Top suppliers
Top suppliers to The Highland Council
Top-five suppliers hold 58% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What The Highland Council buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
45608590507970166633429880Recent contracts
Latest The Highland Council contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Award of CSH24021 - Wick - Time Charge Order
EJ Parker Technical Services (Scotland North) Ltd · 2026-09-03
£38K
Award of CSH25014 - Sutherland - Time Charge Order
EJ Parker Technical Services (Scotland North) Ltd · 2026-09-01
£19K
North Scotland/Wick John O’Groats Airport PSO Scheduled Flight Services
Air Charter Scotland Ltd · 2026-07-29
£8.0M
Refugee_Resettlement_Support_Service-Framework-2026
New Start Highland · 2026-07-22
Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)
Right There · 2026-06-04
£909K
Lot 2 Skye & Lochalsh and Ross & Cromarty Areas [SL&RC]
Richard Irvin FM Limited · 2026-05-21
£1.2M
Lot 1 Inverness & Nairn Areas [I&N]
Consilium Contracting Services Ltd · 2026-05-21
£1.2M
Lot 3 Caithness & Sutherland Areas [C&S]
Richard Irvin FM Limited · 2026-05-21
£825K
Lot 4 Lochaber & Badenoch and Strathspey Areas [LB&S]
ECS - Electrical Compliance and Safety Ltd · 2026-05-21
£788K
CAL21012 Broadford Primary School - New School
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd · 2026-04-14
£19.5M
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Market analysis
Bidding into The Highland Council — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
80%
Awards to SMEs
58%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 80% of The Highland Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to The Highland Council
How much does The Highland Council spend on procurement?
The Highland Council awarded 86 contracts totalling £154.5M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 53 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.5M.
Who are The Highland Council's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to The Highland Council by total award value are Charles Brand Group Ltd, A.W Jenkinson Transport Ltd, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 58% of contract value.
What does The Highland Council buy from suppliers?
The Highland Council's procurement is concentrated in construction work, transport services (excl. waste transport), health and social work 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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