Derby College Group: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
DfE school register: Further education·Education·East Midlands·Derby
Official UK PPONPHCR-9151-PMNLWebsitederby-college.ac.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Plumbing Room Workshop and Classroom Alterations at the Roundhouse Stephenson Building. | 30 Oct 2026 | 3d | £0 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work13 procedures · 62% · 1 open44 Construction structures and materials6 procedures · 29%50 Repair and maintenance services4 procedures · 19%71 Architectural, construction, engineering4 procedures · 19%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances3 procedures · 14%42 Industrial machinery3 procedures · 14%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting3 procedures · 14%34 Transport equipment and products2 procedures · 10%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 21 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract95%(20 notices)
20 of 21 notices are Contract (95%).Framework5%(1 notice)
1 of 21 notices is Framework (5%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open90%(19 notices)
19 of 21 notices are Open (90%).Selective5%(1 notice)
1 of 21 notices is Selective (5%).Route not published5%(1 notice)
1 of 21 notices is Route not published (5%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 6 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 21 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Compartment Fire Ltd | 2 | 28.6% | 2 | 2 | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction Company Limited | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Operam Education Group t/a Provision Recruitment | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| SKILLS COLLEGE UK LIMITED | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Exede Ltd (T/A Xede Recruitment) | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| Think FE Limited | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| Axis Recruitment Limited | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
| Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited, | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 11 Jul 2025 |
7 awarded procedures across 16 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Firedoor works to include supply, installation, remedial repair and PPM | Compartment Fire Ltd | 7 Nov 2025 | 3 mo · up to 2.8 yrs | £153,487 |
| Condition Surveys for Derby College Group | Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP | — | 7 mo | £83,450 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
3 of 3 contracts carry an end date · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Recruitment Agency services framework | Axis Recruitment Limited, Blue Arrow Ltd, DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED +5 | 31 Jul 2027 | £3,500,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 22 of 22 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Provision of a Financial Management SystemBusiness transaction and personal business software package | Open | 24 Aug 2026 | £0 |
| Plumbing Room Workshop and Classroom Alterations at the Roundhouse Stephenson BuildingRefurbishment work | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2026 | £100,000 |
| Subcontract Adult Skills Fund ProvisionAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 20 Jul 2026 | £6,500,000 |
| Provision of a student transport (bus) serviceHire of buses and coaches with driver | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | £1,560,000 |
| The Hudson Building Extension ProjectBuilding construction work | Open | 9 Jul 2026 | £3,900,000 |
| Refurbishment of Toilet Facilities at the RoundhouseOverhaul and refurbishment work | Open | 29 May 2026 | £100,000 |
| Pre-market Engagement for Finance SystemAccounting software package | Planning | 1 May 2026 | £350,000 |
| Provision of Roller Shutters, Automatic Doors & Car Park Barriers/Gates “barrier systems worksBuilding installation work | Open | 3 Apr 2026 | £0 |
| Provision of Man-safe or personal fall protection systemsFencing | Open | 3 Apr 2026 | £0 |
| Provision of Catering ServicesCanteen and catering services | Awarded / complete | 24 Mar 2026 | £9,000,000 |
| Condition Surveys for Derby College GroupArchitectural and building-surveying services | Awarded / complete | 19 Feb 2026 | £100,000 |
| Firedoor planned preventative maintenance, remedial repairs and installation worksBuilding installation work | Awarded / complete | 12 Feb 2026 | £260,000 |
| Broomfield Hall and Annexe Refurbishment WorksBuilding completion work | Open | 12 Feb 2026 | £1,100,000 |
| Recruitment Agency FrameworkBusiness services: law | Awarded / complete | 17 Dec 2025 | £3,500,000 |
| Firedoor works to include supply, installation, remedial repair and PPMBuilding installation work | Awarded / complete | 24 Nov 2025 | £260,000 |
| Provision of Catering ServicesCanteen and catering services | Cancelled | 21 Nov 2025 | £9,000,000 |
| Shower block at Joseph Wright CentreOverhaul and refurbishment work | Open | 29 Sept 2025 | £170,000 |
| Mechanical and Electrical refurbishment works - Lathkilldale and KirtleyCentral-heating boilers | Open | 13 May 2025 | £606,000 |
| Animal Care Minor Building, Roofing and Refurbishment worksAgricultural buildings construction work | Open | 12 May 2025 | £312,000 |
| Internal and external decorating Summer 2025Decorating supplies | Open | 25 Apr 2025 | £140,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 3 of 3 published contracts have an end date; 0 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.