Quick answer — Welwyn Hatfield Borough CouncilLast refreshed 13 May 2026

At a glance

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has awarded £54.8m across 63 suppliers, with 128 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 16% · 58 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£218k) · SME share 22% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration16%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share22%
Pipeline · open now58
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH23. Tracks 234 published notices and 169 awards on PublicSupply.

234
Notices published
169
Awards
63
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£418k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£600k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Welwyn Hatfield 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)

58

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£218k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works21 · £93.8m
services54 · £44.8m
goods6 · £6.5m
Unspecified153 · £6.1m

Instrument type

contract233 · £150.8m
call off1 · £426k
Source:Contracts Finder: 140Find a Tender: 94

Awarded contracts · 128 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
WHC. - Minor Building Works45113000£150kest.active
WHC - Specialist Cleaning Services.Woolmer Environmental Services Ltd£218k13 May 2026pending
WHC - Installations of Mains Isolator Switches.45310000£95kest.active
WHC - Supply of mowers16310000£200kest.active
WHC - Lift maintenance services - AWARDOmega Citylifts Services Ltd50750000£020 Apr 2026active
WHC - Window cleaning services. - AWARDAll Clean London90911300£020 Apr 2026active
Housing Repairs Contract45211000planning
Housing Repairs Contract45211000planning
Gas Maintenance50720000planning
WHC - Corporate Cleaning Contract90910000£2.4mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
GC
£8.5mest.
16% of total
2
HG
1 contract · SME
£7.7mest.
14% of total
3
CG
1 contract · SME
£7.7mest.
14% of total
4
SE
£7.7mest.
14% of total
5
PR
£5.0m
9% of total
6
HJ
1 contract · SME
£5.0mest.
9% of total
7
ML
2 contracts · SME
£2.7mest.
5% of total
8
WP
£2.4mest.
4% of total
963
···
55 other suppliers
long tail · 10 SMEs
£8.2m
15% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
38 contracts
£139.9m
69%
Architecture, engineering
28 contracts
£18.4m
9%
Sewage, waste, environment
32 contracts
£17.7m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
18 contracts
£8.0m
4%
Other
16 contracts
£6.4m
3%
Furniture, cleaning
4 contracts
£5.0m
2%
Repair & maintenance
13 contracts
£4.2m
2%
Agriculture, forestry services
8 contracts
£2.7m
1%

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
Architecture, engineering
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
Other
0
0
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 · 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.

22%
SME supplier share
target 33%
20
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
63
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 22% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH23
Contact
Procurement
Email
procurement@welhat.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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