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DERBY CITY COUNCIL

DERBY CITY COUNCIL 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

£395.9M

Total spend

701

Contract awards

465

Unique suppliers

£704K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, DERBY CITY COUNCIL has awarded 701 contracts worth £395.9M to 465 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £704K, with the top five suppliers holding 35% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to DERBY CITY COUNCIL

Top-five suppliers hold 35% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Comensura Limited1£35.0M
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust2£31.7M
Cranstoun Services1£26.0M
CRANSTOUN SERVICES LIMITED1£25.0M
FRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LTD1£23.0M
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited3£15.0M
Action for Children Services Limited2£13.5M
NVC SECURITY LTD1£10.5M
LCR OPERATIONS LTD1£10.0M
RUSHCLIFFE SPECIALIST SCHOOLS MICKLEOVER LTD1£9.6M
Matrix SCM Ltd3£9.6M
Profad Care Agency Limited2£9.5M
Key 2 Care Limited t/a Derbyshire Care Services1£9.4M
Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited2£8.0M
MERCER BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED1£6.8M
CERTAS ENERGY UK LIMITED1£5.7M
HW MARTIN FLEET MAINTENANCE LIMITED2£5.6M
Lloyds Bank Cardnet1£4.9M
Parksafe Systems Ltd2£4.8M
SENAD COMMUNITY LIMITED11£4.6M

Procurement categories

What DERBY CITY COUNCIL buys

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

Education and training services

80
128 awards£30.4M

Health and social work services

85
108 awards£103.4M

Construction work

45
81 awards£30.1M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
66 awards£68.8M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
47 awards£14.5M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
36 awards£8.8M

Software package and information systems

48
31 awards£8.7M

Repair and maintenance services

50
25 awards£9.8M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
19 awards£65.0M

Financial and insurance services

66
18 awards£9.4M

Industrial machinery

42
15 awards£1.6M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
12 awards£546K

Agricultural machinery

16
10 awards£1.5M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
10 awards£2.8M

Other community, social and personal services

98
10 awards£7.5M

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

39
8 awards£3.0M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
8 awards£5.7M

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
7 awards£348K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
7 awards£608K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
6 awards£2.2M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
6 awards£1.3M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
5 awards£946K

Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

37
5 awards£627K

Printed matter and related products

22
4 awards£4.9M

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
4 awards£914K

Real estate services

70
4 awards£203K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
4 awards£203K

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
3 awards£5.8M

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
3 awards£115K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
3 awards£10.0M

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
2 awards£274K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
2 awards£345K

Installation services (except software)

51
2 awards£286K

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
1 award£36K

Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials

19
1 award£100K

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
1 award£47K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£462K

Recent contracts

Latest DERBY CITY COUNCIL contracts awarded

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

For Inclusion on a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for education services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Academy21 Limited · 2026-11-05

ENQ1402 - Legal Services for Assembly Rooms Demolition

GELDARDS LLP · 2026-11-02

TD2408 - Attendance Monitoring and ePEP System

WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTD · 2026-10-21

ENQ1362 - Youth Guarantee - Coded Welder Programme

Trusted Technical Training Limited · 2026-10-19

£40K

ENQ1401 - Legal Services - Duckworth Square

GELDARDS LLP · 2026-10-11

TD2430 - Council Tax Single Person Discount Review Services

INFOSHARE+ LIMITED · 2026-10-08

ENQ1318 - For the Provision of Event Traffic Management

EVENT SUPPORT TEAM LTD · 2026-10-07

£100K

TD2318 - Concessions Contract for the Operation of Derby City Council Markeaton Park Catering Outlets

LCR OPERATIONS LTD · 2026-10-05

£10.0M

ENQ1326

Wicksteed Leisure Limited · 2026-10-05

£80K

ENQ1393 - Carriageway Investigations 2026

WHITEHOUSE CONSTRUCTION CO. LIMITED · 2026-10-03

£30K

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What DERBY CITY COUNCIL has coming up

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Most of it is in education & training, health & social care and transport equipment.

7

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

198

contracts ending in 12 months

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16

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

26

frameworks running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

1

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Market analysis

Bidding into DERBY CITY COUNCIL — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

46%

Awards to SMEs

35%

Top-5 supplier share

44%

Framework call-offs

52

Awards to social enterprises

Around 46% of DERBY CITY COUNCIL’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 52 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 44%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 DERBY CITY COUNCIL

How much does DERBY CITY COUNCIL spend on procurement?

DERBY CITY COUNCIL awarded 701 contracts totalling £395.9M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 465 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £704K.

Who are DERBY CITY COUNCIL's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to DERBY CITY COUNCIL by total award value are Comensura Limited, Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, Cranstoun Services. The top five suppliers together hold 35% of contract value.

What does DERBY CITY COUNCIL buy from suppliers?

DERBY CITY COUNCIL's procurement is concentrated in education and training services, health and social work 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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