Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Inspiration Trust
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Inspiration Trust buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
795551903230Recent contracts
Latest Inspiration Trust contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
ITT: itt_87932 - RM6098/Lot 2 Further Competition TRU_PRO_122 - RFI-Inspiration Trust - Audio Visual Refresh
XMA LIMITED · 2026-02-03
£720K
Windows 11 Device Refresh
XMA LIMITED · 2025-02-07
£898K
CA13316 - Inspiration Trust - Outsourced catering services
Caterlink · 2024-09-01
£14.6M
Trust Cleaning Contract
Norse Commercial Services · 2024-06-30
£4.0M
External Audit Services to the Inspiration Trust multi academy trust
Price Bailey LLP · 2024-03-26
£135K
Surrey Street Build
XMA LIMITED · 2023-12-11
Google Workspace to M365
XMA Limited · 2022-07-17
CA7996 - Inspiration Trust - Outsourced Catering Services
Vertas Group Limited · 2021-06-15
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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External Audit Services to the Inspiration Trust multi academy trust
Expires: 2027-03-31
£135K
Trust Cleaning Contract
Expires: 2027-07-31
£4.0M
CA13316 - Inspiration Trust - Outsourced catering services
Expires: 2027-08-31
£14.6M
Market analysis
Bidding into Inspiration Trust — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
14%
Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
25%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 14% of Inspiration Trust’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 25%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 Inspiration Trust
How much does Inspiration Trust spend on procurement?
Inspiration Trust awarded 6 contracts totalling £20.3M between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 4 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £4.1M.
Who are Inspiration Trust's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Inspiration Trust by total award value are Caterlink, Norse Commercial Services, XMA LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does Inspiration Trust buy from suppliers?
Inspiration Trust's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, hotel, restaurant and retail trade services, installation services (except software), 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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- · Contracts Finder
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