Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The Coal Authority
Top-five suppliers hold 90% 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.
454871767279900924303242Recent contracts
Latest The Coal Authority contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Cisco Umbrella Insights & Secure Endpoint
FourNet via WCL (UK) LIMITED (Everything ICT Framework) · 2025-12-31
£36K
Mine Water Hydrogeological Modelling
RSK Environment Ltd · 2024-12-16
£244K
media monitoring/management service
MELTWATER UK1 LIMITED · 2024-12-01
£80K
Corporate Branded Materials
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd · 2024-11-29
£130K
Atlassian Cloud Provision
AUTOMATION CONSULTANTS LIMITED · 2024-11-26
£72K
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) & Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Maintenance, Including Remedial and Emergency Works
Briggs & Forrester Building Services Maintenance Ltd · 2024-11-15
£54K
Provision of Mine Water Pumping Test at Langwith
P R Marriott Drilling Ltd · 2024-11-15
£69K
Sediment Removal at Langwith Colliery
4r Group · 2024-10-31
£139K
Laptop & Peripheral Purchase
Specialist Computer Centres PLC · 2024-10-16
£38K
VEEAM Backup and Replication Enterprise
SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC · 2024-09-25
£46K
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Most of it is in software & IT systems, construction works and architecture & engineering.
8
contracts ending in 12 months
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7
frameworks running
Routes to sell here without a full tender
13
tender packs read
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Market analysis
Bidding into The Coal Authority — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
53%
Awards to SMEs
90%
Top-5 supplier share
7%
Framework call-offs
2
Awards to social enterprises
Around 53% of The Coal Authority’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 2 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to The Coal Authority
How much does The Coal Authority spend on procurement?
The Coal Authority awarded 39 contracts totalling £37.6M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 28 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.2M.
Who are The Coal Authority's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The Coal Authority by total award value are Strata Geotechnics, Strata Geotechnics Ltd, Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 90% of contract value.
What does The Coal Authority buy from suppliers?
The Coal Authority's procurement is concentrated in construction work, software package and information systems, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, 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.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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