Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Leicester City Council
Top-five suppliers hold 70% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Leicester City Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Leicester City Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
37284 - Montrose school
ADAMS TRANSPORT · 2026-09-13
£29K
37277 - headway day centre
AZOOM · 2026-09-13
£37K
37287 - LEICESTER COLLEGE
victoria cabs · 2026-09-13
£34K
37281 - Quorn Hall School
CITYRIDES LTD · 2026-09-13
£35K
37279 - PINDAR NURSERY
AZOOM TAXIS · 2026-09-13
£24K
37276 - NETHERHALL MEAD ACADEMY
AZOOM TAXIS · 2026-09-13
£27K
37292 - GRANBY PRIMARY
HMB Leicester · 2026-09-10
£35K
37285 - homefield college
AZOOM · 2026-09-10
£38K
37270 - THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL SCHOOL
Shafi-Ullah Adam · 2026-09-10
£29K
37271 - WOLFDALE SCHOOL
ONE EXPRESS · 2026-09-10
£46K
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Open Leicester City Council tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
PAN3520 - Hire, Installation and Removal of Lighting and Animations
Deadline: 2026-09-17
£250K
Chain Hoists For De Montfort Hall
Deadline: 2026-09-21
£100K
PAN3522 - Green Bluse SuDS in Schools - Catherine School
Deadline: 2026-09-21
£33K
PAN3356 - Supply of Leicester City bollards
Deadline: 2026-09-21
£165K
Market Stalls
Deadline: 2026-09-29
£145K
The provision of NRT, E-Cigarettes and Stop Smoking Medication Solution
Deadline: 2026-09-30
£305K
PAN3281 - Supply and Delivery of Confectionery, Food and Related Products
Deadline: 2026-10-07
£500K
PAN3476 - Management of Council Housing Land Car Parks
Deadline: 2026-10-08
£823K
PAN3612 - Procurement of Housing Training and Learning Framework
Deadline: 2026-10-12
£167K
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Website Design and Build Services
Deadline: 2027-10-08
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Leicester City Council typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
PAN2956 - Food - Grocery and Multi-Temperature (Dairy, Fruit and Vegetables)
Expires: 2026-09-17
£800K
37172 - Tudor Grange Samworth Academy
Expires: 2026-09-25
£33K
PAN2360 - Valuation of Council Dwellings
Expires: 2026-09-30
£32K
PAN3610 - Stokes Wood Park Forest Way Footpath reconstruction.
Expires: 2026-10-08
£227K
36992 - CONTACT
Expires: 2026-10-09
£7K
36928 - Families Together
Expires: 2026-10-12
£9K
PAN2869 - Leicester Museum and Art Gallery - Phase 4
Expires: 2026-10-15
£4.3M
37183 - Fullhurst community college
Expires: 2026-10-16
£12K
37072 - CONTACT
Expires: 2026-10-16
£8K
PAN2916 - Construction Framework
Expires: 2026-10-20
Market analysis
Bidding into Leicester City Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
15%
Awards to SMEs
70%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
63
Awards to social enterprises
Around 15% of Leicester City Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 63 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Leicester City Council
How much does Leicester City Council spend on procurement?
Leicester City Council awarded 2,419 contracts totalling £731.5M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 398 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £312K.
Who are Leicester City Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Leicester City Council by total award value are Adaptus Cares Limited, Adaptus Cares, Lovell Partnerships Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 70% of contract value.
What does Leicester City Council buy from suppliers?
Leicester City Council's procurement is concentrated in transport services (excl. waste transport), transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for Leicester City Council contracts?
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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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