Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Category Manager
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Category Manager buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
50394571Recent contracts
Latest Category Manager contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
LAS Multidisciplinary Consultant Services
The Fulker Consultancy Limited · 2026-09-03
LAS Electrical Reactive, Planned Maintenance Services (Reserve)
Avatar Electrical Limited · 2026-03-02
LAS Electrical Reactive, Planned Maintenance Services
Hollmark Ltd · 2026-02-26
LAS ECU Winterbourne Gunner
South Coast Ventures Limited · 2025-09-11
£100K
LAS (Reserve) Provision and Supply of Furniture and Associated Products
SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · 2024-08-18
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Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Category Manager typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
LAS (Reserve) Provision and Supply of Furniture and Associated Products
Expires: 2027-03-31
LAS ECU Winterbourne Gunner
Expires: 2027-03-31
£100K
Market analysis
Bidding into Category Manager — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
80%
Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
80%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of Category Manager’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 80%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 5 contracts totalling £100K between 2023-09-08 and 2026-09-08, working with 5 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £100K.
Who are Category Manager's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Category Manager by total award value are South Coast Ventures Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does Category Manager buy from suppliers?
Category Manager's procurement is concentrated in repair and maintenance services, furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products, 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 2026-09-08
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
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.