The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is the strategic transport, economic and regeneration body for West Yorkshire, accountable to the Mayor of West Yorkshire and headquartered in Leeds. It procures across bus, rail and active-travel programmes, economic development and skills initiatives, capital infrastructure and policing on behalf of the boroughs of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
At a glance
West Yorkshire Combined Authority has awarded £6.0bn across 438 suppliers, with 542 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 13% · 118 open notices now · 22 awards in last 90 d (£65.8m) · SME share 22% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is the strategic transport, economic and regeneration body for West Yorkshire, accountable to the Mayor of West Yorkshire and headquartered in Leeds. It procures across bus, rail and active-travel programmes, economic development and skills initiatives, capital infrastructure and policing on behalf of the boroughs of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
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
124
Open (bidding)
118
Awarded (90d)
22
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 542 live
All contracts with a published award notice where West Yorkshire Combined Authority is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility Tool | Podaris Limited | — | — | active | |
| Fire Safety Works Programme of Works | F Parkinson Limited | 31625100 | £400k | 23 Apr 2026 | active |
| Estates Works Term Service | Lindum Group Limited | 45210000 | £2.0m | 11 May 2026 | active |
| Learning Assitant Software | CITY & GUILDS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Fail to Look Campaign | STORYCATCHERS LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| Mobile Voice and Data Services | — | 64212000 | £50kest. | — | planning |
| West Yorkshire District Centre Mode Share Counts | — | 63712710 | £750kest. | — | planned |
| Batch 758 - Leeds and Wakefield District - July 2026 to May 2027/Jan 2028 | — | 60000000 | £1.0mest. | — | open |
| Batch 758 - Leeds and Wakefield District - July 2026 to May 2027/Jan 2028 | — | 60112000 | — | — | active |
| BLC0172 - NPAS Fuel Farms Maintenance and Inspection | — | 50000000 | £1.5mest. | — | active |
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 · 1 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
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.
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
- UKE42
- Companies House
- ZA051694
- Contact
- Thomas Shelton
- thomas.shelton@westyorks-ca.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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