Quick answer — Torfaen County Borough CouncilLast refreshed 30 Apr 2026

At a glance

Torfaen County Borough Council has awarded £483.2m across 129 suppliers, with 549 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 26% · 70 open notices now · 28 awards in last 90 d (£20.9m) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration26%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share29%
Pipeline · open now70
Awards · 90 d28

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Torfaen County Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKL16. Tracks 144 published notices and 257 awards on PublicSupply.

144
Notices published
257
Awards
129
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£30.7m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Torfaen County Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£3m£7m£10m£13mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

20

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

70

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

28

£20.9m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works8 · £573.8m
services92 · £264.7m
goods28 · £232.3m
Unspecified16 · £16.1m

Instrument type

contract144 · £1.1bn
Source:Find a Tender: 142Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 549 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Term Service Contract For Coal Spoil Tip Maintenance in Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen County Boroughs71300000£10.0mest.planned
Term Service Contract for Site Investigations in Blaenau Gwent & Torfaen 45111250£2.5mest.planned
Adults with Learning Disability Supported Housing Schemes85000000£4.2mest.active
Term Service Contract for Carriageway Markings in Blaenau Gwent & Torfaen 34922100£400kest.active
Maintenance and Improvement of Street Lighting and Illuminated Traffic Signs 2026Centregreat Ltd£9.5m30 Apr 2026pending
Engaging Specialist Recruitment Service CompanyGatenby Sanderson Limited£75kpending
Engaging specialist recruitment companyVivid Resourcing division of G2V Recruitment Group Limited £74kpending
QQ Provision for weed control 2026-2028 TCBCCOMPLETE WEED CONTROL (SOUTH AND CENTRAL WALES) LTD£64k16 Mar 2026active
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS / CYNHYRCHION CYNHALIAETH PRIFFYRDDSCOTT PARNELL LIMITED£150k12 Mar 2026active
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS / CYNHYRCHION CYNHALIAETH PRIFFYRDDHUGHES FORREST LIMITED£150k12 Mar 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CH
£126.9mest.
26% of total
2
HF
£76.4mest.
16% of total
3
PL
1 contract
£65.0mest.
13% of total
4
DP
£49.6mest.
10% of total
5
WD
9 contracts · SME
£16.0mest.
3% of total
6
BW
8 contracts · SME
£13.7mest.
3% of total
7
TW
3 contracts · SME
£12.4mest.
3% of total
8
FE
£12.0mest.
2% of total
9129
···
121 other suppliers
long tail · 66 SMEs
£122.3m
25% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Food, beverages, tobacco
262 contracts
£590.5m
37%
Construction works
5 contracts
£462.5m
29%
Radio, TV, communications
37 contracts
£200.0m
13%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£100.0m
6%
Transport services
1 contract
£80.0m
5%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£68.6m
4%
Health & social work
110 contracts
£55.8m
3%
Construction materials
19 contracts
£38.0m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Food, beverages, tobacco
Construction works
Radio, TV, communications
Electrical machinery
Transport services
Business, legal, advisory
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 · 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.

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.

29%
SME supplier share
target 33%
146
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
129
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 29% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL16
Contact
Stephen Chambers
Email
stephen.chambers@torfaen.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

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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