Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The Coal Authority
Top-five suppliers hold 98% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What The Coal Authority buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest The Coal Authority contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
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Active Treatment Trials - innovative technology and approaches
24/7 Hazard Line & Emergency Call Out
Short Term Active Treatment Trials
Mine Entry Inspections
£250K
Provision of Mine Water Pumping Test at Langwith
Thornley and Deaf Hill Boreholes
Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Network Operations Centre (NOC) and Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Strategic Support and Development (IT Services)
Strategic Support and Development (IT Services)
Brodsworth Mine Water Monitoring Borehole
Brodsworth Mine Water Monitoring Borehole
£800K
Brodsworth Mine Water Monitoring Borehole
£800K
Waste Management Services
Westleigh Mine Water Pumping Borehole
£500K
Westleigh Mine Water Pumping Borehole
Hydrogeological Modelling (Salinity)
£1
Management, Operation and Maintenance of Mine Water Treatment Schemes and Monitoring Sites, Mine Gas Fan Stations and Land Drainage Pump Stations.
Operation and Maintenance Contract
HO - Manned Security Services
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, The Coal Authority typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
VEEAM Backup and Replication Enterprise
Expires: 2026-09-22
£46K
Atlassian Cloud Provision
Expires: 2026-12-18
£72K
HO - Manned Security Services
Expires: 2027-06-30
£291K
Market analysis
Bidding into The Coal Authority — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
98%
Top-5 supplier share
39d
Avg response window
32d
Median response window
25mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to The Coal Authority
How much does The Coal Authority spend on procurement?
The Coal Authority awarded 24 contracts totalling £129.4M between 2023-07-31 and 2026-07-31, working with 20 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £5.4M.
Who are The Coal Authority's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The Coal Authority by total award value are Severn Trent Services UK Limited, Hydro International Data, Insight and Analysis Ltd, Soil Engineering Geoservices Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 98% of contract value.
What does The Coal Authority buy from suppliers?
The Coal Authority's procurement is concentrated in construction works for plants, mining and manufacturing and for buildings relating to the oil and gas industry, surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances, test drilling and boring work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
How can my business bid for The Coal Authority contracts?
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What's the typical response window for The Coal Authority tenders?
The Coal Authority typically gives suppliers a median of 32 days to respond (average 39 days). Standard contract duration is around 25 months.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-07-31
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
- · Spend Network
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