender: 123

Awarded contracts · 270 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
SBC 0126 Provision of Property Management Services and Business Support Services at the Business and Technology Centre (BTC) and Chells Industrial Units (CIU)WENTA BUSINESS CENTRES LIMITED£6.3mpending
SBC 0126 Provision of Property Management Services and Business Support Services at the Business Technology Centre (BTC) and Chells Industrial Units (CIU)complete
Second hand / used 32 tonne hook loaderAllied Alliance Leasing Ltdactive
Concrete Slab works for Ridgeway GaragesSFC Services Ltdactive
SBC0426 Pre-Market Engagement for the provision of CCTV operatives92222000£2.5mest.planning
SBC1025 Provision of contract for the provision of an accessible financial advice service across Stevenage including specialist housing supportStevenage Citizens Advice Bureau trading as Citizens Advice Stevenage£805kest.active
SBC0326 (74 Coventry Close - Void Refurbishment works include full interal re-fit, kitchen, bathroom, rewire and other works)IWL Contractors Ltdactive
Diesel Vehicle Fuels 2026 - via CCS National Fuels 3 Framework Agreement (RM6305Your Nrg09134000£734k12 Jan 2026active
SBC 0326 (53 Exeter close - void refurbishment including full internal refurb of walls, ceilings , includes Kitchen, bathroom, sep wc, rewire and other general worksIWL Contractors Ltdactive
Housemark Membership.Housemark Ltdactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
SA
£319.9mest.
28% of total
2
BD
2 contracts · 09 Oct23 Jun
£79.6m
7% of total
▲ 18%
3
CG
5 contracts · SME · 07 Jan05 Mar
£60.1mest.
5% of total
▲ 26567%
4
PL
5 contracts · 10 Dec02 Apr
£31.8mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%
5
NW
2 contracts · SME · 25 Jun
£25.1mest.
2% of total
▼ 100%
6
TC
1 contract · SME
£25.1mest.
2% of total
7
PC
£25.1mest.
2% of total
8
SG
1 contract · SME
£25.1mest.
2% of total
9371
···
363 other suppliers
long tail · 129 SMEs
£415.7m
36% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
121 contracts
£534.1m
32%
Recreational, cultural, sport
15 contracts
£470.9m
28%
Repair & maintenance
30 contracts
£246.5m
15%
Construction works
165 contracts
£233.1m
14%
Business, legal, advisory
65 contracts
£104.8m
6%
Other
67 contracts
£60.5m
4%
Construction materials
16 contracts
£10.5m
1%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
11 contracts
£9.1m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Architecture, engineering
1
0
1
1
Recreational, cultural, sport
Repair & maintenance
Construction works
2
0
13
0
Business, legal, advisory
0
Other
0
1
20
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 · 2 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 2 notices 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.

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.

34%
SME supplier share
target 33%
208
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
371
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH23
Contact
Corporate Procurement
Email
procurement@stevenage.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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