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WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£830.4M

Total spend

837

Contract awards

456

Unique suppliers

£1.0M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY has awarded 837 contracts worth £830.4M to 456 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £1.0M, with the top five suppliers holding 45% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY

Top-five suppliers hold 45% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Believ Limited1£80.0M
Char.gy Limited1£80.0M
URBAN FOX NETWORKS (UK) LIMITED1£80.0M
LIME TECHNOLOGY LIMITED2£72.0M
MIDLAND RED (SOUTH) LIMITED3£64.9M
Banga Buses2£36.8M
MITIE CLEANING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED1£34.8M
CAF RAIL UK LIMITED4£26.8M
C&W Business Solutions Ltd2£23.5M
Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Ltd1£22.7M
Diamond Bus Limited16£20.0M
Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limited2£19.3M
BBJ&K1£15.0M
BBJ&K Ltd1£15.0M
BUS SHELTERS LTD.1£14.6M
ALTHAUS DIGITAL LIMITED1£10.7M
Next Energy Solutions Ltd1£8.8M
West Midlands Travel Limited8£8.6M
ASCOT SERVICES UK LIMITED2£5.9M
HAIGH RAIL LIMITED22£5.8M

Procurement categories

What WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
248 awards£43.1M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
187 awards£89.8M

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
76 awards£157.0M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
76 awards£13.8M

Construction work

45
55 awards£308.9M

Software package and information systems

48
33 awards£10.7M

Education and training services

80
24 awards£33.1M

Financial and insurance services

66
21 awards£9.7M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
21 awards£1.3M

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
20 awards£124.8M

Repair and maintenance services

50
11 awards£19.4M

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
11 awards£991K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
9 awards£3.5M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
9 awards£4.6M

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
7 awards£619K

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
5 awards£857K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
4 awards£584K

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
3 awards£241K

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
2 awards£363K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
2 awards£98K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
2 awards£141K

Other community, social and personal services

98
2 awards£356K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
1 award£71K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
1 award£3.5M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
1 award£1.0M

Real estate services

70
1 award£168K

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
1 award£74K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
1 award£51K

Recent contracts

Latest WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Engineering Services 5 (ES5) and Enabling Works for Witton and Aston Rail Stations upgrad

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited · 2026-11-05

£4.2M

Provision of Hill Top Tunnel Track Mitigations for Midland Metro Limited (MML)

Haigh Rail Limited · 2026-11-05

£172K

Bus Patronage- Trend and Drivers of Change 2026- Survey

Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd · 2026-11-02

£75K

Transport Infrastructure Grounds Maintenance

GROUND CONTROL LIMITED · 2026-10-30

£3.5M

Engineering Stage (ES5) and Enabling Works for Witton and Aston Rail Stations

Network Rail Infrastructure · 2026-10-30

£4.2M

Midlands Rail Hub - Nottingham - Lincoln

Steer Davies & Gleave Limited · 2026-10-21

£40K

Opex/WEB's Projects and Custodianship

AtkinsRealis UK Limited · 2026-10-21

£37K

Provision of Winterisation and Lift Maintenance Services for Midland Metro Limited

Ascot Services · 2026-10-19

£47K

Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market (QUDM) for the provision of Small Franchised Bus Services in the West Midlands - The West Midlands Franchising Scheme for Buses

Chaserider Buses Ltd · 2026-10-15

Rosewell review- stage 3

Constellia Public Limited · 2026-10-14

£153K

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4

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

111

contracts ending in 12 months

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36

planned procurements

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

15

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Market analysis

Bidding into WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

44%

Awards to SMEs

45%

Top-5 supplier share

42%

Framework call-offs

32

Awards to social enterprises

Around 44% of WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 32 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 42%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY

How much does WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY spend on procurement?

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY awarded 837 contracts totalling £830.4M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 456 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.0M.

Who are WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY by total award value are Believ Limited, Char.gy Limited, URBAN FOX NETWORKS (UK) LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 45% of contract value.

What does WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY buy from suppliers?

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY's procurement is concentrated in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, transport services (excl. waste transport), alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

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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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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