Name: West Suffolk Council procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — West Suffolk CouncilLast refreshed 14 May 2026

At a glance

West Suffolk Council has awarded £57.1m across 147 suppliers, with 112 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 11% · 31 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£399k) · SME share 39% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration11%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share39%

Pipeline · open now31

Awards · 90 d4

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

West Suffolk Council is a contracting authority, based in UKH14. Tracks 345 published notices and 314 awards on PublicSupply.

345

Notices published

314

Awards

147

Suppliers engaged

2018

First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.3m

12 m spend

£5.2m

Prior 12 m

+60%

YoY change

£100k

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

31

Live tenders

›

Awarded (90d)

4

£399k

›

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified307 · £56.3m

goods3 · £4.4m

services19 · £3.5m

works16 · £1.9m

Instrument type

contract344 · £66.1m

call off1 · £0

Source:Contracts Finder: 237Find a Tender: 108

Awarded contracts · 112 live

All contracts with a published award notice where West Suffolk Council is the contracting authority.

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
Lone working SOS device	SKYGUARD LIMITED		—	—	active
Invitation to Tender - Suffolk Employment Study	Iceni Projects Limited		£88k	14 May 2026	active
Lone working SOS device	SKYGUARD LIMITED		£35k	09 Mar 2026	active
Invitation to Tender -West Suffolk Council-Habitats Regulations Assessment to support preparation of West Suffolk Local Plan	—	90000000	£30kest.	—	active
Invitation To Tender - Provision of security services at events in The Apex & Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk- Contract Duration – 01 May 2026 to 31st March 2028 (with options to extend into 31 March 2030)	Stage Event Security Ltd		£151k	29 Apr 2026	active
Invitation To Tender - Provision of brewery services at The Apex & Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	—	55000000	£500kest.	—	active
Electoral Management System Contract	CIVICA UK LIMITED		—	—	active
Electoral Management System Contract	CIVICA UK LIMITED		£124k	09 Apr 2026	active
INVITATION TO TENDER for the Provision of Solar PV car ports for West Suffolk Council at Mildenhall Hub - AWARD	3ti Energy Hubs Ltd	09330000	£1.5m	19 Jul 2024	active
Electoral Management System Contract	CIVICA UK LIMITED		£124k	—	pending

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1

SE

Seasoned

1 contract · 01 Sept

£6.0m

11% of total

—

2

AL

ALLIANCE LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED

3 contracts · SME · 28 Nov

£4.6m

8% of total

New

3

RL

RINGGO LIMITED

3 contracts · SME · 23 Feb

£4.0m

7% of total

New

4

PC

PENTACO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

5 contracts · SME · 16 Dec

£3.0m

5% of total

New

5

PE

Pick Everard

1 contract · 23 Jun

£2.5m

4% of total

—

6

MC

Mixbrow Construction

7 contracts · 11 Jan – 24 Feb

£2.3m

4% of total

▼ 100%

7

AL

Alliance Leisure

1 contract · 05 Aug

£1.8m

3% of total

—

8

MC

Motus Commercials

2 contracts · 22 Jan – 06 Aug

£1.6m

3% of total

—

9–147

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139 other suppliers

long tail · 53 SMEs

£27.8m

49% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other

81 contracts

£17.2m

31%

Construction works

74 contracts

£10.8m

19%

Electrical machinery

11 contracts

£6.1m

11%

Food, beverages, tobacco

2 contracts

£6.0m

11%

Architecture, engineering

21 contracts

£4.5m

8%

Petroleum, fuel, energy

11 contracts

£3.8m

7%

Transport equipment, vehicles

10 contracts

£3.7m

7%

Construction materials

16 contracts

£3.5m

6%

Activity heatmap

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

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Other

0

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0

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2

0

2

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Construction works

Electrical machinery

Food, beverages, tobacco

Architecture, engineering

Petroleum, fuel, energy

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.

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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.

West Suffolk 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

39%

SME supplier share
target 33%

89

SME award rows

0

VCSE award rows

147

Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type: Contracting authority
Region: UKH14
Contact: James Fisher
Email: procurement@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers