Historic England: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Companies House: Private Limited CompanyGOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public bodyCentral governmentSouth West EnglandSwindon

Official UK PPONPXLY-5862-RMML

Open now12next deadline 28 Oct 2026
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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.

Notices, last 12 months100+45% vs prior 12 months (69)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot250% single-bid · 8 bid reports
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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 8 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share7%of 146 awarded procedures · 175 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

146 awarded tenders, 175 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months4625 within 6 months · 2 estimated
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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.

Published award value, 24m£9.7mnet · on 113 of 113 published values · top 5 = 51%
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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

12 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

All 12 open notices for this authority →

What they buy
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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

73 Research and development services38 procedures · 22% · 8 open
71 Architectural, construction, engineering20 procedures · 12% · 4 open
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting13 procedures · 8% · 4 open
48 Software package and information systems10 procedures · 6% · 2 open
45 Construction work9 procedures · 5% · 1 open

How they buy
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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 · 169 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract93%(158 notices)
    158 of 169 notices are Contract (93%).
  • Framework7%(11 notices)
    11 of 169 notices are Framework (7%).
Procedure route
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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.

  • Open52%(88 notices)
    88 of 169 notices are Open (52%).
  • Direct award28%(47 notices)
    47 of 169 notices are Direct award (28%).
  • Limited / restricted14%(24 notices)
    24 of 169 notices are Limited / restricted (14%).
  • Route not published4%(7 notices)
    7 of 169 notices are Route not published (4%).
  • Selective2%(3 notices)
    3 of 169 notices are Selective (2%).
Typical bids per lot
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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 8 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

2robust · n=850% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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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 11 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

18 daysrobust · n=11
Notice amendments
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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 169 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

056 of 169 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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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 6 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=6

Who wins here
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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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Wessex Archaeologyframework/DPS on 253.4%45—
MSDS Marine Ltdframework/DPS on 242.7%34—
Geoffrey Robinson Limited32.1%3325 Jun 2026
Integrated Business Software and Solutions Limited21.4%2330 May 2025
Softcat Plc21.4%22—
Cotswold Archaeology Ltdframework/DPS on 121.4%22—
Simeon Wilkie21.4%22—
Courage Works Ltd21.4%22—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 146 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 175 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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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.

£9.7mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 113 of 113 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 51%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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The middle published award value for this buyer.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£25k middle valuerobust · n=113Middle half £14k–£62k.
Largest published awards
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The 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.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Hardware and Software Procurement/Support Services (NP 256) [PCR 2015]ALBION COMPUTERS PLC——£1,500,000 †
G Cloud 14 Call Off Contract - RM6194 HR System Software and Support ContractSoftcat Plc——£1,500,000 †
Vertical Application System (RM6259) ESRI Enterprise Agreement (UID 143)ESRI (UK) Limited——£889,005 †
ITT - Fort Cumberland - Electrical Infrastructure upgrade (UID 150)T Coleborn & Sons—4 mo£575,076 †
ITT - Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings - 4th Floor Office Fitout - UID 231Icon Projects Ltd—3 mo£491,122 †

Contracts ending
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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.

136 of 152 contracts carry an end date, 8 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 46 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 206 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
ITT - Gardening and Grounds Maintenance at Brooklands, Cambridge (UID 219)Grounds maintenance servicesOpen25 Aug 2026£54,000
ITT - Inclusive Consultants Framework - UID 173FrameworkEqual opportunities consultancy servicesOpen18 Aug 2026£150,000
RFQ - Cloudflare Software Renewal 26-27 - UID 338MAwarded / complete18 Aug 2026—
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Stage 2 – Adaptation of historic buildings and structures to coastal erosion - UID132Advisory and consultative engineering servicesAwarded / complete14 Aug 2026£70,000
ITT - Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings - 4th Floor Office Fitout - UID 231Awarded / complete11 Aug 2026—
Knowing the Heritage Sector Phase 4 - catalogue of heritage enterprises in England - UID 148Economic research servicesAwarded / complete10 Aug 2026£250,000
National Planning Policy Framework - Development of training and briefing contentAwarded / complete7 Aug 2026—
ITT - E-Learning Training Content - UID 240E-learning servicesAwarded / complete4 Aug 2026£99,000
ITT - Skeleton Preparation Laboratory Alterations & Refurbishment Project -Construction - UID 178Building alteration workOpen20 Jul 2026£232,500
ITT - Planned Preventative and Reactive Response Service (M&E, Public Health and Fabric) – Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle (UID 273M)Miscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesAwarded / complete14 Jul 2026£165,000
Historic England Specialist Illustration Framework (UID 198)FrameworkArtistic servicesAwarded / complete14 Jul 2026£90,000
ITT - Gardening and Grounds Maintenance at Brooklands, Cambridge (UID 219)Grounds maintenance servicesOpen9 Jul 2026£36,000
RFQ - Heritage Counts, Social research - UID 266Awarded / complete8 Jul 2026—
Planned Preventative and Reactive Response Service (M&E, Public Health and Fabric) – Tanner Row, York - UID 272MRepair and maintenance servicesAwarded / complete7 Jul 2026£85,000
ITT - Archive Strategic Review (UID 267)Business analysis consultancy servicesAwarded / complete1 Jul 2026£25,000
ITT - Building Conservation Framework – Paints and Coatings Technology (UID 45)FrameworkResearch and development consultancy servicesOpen30 Jun 2026£75,000
DA - Testing of public-facing version of radiocarbon database - UID 255 (2)Awarded / complete29 Jun 2026—
DA - Testing of public-facing version of radiocarbon database - UID 255 (1)Awarded / complete26 Jun 2026—
DA - National Blue Plaque Scheme Plaque Production - UID 74 NP 351Awarded / complete26 Jun 2026—
ITT - Propping Inspections to Cross Mill, Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings - UID 226Building-inspection servicesOpen24 Jun 2026£35,000

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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. 136 of 152 published contracts have an end date; 8 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.