Quick answer — Walsall Metro Borough CouncilLast refreshed 02 Mar 2026

At a glance

Walsall Metro Borough Council has awarded £15.8m across 30 suppliers, with 23 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 30% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 26% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration30%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share26%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Walsall Metro Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKG38. Tracks 33 published notices and 32 awards on PublicSupply.

33
Notices published
32
Awards
30
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£12.8m
12 m spend
£2.3m
Prior 12 m
+445%
YoY change
£167k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Walsall Metro Borough Council — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£5mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

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

Unspecified32 · £15.8m
services1 · £450k

Instrument type

contract33 · £16.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 32Find a Tender: 1

Awarded contracts · 23 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
WP4187 The Provision of a Corporate Landlord Strategic PartnerPICK EVERARD71000000£200k22 Dec 2025active
W5005 - Virtual Engagement Solution 'Commonplace'Commonplace Digital Limited48000000£11k02 Mar 2026active
WP4103 Mens 'Where I Am' Grant Programme85100000£110k13 Jun 2025active
WP4065 - The Provision of Smart Places Technology 'Internet of Things'Makutu Dot IO Limited48000000£450k17 Mar 2025active
WP4019 Digital Preservation & Storage ServicePreservica Limited48900000£43k12 Dec 2024active
WP4053 Specialist Evaluator for Youth Justice Board Regional Disparity ProjectTHE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON73000000£119k19 Dec 2024active
WP4165 Microsoft Unified Support AgreementMicrosoft Limited72266000£412k23 Dec 2025active
WP3930 - Wide Area NetworkBritish Telecommunication PLC32430000£496k27 Jul 2023active
WP4066 Housing Register and Homeless SystemsMRI Software Limited48400000£193k31 Mar 2025active
W5044 The provision of vape starter kits and continuous supplyUnite Procurement UK Ltd (formerly Mercateo UK Ltd)66151100£200k09 Feb 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
IP
1 contract · SME · 13 Feb
£4.8m
30% of total
New
2
TG
1 contract · 02 Oct
£3.1m
20% of total
New
3
AL
1 contract · 16 Apr
£1.4m
9% of total
▼ 100%
4
CL
1 contract · 04 Nov
£976k
6% of total
New
5
BL
1 contract · 15 Sept
£825k
5% of total
New
6
SC
1 contract · 22 Dec
£565k
4% of total
New
7
BT
1 contract · 27 Jul
£496k
3% of total
8
MD
1 contract · SME · 17 Mar
£450k
3% of total
▼ 100%
930
···
22 other suppliers
long tail · 6 SMEs
£3.1m
19% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
5 contracts
£6.4m
42%
Construction materials
1 contract
£3.1m
20%
Software packages, IT
9 contracts
£2.6m
17%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£1.4m
9%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£517k
3%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£496k
3%
Education, training
2 contracts
£490k
3%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£350k
2%

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
0
1
5
Construction materials
3
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1
1
IT services, software
0
0
Radio, TV, communications
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 · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Walsall Metro Borough Council has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

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.

26%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
30
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 26% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG38
Email
procurement@walsall.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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