Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Manchester City Council
Top-five suppliers hold 70% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Manchester City Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Manchester City Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
ServiceNow Licensing
SERVICENOW UK LIMITED · 2026-11-03
£392K
Grocery, Dried Goods & Frozen Products - 069-2026
BFS Group Limited T/A Bidfood · 2026-10-29
£1.2M
Lot 2 - Coaching and Training Services
BENNETT WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED · 2026-10-28
£251K
Lot 1 - Ergonomic Furniture, Equipment and DSE Workstation Assessments
BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED · 2026-10-28
£251K
MCC Housing Services - Repairs and Maintenance - IT System - G-Cloud
Totalmobile · 2026-10-27
£1.0M
Lot 3. Over £45 million
ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED · 2026-10-20
Lot 1 - £8 million to £18 million
ERIC WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · 2026-10-20
Lot 2. £18 million to £45 million
ERIC WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED · 2026-10-20
Repairs and Maintenance for the Manchester City Council Estate
EQUANS SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-10-19
£18.0M
Works in Default - Building Maintenance Managed Service
BARLOWS (U.K.) LIMITED · 2026-09-29
£300K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Manchester City Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
69%
Awards to SMEs
70%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
62
Awards to social enterprises
Around 69% of Manchester City Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 62 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Manchester City Council
How much does Manchester City Council spend on procurement?
Manchester City Council awarded 444 contracts totalling £1.5bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 376 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £6.6M.
Who are Manchester City Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Manchester City Council by total award value are Muse Places Limited, Ocean Outdoor, MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST. The top five suppliers together hold 70% of contract value.
What does Manchester City Council buy from suppliers?
Manchester City Council's procurement is concentrated in health and social work services, construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, 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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