Quick answer — Tavistock Town CouncilLast refreshed 18 Feb 2026

At a glance

Tavistock Town Council has awarded £1.4m across 7 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 24% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 22% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration24%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share22%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Tavistock Town Council is a contracting authority, based in UKK43. Tracks 26 published notices and 22 awards on PublicSupply.

26
Notices published
22
Awards
7
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£28k
12 m spend
£295k
Prior 12 m
-91%
YoY change
£242k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Tavistock Town 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)

4

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

Unspecified22 · £1.4m
works3 · £1.1m
services1 · £30k

Instrument type

contract24 · £2.0m
call off2 · £581k
Source:Contracts Finder: 21Find a Tender: 5

Awarded contracts · 5 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
APPOINTMENT OF A PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE 'REDISCOVERING TAVISTOCK ABBEY' PROJECT45000000£375kest.active
APPOINTMENT OF A PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE 'REDISCOVERING TAVISTOCK ABBEY' PROJECT45000000£375kest.active
APPOINTMENT OF A PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE 'REDISCOVERING TAVISTOCK ABBEY' PROJECT45000000£375kest.active
Tavistock Abbey Remains Project - Conservation Architects Design BriefLe Page£28k18 Feb 2026active
Tavistock Multi-Use Wheeled Sports Park Design and BuildCanvas Spaces Ltd92000000£295k02 Apr 2025active
Tavistock Museum Structural Repairs and Refurbishment WorksAD Williams Building Contractors Ltd45000000£60k23 May 2023active
Masonry Façade and Mayors Parlour Roof Repairs to Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square, TavistockRM Builders and Contractors Ltd45000000£206k04 May 2023active
Contract Awarded - Repair Works to Market Road River WallAD Williams Building Contractors Ltd45000000£287k27 Mar 2023active
Utilities provider65000000£0active
Tavistock Guildhall Car Park Public Realm Works45213312£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AW
2 contracts · SME · 27 Mar23 May
£347k
24% of total
2
CS
1 contract · 02 Apr
£295k
21% of total
▼ 100%
3
AW
1 contract · 21 Apr
£277k
19% of total
4
CC
2 contracts · 27 Jun
£256k
18% of total
5
RB
1 contract · SME · 04 May
£206k
14% of total
6
LP
1 contract · 18 Feb
£28k
2% of total
New
7
GY
1 contract · 18 Mar
£23k
2% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
16 contracts
£1.9m
76%
Recreational, cultural, sport
1 contract
£295k
12%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£277k
11%
Other
1 contract
£28k
1%
Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£23k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Recreational, cultural, sport
Construction materials
Other
0
Architecture, engineering
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.

22%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
7
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 22% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKK43
Contact
Laura Harley
Email
laura.harley@tavistock.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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