Quick answer — Welsh GovernmentLast refreshed 09 Oct 2025

At a glance

Welsh Government has awarded £1.3bn across 237 suppliers, with 475 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 21% · 86 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 68% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration21%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share68%
Pipeline · open now86
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Welsh Government is a contracting authority, based in UKL. Tracks 296 published notices and 210 awards on PublicSupply.

296
Notices published
210
Awards
237
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.2m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£4.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Welsh Government — 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

44

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

86

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

services248 · £1.6bn
goods17 · £202.6m
works22 · £57.0m
Unspecified9 · £255k

Instrument type

contract296 · £1.9bn
Source:Find a Tender: 296

Awarded contracts · 475 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Welsh Government is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Welsh Government - WGES Grant Support to Ynni CymruCARBON TRUST ADVISORY LIMITED71314300£30.0mest.active
Welsh Government - Energy Service Delivery Plan year 4CARBON TRUST ADVISORY LIMITED71314300£30.0mest.active
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.active
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.active
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.active
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.planning
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.planning
Soil Moisture Mapping & Coal Tip AnalysisCentral Alliance Pre Construction Services Ltdactive
UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament Impact Evaluation73110000£1.9mest.planning
Welsh Government Corporate Induction Learning OfferSglein£180k09 Oct 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BI
2 contracts · SME
£276.0mest.
21% of total
2
TC
11 contracts
£255.0mest.
20% of total
3
MB
6 contracts · SME
£171.8mest.
13% of total
4
SA
1 contract · SME
£138.0mest.
11% of total
5
CT
£90.0mest.
7% of total
6
LA
5 contracts · SME
£35.5mest.
3% of total
7
IB
8 contracts · SME
£26.4mest.
2% of total
8
AC
£21.0mest.
2% of total
9237
···
229 other suppliers
long tail · 161 SMEs
£272.6m
21% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
118 contracts
£2.1bn
50%
Architecture, engineering
36 contracts
£895.9m
21%
Education, training
152 contracts
£457.8m
11%
Agriculture, forestry services
7 contracts
£411.0m
10%
Radio, TV, communications
14 contracts
£200.5m
5%
Health & social work
25 contracts
£50.1m
1%
R&D services
25 contracts
£45.7m
1%
Software packages, IT
11 contracts
£45.3m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Architecture, engineering
Education, training
Agriculture, forestry services
Radio, TV, communications
Health & social work
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.

Welsh Government 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.

68%
SME supplier share
target 33%
305
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
237
Distinct suppliers

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
UKL
Contact
Kate Smith
Email
kate.smith@gov.wales

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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