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Category Manager

Category Manager is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£6.5M

Total spend

12

Contract awards

11

Unique suppliers

£544K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Category Manager has awarded 12 contracts worth £6.5M to 11 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £544K, with the top five suppliers holding 77% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Category Manager

Top-five suppliers hold 77% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED1£1.2M
Grundon Waste Management Limited1£1.0M
Avatar Electrical Limited1£1.0M
Hollmark Ltd1£1.0M
Sharpsmart Limited1£736K
Atec Construction Limited1£658K
PROVELIO LIMITED1£226K
The Fulker Consultancy Limited2£217K
Wave Utilities/ ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED1£212K
Briggs Fire & Security Ltd1£106K
South Coast Ventures Limited1£100K

Procurement categories

What Category Manager buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
3 awards£443K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
3 awards£2.0M

Construction work

45
2 awards£758K

Repair and maintenance services

50
2 awards£2.0M

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
1 award£1.2M

Installation services (except software)

51
1 award£106K

Recent contracts

Latest Category Manager contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Make Ready Optimisation Project A

Atec Construction Limited · 2026-10-07

£658K

LAS Multidisciplinary Consultant Services

The Fulker Consultancy Limited · 2026-09-03

£170K

Gate Renewal at Multiple Sites - Multi-disciplinary Services

The Fulker Consultancy Limited · 2026-08-02

£47K

LAS New Ambulance Station Programme - Project Management

PROVELIO LIMITED · 2026-04-12

£226K

LAS Life Safety

Briggs Fire & Security Ltd · 2026-04-08

£106K

LAS General Waste & Recycling

Grundon Waste Management Limited · 2026-04-08

£1.0M

LAS Water Utilities

Wave Utilities/ ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED · 2026-03-26

£212K

LAS Electrical Reactive, Planned Maintenance Services (Reserve)

Avatar Electrical Limited · 2026-03-02

£1.0M

LAS Electrical Reactive, Planned Maintenance Services

Hollmark Ltd · 2026-02-26

£1.0M

LAS Clinical, Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Management Services

Sharpsmart Limited · 2026-02-20

£736K

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Most of it is in construction works, furniture & furnishings and architecture & engineering.

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Market analysis

Bidding into Category Manager — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

62%

Awards to SMEs

77%

Top-5 supplier share

85%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 62% of Category Manager’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 85%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Category Manager

How much does Category Manager spend on procurement?

Category Manager awarded 12 contracts totalling £6.5M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 11 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £544K.

Who are Category Manager's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Category Manager by total award value are SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Grundon Waste Management Limited, Avatar Electrical Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 77% of contract value.

What does Category Manager buy from suppliers?

Category Manager's procurement is concentrated in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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