Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Gateshead Borough Council
Top-five suppliers hold 93% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Gateshead Borough Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Gateshead Borough Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Contract for Lift Maintenance Audit Services in Gateshead
LERCH BATES EUROPE LTD · 2026-10-28
£134K
Watergate Lake Reservoir Spillway Reinforcement
Esh Construction · 2026-10-21
£748K
Framework for The Hire of Highways and Construction Plant Equipment, and Welfare Units
CLEE HILL PLANT LIMITED · 2026-10-12
Framework for The Hire of Highways and Construction Plant Equipment, and Welfare Units
WERNICK EVENT HIRE LIMITED · 2026-10-11
Framework for The Hire of Highways and Construction Plant Equipment, and Welfare Units
GAP GROUP LIMITED · 2026-10-11
Framework for The Hire of Highways and Construction Plant Equipment, and Welfare Units
SUNBELT RENTALS LIMITED · 2026-10-11
Framework for The Hire of Highways and Construction Plant Equipment, and Welfare Units
HSS PROSERVICE LIMITED · 2026-10-08
Info4LocalGov Portal
ALLIUM UK HOLDING LIMITED · 2026-09-23
£71K
Lot 4 - EMI Nursing, Dual Registered
AKARI CARE LIMITED · 2026-09-22
£325.0M
Lot 3 - General Nursing, Dual Registered
AKARI CARE LIMITED · 2026-09-22
£325.0M
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Market analysis
Bidding into Gateshead Borough Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
43%
Awards to SMEs
93%
Top-5 supplier share
9%
Framework call-offs
32
Awards to social enterprises
Around 43% of Gateshead Borough Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 32 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Gateshead Borough Council
How much does Gateshead Borough Council spend on procurement?
Gateshead Borough Council awarded 218 contracts totalling £2.3bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 182 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £12.2M.
Who are Gateshead Borough Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Gateshead Borough Council by total award value are AKARI CARE LIMITED, HALES GROUP LIMITED, Greenwich Leisure Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 93% of contract value.
What does Gateshead Borough Council buy from suppliers?
Gateshead Borough Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, software package and information systems, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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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.
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