Reading Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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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 38 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
70 awarded tenders, 117 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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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| Leaseholder Building Insurance Policy | 25 Nov 2026 | 30d | £567,000 |
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
85 Health and social work services33 procedures · 39%98 Other community, social and personal services15 procedures · 18%45 Construction work13 procedures · 15%71 Architectural, construction, engineering6 procedures · 7%44 Construction structures and materials5 procedures · 6%50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 6%34 Transport equipment and products4 procedures · 5%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 5%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 · 85 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.
Contract94%(80 notices)
80 of 85 notices are Contract (94%).Framework6%(5 notices)
5 of 85 notices are Framework (6%).
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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.
Open49%(42 notices)
42 of 85 notices are Open (49%).Limited / restricted22%(19 notices)
19 of 85 notices are Limited / restricted (22%).Route not published15%(13 notices)
13 of 85 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective7%(6 notices)
6 of 85 notices are Selective (7%).Direct award6%(5 notices)
5 of 85 notices are Direct award (6%).
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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 38 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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 30 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 85 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 24 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
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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| Toxicology UK Ltd | 3 | 4.3% | 3 | 3 | 21 Jan 2026 |
| Citizens Advice Reading | 3 | 4.3% | 2 | 3 | 28 Jul 2025 |
| Refugee Support Group Limited | 3 | 4.3% | 1 | 3 | 28 Jul 2025 |
| Kcare Health | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 3 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| People Matter Support Services Ltd | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 3 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 2 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| TSG Building Services plc | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 2 | — |
| READING MENCAP | 2 | 2.9% | 2 | 2 | 28 Jul 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 70 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 117 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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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.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
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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| Procurement for the provision, maintenance and operation of on-street Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure | Char.gy Limited | — | — | £202,563,541 † |
| Managed Store | Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited | — | — | £14,000,000 † |
| Cleaning Partners 2026- Tender | N-viro Limited | 6 Jul 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £8,636,031 ≈ £2.9m/yr |
| Voids and Planned Maintenance | Axis CLC Solutions Limited | — | — | £8,000,000 † |
| Heating Installations and Upgrades | TSG Building Services plc | — | — | £4,500,000 † |
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.
31 of 48 contracts carry an end date, 12 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 148 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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| Media Handling Tool | Awarded / complete | 19 Oct 2026 | — |
| Vehicle Workshop Maintenance ServicesRepair and maintenance services | Planning | 13 Oct 2026 | — |
| Data Management and Modelling SoftwareData management services | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Heating Installations and UpgradesElectrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Air Source Heat Pumps and Mechanical Ventilation Heat RecoveryElectrical installation work of heating and other electrical building-equipment | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Flat Roofing Replacement Programme 2026-2029 | Awarded / complete | 12 Oct 2026 | — |
| Reading Crematorium and Henley Rd Cemetery - 2025 Cemetery Extension -ConsultantConstruction-related services | Awarded / complete | 6 Oct 2026 | £300,000 |
| School Meals ContractSchool meals | Planned | 5 Oct 2026 | £14,700,000 |
| Amethyst Lane Security Provision | Awarded / complete | 5 Oct 2026 | — |
| Supply and Maintenance of Bus Shelters with Advertising OpportunitiesAdvertising management services | Awarded / complete | 24 Sept 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| End User Workspace and HostingIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 11 Sept 2026 | £11,040,000 |
| Major Roads-Carriageway Resurfacing Works Contract 2026-2027Carriageway resurfacing works | Awarded / complete | 11 Sept 2026 | £1,100,000 |
| Housing First and Couples Move on PathwaySocial work services with accommodation | Open | 8 Sept 2026 | £190,044 |
| School and Social Care TransportRoad transport services | Open | 2 Sept 2026 | £36,000,000 |
| Tactical Advisor Out Of Hours Service | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | — |
| Employer's Agent & Multi Disciplinary Professional ServicesConsultative engineering and construction services | Planned | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Election Printing | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | — |
| Electoral Software ServicesIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 13 Aug 2026 | — |
| Assets and Facilities Management SoftwareFacilities management software package and software package suite | Planning | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Closing the Gap 2: Hospital to HomeOther community | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | £294,000 |
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. 31 of 48 published contracts have an end date; 12 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.