At a glance
Watford Borough Council has awarded £552.8m across 90 suppliers, with 99 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 22% · 24 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£59k) · SME share 7% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Watford Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH23. Tracks 352 published notices and 320 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
7
Open (bidding)
24
Awarded (90d)
1
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 99 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Watford Borough Council is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scriptwriter / Copy Editor for the Museum of Watford | — | 79341400 | £25kest. | — | active |
| Innovation Hub, Watford Borough Council | Co-Space Group Ltd | £4.5m | 19 Feb 2026 | pending | |
| Roof replacement at 29-35 High Street, Watford | HERTS HERITAGE BUILDING AND ROOFING LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Roof replacement at 29-35 High Street, Watford | HERTS HERITAGE BUILDING AND ROOFING LIMITED | £348k | 02 Mar 2026 | active | |
| Provision for Eros & Extra Modules | Idox Software Ltd | 48000000 | £59k | 16 Mar 2026 | active |
| Provision for Eros & Extra Modules | Idox Software Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Museum of Watford AV Software Development Tender | — | 48000000 | £280kest. | — | active |
| Museum of Watford AVIT Software Development Pre-Market Engagement (PME) | — | 48000000 | £280kest. | — | planning |
| The Provision of Multifunctional Print Devices and Associated Digital Transformation Solutions | — | 30232100 | £355kest. | — | active |
| Management and Maintenance of Temporary Accommodation Pre-Market Engagement (PME) | — | 70333000 | £2.3mest. | — | planning |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Watford Borough Council has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKH23
- Contact
- Omobolaji Oladokun
- Omobolaji.Oladokun@watford.gov.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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