Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Darlington College
Top-five suppliers hold 95% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Darlington College buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
3015489042Recent contracts
Latest Darlington College contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
CA17972 - Darlington College ITT - Provision of ICT Hardware and Equipment
Getech · 2026-07-01
£144K
CA16774 - Darlington College 1114 - YPO Food Deal 2 - Direct Award
Turner Price Ltd · 2025-11-27
£341K
CA15859 - Darlington College - ITT - For The Provision of ICT Hardware and Equipment
CCS Media Limited · 2025-06-12
£96K
CA14252 - Darlington College - ITT for the Provision of ICT Hardware and Equipment
CCS Media Limited · 2024-06-26
£89K
CA14156 - Darlington College - ITT - Provision of Waste Management Services
Veolia ES (UK) Limited · 2024-06-26
£58K
CA13912 - Darlington College ITT - Provision of Multi-Functional Print Devices and Associated Services
Agilico Workplace Technologies (North) Ltd · 2024-05-22
£189K
CA12457 - Darlington College - ITT - Provision of ICT Hardware
CCS Media Limited · 2024-02-15
CA13317 - Digital VR Software Development for Tees Valley Colleges
Animmersion UK Ltd · 2024-01-18
£250K
CA11667 - Darlington College Provision of Internal Audit Services CPC/RL/01/2020: Audit Services
Haines Watts · 2023-07-19
£31K
CA11668 - Darlington College Provision of External Audit Services CPC/RL/01/2020: Audit Services
Beever and Struthers Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors · 2023-07-19
£66K
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Darlington College - Provision of Building Cleaning Services
Deadline: 2026-09-22
£1.9M
CA18392 - Darlington College - Provision of Building Cleaning Services
Deadline: 2026-09-22
£1.9M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Darlington College typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
CA14156 - Darlington College - ITT - Provision of Waste Management Services
Expires: 2027-07-31
£58K
Market analysis
Bidding into Darlington College — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
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Awards to SMEs
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Top-5 supplier share
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Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 0% of Darlington College’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Darlington College
How much does Darlington College spend on procurement?
Darlington College awarded 8 contracts totalling £1.2M between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 6 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £167K.
Who are Darlington College's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Darlington College by total award value are Turner Price Ltd, Animmersion UK Ltd, Agilico Workplace Technologies (North) Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 95% of contract value.
What does Darlington College buy from suppliers?
Darlington College's procurement is concentrated in office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, food, beverages, tobacco and related products, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-01
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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