Quick answer — WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGELast refreshed 11 May 2026

At a glance

WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE has awarded £1.2m across 4 suppliers, with 4 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 59% · 3 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£456k) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration59%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE is a contracting authority, based in UKD61. Tracks 10 published notices and 7 awards on PublicSupply.

10
Notices published
7
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£456k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£130k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE — 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)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£456k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified6 · £1.2m
goods4 · £260k

Instrument type

contract10 · £1.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 6Find a Tender: 4

Awarded contracts · 4 live

All contracts with a published award notice where WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA17346 - CPC/KB/02/2023: Student Transport Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Warrington's Own Buses60000000£456k11 May 2026active
Finance system software including installation and ongoing support and maintenance48442000£130kest.active
Finance system software including installation and ongoing support and maintenance48442000£130kest.active
Student TransportNetwork Warringtonactive
RA303359 - Tig and Mig Welding Machines44000000£0active
RA302871 - Portable Measuring Arm A3 - A9 3D38000000£0active
RA302764 - 3D Printers30200000£0active
CA7642 - Tender for LathesColchester Machine Tool Solutions Ltd42000000£52k07 Oct 2020active
CA6918 - CPC /SG/01/2018: Provision of Building Cleaning Services Framework AgreementBulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd90910000£720k27 Apr 2020active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BC
£720k
59% of total
2
WO
1 contract · 11 May
£456k
37% of total
New
3
CM
£52k
4% of total
4
NW
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£720k
48%
Transport services
1 contract
£456k
31%
Software packages, IT
2 contracts
£260k
17%
Industrial machinery
1 contract
£52k
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Sewage, waste, environment
Transport services
0
Software packages, IT
Industrial machinery
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.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% 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
UKD61
Contact
Susanne Dewhurst
Email
sdewhurst@wvr.ac.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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