Sunderland City Council is the metropolitan local authority for the city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England, serving a population of around 275,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and major city-centre regeneration programmes.
At a glance
Sunderland City Council has awarded £700.3m across 715 suppliers, with 736 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 11% · 68 open notices now · 8 awards in last 90 d (£12.1m) · SME share 65% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Sunderland City Council is the metropolitan local authority for the city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England, serving a population of around 275,000 residents. It procures across adult and children's social care, housing, highways and transport, waste and environmental services and major city-centre regeneration programmes.
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
37
Open (bidding)
68
Awarded (90d)
8
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 736 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Sunderland City Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framework for the Design, Supply, and Installation of Solar PV in Operational Commercial Properties in Sunderland | — | 45261215 | £3.0mest. | — | active |
| Appointment of a Supplier to Operate and Manage the Sheepfolds Mobility Hub | — | 98351000 | — | — | planning |
| Adult Skills Programme | — | 80000000 | — | — | planning |
| Marketing Services Framework | — | 79342000 | — | — | active |
| Re-deployable 4G high definition CCTv cameras airtime | WIRELESS CCTV LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Waste and recycling behaviour change | — | 73210000 | £25kest. | — | active |
| The Appointment of a Managing Agent for Sunderland City Council Business Centres | NORTH EAST BUSINESS AND INNOVATION CENTRE LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Appointment of an Exhibition and Interpretation Manufacture and Installation Supplier | — | 34928470 | — | — | active |
| Appointment of an Exhibition and Interpretation Manufacture and Installation Supplier | — | 34928470 | — | — | planning |
| IHS4 Local Government Portal | ALLIUM UK HOLDING LIMITED | £131k | — | pending |
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.
Sunderland City 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
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKC23
- Contact
- Andrew Raft
- corporate.procurement@sunderland.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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