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Knowsley Council

Knowsley 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

£666.1M

Total spend

177

Contract awards

124

Unique suppliers

£4.1M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Knowsley Council has awarded 177 contracts worth £666.1M to 124 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £4.1M, with the top five suppliers holding 89% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Knowsley Council

Top-five suppliers hold 89% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
24 X 7 LTD.6£446.0M
Tarmac Trading Limited1£90.0M
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust & Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1£22.4M
CGL1£20.8M
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST1£15.6M
AECOM1£10.0M
MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST3£7.1M
CITY HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP CIC3£5.1M
MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£4.7M
M J QUINN INTEGRATED SERVICES LIMITED1£3.9M
PROGRESS SCHOOLS LIMITED (LIVERPOOL)1£3.1M
Furniture Resource Centre Limited2£3.0M
STERLING SERVICES (NORTHERN) LIMITED6£2.7M
n compass towards a brighter future1£2.7M
Furniture Resource Centre1£1.8M
Dennis Eagle Limited2£1.6M
AJ KELLY & CO LTD1£1.5M
Sterling Services (Northern) Ltd6£1.5M
THE WHITECHAPEL CENTRE1£1.1M
Ground Inc Ltd3£988K

Procurement categories

What Knowsley Council buys

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

Construction work

45
91 awards£119.0M

Health and social work services

85
23 awards£78.1M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
15 awards£2.1M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
8 awards£3.2M

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
7 awards£446.2M

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

39
5 awards£5.1M

Repair and maintenance services

50
4 awards£421K

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

44
3 awards£1.7M

Financial and insurance services

66
3 awards£0

Education and training services

80
3 awards£3.4M

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

37
2 awards£144K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
2 awards£222K

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

79
2 awards£141K

Other community, social and personal services

98
2 awards£4.8M

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

15
1 award£860K

Agricultural machinery

16
1 award£85K

Chemical products

24
1 award£277K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£131K

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£113K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
1 award£45K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£60K

Recent contracts

Latest Knowsley Council contracts awarded

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

Catering Equipment for School Meals Service

THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITED · 2026-10-29

Videography for the Knowsley Business Awards

Square One Media Production · 2026-10-15

£88K

021009 - Knowsley Village Recreation Ground Play Area Development Project

Landscape Engineering Ltd · 2026-09-30

£53K

Provision of Home to School Transport for Alt Bridge

SUPREME EXECUTIVE CARS LIMITED · 2026-09-17

£238K

Short Breaks Services for children with disabilities

LEARNACTIVE NW LTD · 2026-09-14

£977K

021352 - Videography for the Knowsley Business Awards

Square One Media Production · 2026-09-07

£53K

Provision Of Furniture & White Goods For Furnished Tenancies

Furniture Resource Centre Limited · 2026-09-05

£3.0M

Rough Sleeping Outreach and Single Homelessness Navigation Support Service

THE WHITECHAPEL CENTRE · 2026-08-25

£1.1M

Elections and Electoral Printing

CIVICA ELECTION SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-08-22

£113K

77 Kennelwood Refurbishment

MARSHALL PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · 2026-08-13

£38K

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What Knowsley Council has coming up

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Most of it is in health & social care, construction works and furniture & furnishings.

1

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Inviting bids today

25

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9

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

7

frameworks running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

2

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Market analysis

Bidding into Knowsley Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

72%

Awards to SMEs

89%

Top-5 supplier share

0%

Framework call-offs

75

Awards to social enterprises

Around 72% of Knowsley Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 75 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Knowsley Council

How much does Knowsley Council spend on procurement?

Knowsley Council awarded 177 contracts totalling £666.1M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 124 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £4.1M.

Who are Knowsley Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Knowsley Council by total award value are 24 X 7 LTD., Tarmac Trading Limited, Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust & Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The top five suppliers together hold 89% of contract value.

What does Knowsley Council buy from suppliers?

Knowsley Council's procurement is concentrated in construction work, health and social work services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, 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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