The City of Liverpool College: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
DfE school register: Further education·Education·North West England·The Learning Exchange, Liverpool
Registry IDGB-UKPRN-10003955
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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 11 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.
95 awarded tenders, 88 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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| The City of Liverpool College Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Marketing and Communications | 31 Jul 2027 | 274d | £150,000 |
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
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 6% · 1 open45 Construction work5 procedures · 5%50 Repair and maintenance services4 procedures · 4%44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 3%51 Installation services (except software)3 procedures · 3%80 Education and training services2 procedures · 2%30 Office and computing machinery1 procedure · 1%32 Radio, television, communication1 procedure · 1%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 · 93 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.
Contract96%(89 notices)
89 of 93 notices are Contract (96%).Framework3%(3 notices)
3 of 93 notices are Framework (3%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notice)
1 of 93 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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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.
Direct award68%(63 notices)
63 of 93 notices are Direct award (68%).Open16%(15 notices)
15 of 93 notices are Open (16%).Route not published6%(6 notices)
6 of 93 notices are Route not published (6%).Selective5%(5 notices)
5 of 93 notices are Selective (5%).Limited / restricted4%(4 notices)
4 of 93 notices are Limited / restricted (4%).
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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 11 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 12 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 93 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 4 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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| Dell Corporation Ltd | 6 | 6.3% | 5 | 6 | 4 Jun 2026 |
| PROFM GROUP LIMITED | 5 | 5.3% | 5 | 5 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| MPS UK Group Ltd | 5 | 5.3% | 5 | 5 | 28 Jul 2026 |
| WB Power Services Limited | 4 | 4.2% | 4 | 4 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Krol Corlett Construction Limited | 4 | 4.2% | 3 | 5 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Kimpton | 3 | 3.2% | 3 | 4 | 7 Jul 2025 |
| Nviron Limited | 3 | 3.2% | 3 | 3 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Frank Rogers Building Contractor Ltd | 2 | 2.1% | 2 | 3 | 7 Jul 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 95 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 88 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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| Exam Boards Awarding Body | Pearson Education Limited | 6 Aug 2026 | 1 yrs | £1,280,898 ≈ £1.3m/yr |
| Legal Services to The City of Liverpool College (Inclusive of Group Companies) | Hill Dickinson LLP | 11 Jun 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £800,000 ≈ £267k/yr |
| Creation of Facility at Liverpool Waters | TASK CONTRACT SOLUTIONS LIMITED | — | 1 yrs | £750,000 ≈ £750k/yr |
| Summer Works Vauxhall Road | Krol Corlett Construction Limited | — | 1 mo | £370,509 † |
| The Provision of Mechanical and Electrical Services | Kimpton | — | — | £367,922 † |
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.
59 of 67 contracts carry an end date, 14 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| VLE/Moodle Provision | People Fluent t/a Open LMS | 30 Jun 2027 | £99,700 |
| VLE/MOODLE | People Fluent t/a Open LMS | 30 Jun 2027 | £133,292 |
| Non Devolved | Sysco Business Skills Academy | 31 Jul 2027 | £33,000 |
| Free Courses for Jobs | Sysco Business Skills Academy | 31 Jul 2027 | £330,000 |
| The City of Liverpool College - Waste Collection & Disposal Services | Biffa Waste Services Ltd | 17 Aug 2027 estimated | Not published |
| Stakeholder, Political Engagement & Reputation Communications PR | SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED | 31 Aug 2027 | £108,000 |
| Exam Boards Awarding Body Spends | City & Guilds, City & Guilds of London Institute | 31 Aug 2027 | £1,373,801 |
| Exam Board Awarding Body | Pearson Education Limited | 31 Aug 2027 | £1,280,898 |
| The Supply of Classroom and Educational Furniture | MPS UK Group Ltd | 6 Sept 2027 estimated | £200,000 |
| Open University Validated Partners | The Open University | 30 Nov 2027 | £282,720 |
Soonest 10 of 13 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 104 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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| T Level Media EquipmentMultimedia equipment | Open | 17 Sept 2026 | £120,833 |
| The Supply of Classroom and Educational FurnitureFurniture | Awarded / complete | 11 Sept 2026 | — |
| Stakeholder, Political Engagement & Reputations Comms PRMarketing services | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2026 | £108,000 |
| Creative Campaign Partner Student Recruitment CampaignMarketing services | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | £120,000 |
| Lot 8 Electrical requirements via existing closed frameworkBuilding materials | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | £842,000 |
| Subcontracting Partnership Framework (closed)Education and training services | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | £1,035,000 |
| Exam Board Awarding Body | Awarded / complete | 18 Aug 2026 | — |
| Removal of Vauxhall appliances | Awarded / complete | 14 Aug 2026 | — |
| Summer Works Vauxhall Road | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Generator Hire - Further Additional Hires | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of Cylinder Hire and Gas plus Inspections for Gas Equipment | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | — |
| The Provision of Legal Services to The City of Liverpool College GroupLegal services | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | £500,000 |
| Summer Furniture Requirements | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2026 | — |
| Adobe Creative Cloud Institutional Licences | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2026 | — |
| Installation of a wood dust extraction system | Awarded / complete | 22 Jul 2026 | — |
| Cloud Backup - 1TB Storage | Awarded / complete | 17 Jul 2026 | — |
| Subcontracting for Delivery of Devolved Adult Skills Fund LCRCAAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | £12,500,000 |
| Creation of Facility at Liverpool Waters | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | — |
| Brick and Mortar Teaching Bay Installation | Awarded / complete | 10 Jul 2026 | — |
| Postage RecreditsPostage-franking machines | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | £92,091 |
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. 59 of 67 published contracts have an end date; 14 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.