Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Cornwall Council
Top-five suppliers hold 62% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Cornwall Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
858098797745716639556042447072654833Recent contracts
Latest Cornwall Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Parenting Support - Learning Disability
Home-Start Kernow · 2026-09-03
£30K
Parenting Support - Dad Matters Project
Home-Start Kernow · 2026-09-03
£30K
Cornwall Local Plan - Mobile Travel Data
Telefónica UK Limited · 2026-08-24
£71K
Cornwall Local Plan Migration & Population Support
Understanding Data Ltd · 2026-08-24
£24K
Extra Care Services - Miners Court
Coastline Housing Limted · 2026-08-06
£28.5M
Independent Review of Housing First
Homeless Link · 2026-08-04
Safer Sleep Equipment Scheme
Home-Start Kernow · 2026-08-04
YFF - Randomised Control Trial
Urban Biodiversity CIC · 2026-07-30
£125K
YFF - Randomised Control trial - Health and Social Care
Urban Biodiversity CIC · 2026-07-30
£150K
Support within Homelessness Accommodation at Cosgarne Hall
Cosgarne Hall Limited · 2026-07-29
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Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Family Domestic Abuse Support Advisors
Deadline: 2026-09-28
£2.2M
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Concession
Deadline: 2026-09-30
£92.8M
Resilience, Inclusion, Strengths and Enablement (RISE)
Deadline: 2026-10-16
£16.5M
Taxi DPS Adam throughput spend
Deadline: 2028-10-31
Housing, care and support for young people aged 16 and 17 with complex needs
Deadline: 2030-08-31
£40.0M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Cornwall Council typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Future Coast Bude – Coastal Vision Partner Organisation
Expires: 2026-10-14
£19K
St Ives RFC – Sport Pitch & Soft Landscaping
Expires: 2026-10-27
£309K
Library Kiosk Windows 11 upgrade
Expires: 2026-10-31
£23K
Cornwall Local Plan Migration & Population Support
Expires: 2026-11-30
£24K
Cornwall Digital Youth Work
Expires: 2027-03-03
£35K
Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) Level 3 training and supervision
Expires: 2027-03-31
£33K
Cornwall Property Flood Resilience Scheme: lot 1 surveys
Expires: 2027-03-31
£82K
Proper Job Challenge
Expires: 2027-03-31
£120K
Support within Homelessness Accommodation at Commercial Road and Stoke House
Expires: 2027-03-31
£243K
Contract for Executive search
Expires: 2027-04-13
£179K
Market analysis
Bidding into Cornwall Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
76%
Awards to SMEs
62%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
21
Awards to social enterprises
Around 76% of Cornwall Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 21 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Cornwall Council
How much does Cornwall Council spend on procurement?
Cornwall Council awarded 377 contracts totalling £2.5bn between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 299 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £8.8M.
Who are Cornwall Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Cornwall Council by total award value are 4ME&U TA Devencare, HSA CARE LTD, Active Care Group trading as Staff Management Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 62% of contract value.
What does Cornwall Council buy from suppliers?
Cornwall Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, education and training services, other community, social and personal services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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
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- · Contracts Finder
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