Quick answer — Tunbridge Wells Borough CouncilLast refreshed 27 Apr 2026

At a glance

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has awarded £14.2m across 40 suppliers, with 93 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 47% · 44 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£130k) · SME share 50% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration47%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share50%
Pipeline · open now44
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKJ46. Tracks 274 published notices and 226 awards on PublicSupply.

274
Notices published
226
Awards
40
Suppliers engaged
2024
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£528k
12 m spend
£1.0m
Prior 12 m
-48%
YoY change
£160k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Tunbridge Wells Borough 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

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

44

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£130k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified206 · £6.4m
services50 · £3.0m
works14 · £270k
goods4 · £200k

Instrument type

contract254 · £8.9m
call off20 · £1.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 180Find a Tender: 94

Awarded contracts · 93 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Capital Investment AgreementSERCO LEISURE OPERATING LIMITEDpending
TMBC People and Skills75200000£28kest.active
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council Haysden Country Park – New Bridge Supplier Engagement44212100planning
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council - Maintenance Building bridge removal - Supplier Engagement44212100planning
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council - Maintenance Building bridge removal - Supplier Engagement44212100planning
Refurbishment of Mini-Golf course at Tonbridge Racecourse SportsgroundUrbanCrazy£62k27 Apr 2026active
South West Kent Waste Partnership - Household Recycling, Waste Collection And Street Cleansing Contract 2027FCC WASTE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED23 Apr 2026pending
People and Skills Project75200000£28kest.planning
TMBC - Poult Wood Golf Club - Air Source Heat Pumpscomplete
People and Skills Project75200000£28kest.planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PT
6 contracts
£6.6mest.
47% of total
2
TG
£4.7m
33% of total
3
LW
2 contracts · SME · 05 Nov
£1.0mest.
7% of total
4
CW
£454k
3% of total
▼ 100%
5
PL
2 contracts · SME · 07 Aug
£320kest.
2% of total
▼ 100%
6
FD
£200kest.
1% of total
7
AG
1 contract · SME · 10 Jul
£190k
1% of total
New
8
MM
1 contract · SME · 14 Feb
£179k
1% of total
▼ 100%
940
···
32 other suppliers
long tail · 14 SMEs
£555k
4% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other community services
10 contracts
£6.6m
44%
Other
40 contracts
£5.7m
38%
Recreational, cultural, sport
11 contracts
£1.0m
7%
Construction works
40 contracts
£607k
4%
Repair & maintenance
8 contracts
£320k
2%
Furniture, cleaning
2 contracts
£270k
2%
Sewage, waste, environment
13 contracts
£244k
2%
Clothing, footwear
3 contracts
£200k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other community services
Other
0
0
0
0
0
Recreational, cultural, sport
Construction works
Repair & maintenance
Furniture, cleaning
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.

50%
SME supplier share
target 33%
28
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
40
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKJ46
Contact
Louisa Coley
Email
procurement@tunbridgewells.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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