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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority 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: 2023-06-17 to 2026-06-17Updated 2026-06-17

£2.8bn

Total spend

713

Contract awards

458

Unique suppliers

£4.2M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Greater Manchester Combined Authority has awarded 713 contracts worth £2.8bn to 458 suppliers between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, at an average contract value of £4.2M, with the top five suppliers holding 80% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Top-five suppliers hold 80% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Far East Consortium International Limited3£965.7M
Greater Manchester Buses South Limited, T/A Stagecoach Manchester3£554.0M
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd1£426.0M
Metroline Limited1£176.9M
Barnardo's2£97.9M
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED18£88.1M
Vision3£35.3M
Great Places Housing Association (GPHA)2£25.6M
Babington Group Ltd4£22.1M
Catch 224£20.9M
Seddon Construction Limited3£20.1M
E D F Energy1£19.2M
The Growth Company12£18.3M
Accenture (UK) Ltd5£18.2M
Great Places Housing Association1£12.8M
Robertson Construction Group Ltd2£12.7M
THE BIG LIFE COMPANY LIMITED3£11.9M
GM Business Support Ltd3£11.6M
MANTRA LEARNING LTD5£10.8M
Marketing Manchester8£10.7M

Procurement categories

What Greater Manchester Combined Authority buys

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

45210000

45210000
39 awards£1.0bn

60110000

60110000
9 awards£741.8M

90510000

90510000
4 awards£426.3M

85310000

85310000
33 awards£192.2M

80530000

80530000
20 awards£75.8M

80520000

80520000
19 awards£52.4M

79410000

79410000
85 awards£38.4M

60170000

60170000
3 awards£35.1M

09120000

09120000
3 awards£23.2M

72220000

72220000
23 awards£22.7M

70330000

70330000
7 awards£13.7M

79340000

79340000
16 awards£13.7M

48730000

48730000
3 awards£8.1M

79630000

79630000
4 awards£7.8M

35110000

35110000
6 awards£7.2M

22820000

22820000
2 awards£6.1M

71310000

71310000
53 awards£5.8M

09330000

09330000
12 awards£5.8M

32410000

32410000
5 awards£5.2M

24950000

24950000
2 awards£4.9M

Recent contracts

Latest Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracts awarded

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

GMCA1903 - Production Fund Manager

LITTLE DIPPER PRODUCTIONS LTD · 2026-06-04

GMCA 1952 Corporate Group Assets Review

CIPFA BUSINESS LIMITED · 2026-06-04

GMCA 1920 Consultancy Support for off site BNG market

WSP UK Limited · 2026-05-27

£45K

GMCA 1921 Station Gardens Modelling

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD DEBENHAM TIE LEUNG LIMITED · 2026-05-27

£44K

GMCA 1664 Water Rescue PPE - Drysuits

Ionic Rescue LTD · 2026-05-22

£278K

Forensic road collision investigation training

AI TRAINING SERVICES LTD. · 2026-05-21

£163K

GMCA965 Legal Services Support to GMCA's Waste & Resources Service

DLA PIPER UK LLP · 2026-05-15

£895K

Pay and reward benchmarking

KORN FERRY (UK) LIMITED · 2026-05-13

£27K

Specialist Cleaning and Decontamination Services

YOUR OPTION SERVICES LTD · 2026-05-13

£150K

Cash Transportation to the Bank Cash Centres and Bank of England

SECURITY PLUS LIMITED · 2026-05-13

£15K

Consumables for ID card, security lanyards and servicing and maintenance of ID card printer

DIGITAL ID LTD · 2026-05-13

£15K

Calibration and testing of Intox machines

LION LABORATORIES LIMITED · 2026-05-13

£45K

GMCA 1738 Treasury Advice

MUFG CORPORATE MARKETS TREASURY LIMITED · 2026-05-11

£34K

GMCA 1818 Jobs Dashboard Manager

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company · 2026-05-11

£46K

GMCA 1949 Greater Manchester Waste Needs Assessment

ANTHESIS (UK) LIMITED · 2026-05-08

£35K

GMCA 835 Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services

Scottish Water Business Stream Limited Trading as Business Strea · 2026-05-08

£909K

Governance, Compliance and Risk Software

RISK SMART LIMITED · 2026-05-07

£141K

GMCA 1265.5 Local Net Zero Accelerator - GSENZH

Aecom · 2026-05-07

£90K

GMCA1923 Northern Growth Analysis Consultancy Services

METRO DYNAMICS LIMITED · 2026-05-06

£55K

GMCA 1696 Digital Planning - Terra Quest

TerraQuest Solutions Limited (Planning Portal Limited) · 2026-05-01

£51K

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Open opportunities

Open Greater Manchester Combined Authority tenders

Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.

GMCA1938 Modern Work Experience - Employer Engagement

Deadline: 2026-06-26

£140K

GMCA 1982 - Safe Transitions – New Community Guidance

Deadline: 2026-08-03

GMCA 1936: GM Inclusion Health Service 2026 – 2029

Deadline: 2026-08-03

GMCA 1769: Regional Care Cooperative Supported Accommodation

Deadline: 2026-11-30

GMCA1401 Greater Manchester Rehabilitation Service

Uniform Stores Systems

Hardware Refresh (Refurbishment)

Digital Forensics Review solutions

£1.5M

Regional Care Cooperative - Supported Accommodation

£10.2M

Offender Device Risk Management Solution

GMCA1894: Building Futures - Mentoring Delivery Organisations

GMCA 1134 North West Community Flood Resilience Engagement Support Services

£1.9M

WATER RESCUE PPE PLUS THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS OF WATER RESCUE PPE

GMCA 1633 Residents' Surveys Service

£350K

GMCA 1699 Engineering Project Manager Support for Solar Design and Build Contract Management

£820K

GMCA1401 Greater Manchester Rehabilitation Service

GMCA1401 Greater Manchester Rehabilitation Service

GMCA1401 Greater Manchester Rehabilitation Service

E Discovery and Data Management Services

Processing of Medical Evidence

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, Greater Manchester Combined Authority typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

GMCA 969 MMU GMCA Knowledge Transfer Partnership Agreement

Expires: 2026-06-19

£75K

GMCA 1752 Executive Search and Selection Services

Expires: 2026-06-25

£144K

GMCA 1265.6 Tameside HN Feasibility Study

Expires: 2026-06-26

£60K

Skyline Property Refurbishments Property 1 -1 Greenway Horwich BL6 6RP GMCA1552

Expires: 2026-06-30

£183K

GMCA 942 POS Owners Engineer Mini Competition

Expires: 2026-06-30

£200K

GMCA 1477 Economic Inactivity Trailblazer Evaluation Partner

Expires: 2026-06-30

£392K

GMCA 715 - Greater Manchester Equality Panel Facilitation

Expires: 2026-07-11

£150K

GMCA 1551 Citizen Space Corporate Surveying & Consultation Tool

Expires: 2026-07-11

£50K

GMCA 1571 Adobe Suite licenses

Expires: 2026-07-13

£30K

GMCA1853 Victims Gateway

Expires: 2026-07-15

£68K

GMCA 1546 Project Management New Build (Heywood and Withington)

Expires: 2026-07-17

£75K

GMCA 825 Household Waste Recycling Centre at Reliance Street, Manchester

Expires: 2026-08-03

£4.5M

Strategic delivery Partner - Good lives GM

Expires: 2026-08-10

£420K

GMCA 1747 - GMFRS Executive Search and Selection Services

Expires: 2026-08-23

£55K

Online Behavioural Assessments for Firefighter Recruitment

Expires: 2026-08-31

£171K

Online Behavioural Assessments for Firefighter Recruitment

Expires: 2026-08-31

£113K

GMCA 1492 GM willing to pay retrofit advice, assessment and project management services

Expires: 2026-09-04

£245K

GMCA 1049 O2 Managed Service Provision

Expires: 2026-09-05

£75K

GMCA 1268 Stockport King St Rebuild Mini Competition

Expires: 2026-09-14

£6.6M

948 GM Leadership Development Programme

Expires: 2026-09-27

£140K

GMCA 1605 - Consultancy Services for Programme Delivery

Expires: 2026-09-29

£112K

GMCA 1175 - Creative Health Consultancy

Expires: 2026-09-30

£36K

GMCA 1418 - Evaluation of the GM Foundational Economy Fund

Expires: 2026-09-30

£57K

GMCA 1248 Essential Work Skills Evaluation Partner

Expires: 2026-09-30

£200K

GMCA 1418 - Evaluation of the GM Foundational Economy Fund

Expires: 2026-09-30

£57K

GMCA 1743 Future Fit Executive Coach

Expires: 2026-09-30

£96K

GMCA 1247 Fire Station Rebuild Programme (Whitefield)

Expires: 2026-10-01

£7.4M

GMCA 973 BA Compressors Servicing and Maintenance

Expires: 2026-10-18

£285K

GMCA 1547 LCEGS Sector Mapping Update

Expires: 2026-10-23

£52K

GMCA 791 Travel Management Solution

Expires: 2026-10-31

£370K

GMCA 830 Faith & Belief Advisory Panel

Expires: 2026-11-01

£53K

GMCA 1638 - Managed Detection and Response Service

Expires: 2026-11-23

£239K

GMCA 577b Rest Facilities and Associated Works

Expires: 2026-11-30

£3.1M

GMCA 1203.1 Employers Agent - Blackley, Whitefield and Stockport Stations

Expires: 2026-11-30

£246K

Fleet and Equipment Management System

Expires: 2026-12-30

£268K

GMCA 1588 Estates Consultancy Support (CWB)

Expires: 2026-12-31

£281K

Greater Manchester Individual Tracker (Phase 2)

Expires: 2027-02-28

£110K

Greater Manchester Individual Tracker (Phase 2)

Expires: 2027-02-28

£110K

GMCA 896 Microsoft Enterprise Software Licences

Expires: 2027-03-01

£3.1M

GMCA 1696 Digital Planning - Terra Quest

Expires: 2027-03-04

£51K

Microsoft Unified Support - Contract award without Publication

Expires: 2027-03-28

£210K

GMCA1667.4 Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Wellbeing Wellbeing Support & Integration Service

Expires: 2027-03-31

£5.8M

GMCA1667.2 Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Peer Support Service

Expires: 2027-03-31

£974K

GMCA1667.4 Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Wellbeing Support & Integration Service

Expires: 2027-03-31

£5.8M

GMCA1667.1 Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitation Services (GMIRS) Accommodation Pathways Support Service

Expires: 2027-03-31

£2.8M

GMCA 1221 Greater Manchester in Work Progression (GM: IWP) Service Evaluation Partner

Expires: 2027-03-31

£175K

GMCA 1424 Salary Sacrifice - Electric Vehicles

Expires: 2027-03-31

£1.6M

GMCA 1077 Monitoring Surveyor (2 Lots)

Expires: 2027-03-31

£155K

Young Persons Homelessness Pathfinder

Expires: 2027-03-31

£6.5M

GMCA 1785 - IRS support and maintenance

Expires: 2027-03-31

£51K

Market analysis

Bidding into Greater Manchester Combined Authority — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

80%

Top-5 supplier share

27d

Avg response window

27d

Median response window

16mo

Avg contract duration

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Greater Manchester Combined Authority

How much does Greater Manchester Combined Authority spend on procurement?

Greater Manchester Combined Authority awarded 713 contracts totalling £2.8bn between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, working with 458 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £4.2M.

Who are Greater Manchester Combined Authority's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Greater Manchester Combined Authority by total award value are Far East Consortium International Limited, Greater Manchester Buses South Limited, T/A Stagecoach Manchester, Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 80% of contract value.

What does Greater Manchester Combined Authority buy from suppliers?

Greater Manchester Combined Authority's procurement is concentrated in 45210000, 60110000, 90510000, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracts?

Greater Manchester Combined Authority publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for Greater Manchester Combined Authority tenders?

Greater Manchester Combined Authority typically gives suppliers a median of 27 days to respond (average 27 days). Standard contract duration is around 16 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-06-17

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
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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