Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Top-five suppliers hold 98% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
798566481545509234Recent contracts
Latest Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
SOL DNO Connection Services 2026
National Grid · 2026-08-25
£280K
SOL Drug & Alcohol Services 2027
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust · 2026-08-17
£9.8M
SOL Connect to Work - SEN Vocational Profiling 2026
EXPERTS BY EXPERIENCE-SOLIHULL C.I.C. · 2026-07-31
SOL Community Information and Advice Services 2026
Citizens Advice Solihull Bureau · 2026-07-29
SOL Solihull Leisure Centre Options Appraisal and Feasibility 2026
Max Associates (Holdings)Ltd · 2026-07-24
SOL Youth Homelessness Accommodation 2026
ST BASILS · 2026-07-05
SOL Mell Square Phase 1 Financial Appraisal 2026
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (U.K.) LTD. · 2026-06-16
SOL Sound and Visual System 2026
The Yaboo Company T/A Wesley Media · 2026-03-27
£104K
SOL Planning Solicitor 2026
James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd · 2026-02-16
£160K
SOL30141 SOL Extra Care Solihull Retirement Village
Extra Care Charitable Trust · 2026-02-10
£1.8M
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Open Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
SOL Specialist Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Intervention & Disruption Service 2027
Deadline: 2026-09-16
£512K
SOL30199 SOL Enablement and Mental Health Drop-in Services 2026
Deadline: 2026-10-09
£2.2M
SOL-Schools Grounds Maintenance DPS
Deadline: 2027-08-15
£1.7M
SOL - LDC Stores Procurement DPS
Deadline: 2028-08-01
£1.4M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
SOL Attendance Monitoring Service (Virtual School) 2025
Expires: 2027-08-31
£165K
Market analysis
Bidding into Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
36%
Awards to SMEs
98%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
5
Awards to social enterprises
Around 36% of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 5 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
How much does Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council spend on procurement?
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council awarded 40 contracts totalling £589.9M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 40 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £20.3M.
Who are Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council by total award value are Muse Places Limited, GRAHAM Asset Management Ltd t/a GRAHAM, Dodd Group (Midlands) Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 98% of contract value.
What does Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council buy from suppliers?
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, health and social work services, financial and insurance 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 2026-09-15
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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