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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£1.5M

Total spend

23

Contract awards

13

Unique suppliers

£73K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded 23 contracts worth £1.5M to 13 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £73K, with the top five suppliers holding 87% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Top-five suppliers hold 87% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Balmers Garden Machinery3£390K
Scarab Sweepers Limited1£389K
F R Sharrock Limited7£265K
Bucher Municipal Ltd1£191K
NodeTech Ltd2£106K
Motus Commercials2£93K
Ford Retail T/A Trust Ford1£35K
Toyota (GB) PLC1£31K
Lookers Group1£23K
Vale Engineering (York) Limited1£12K
Gibson Garden Machinery Limited1£8K

Procurement categories

What Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council buys

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

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
13 awards£849K

Agricultural machinery

16
5 awards£571K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
2 awards£16K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
2 awards£106K

Education and training services

80
1 award£0

Recent contracts

Latest Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council contracts awarded

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

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council HCC Lot 4 - 4 x Compact Sweepers (31237)

Scarab Sweepers Limited · 2026-04-22

£389K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council HCC Lot 1 - 2 x Small Full Hybrid Cars (29298)

Toyota (GB) PLC · 2026-01-22

£31K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Council NEPO GM & P Lot 3 - 1 x Blower (New) (27238)

F R Sharrock Limited · 2025-12-10

£3K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Council NEPO GM & P Lot 1 - 2 x Mowers (New) (27229)

F R Sharrock Limited · 2025-12-10

£48K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council HCC Lot 2 - 1 x Nissan Interstar L2H2 MWB Panel Van (26669)

Lookers Group · 2025-07-13

£23K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council HCC Lot 2 - 1 x 3.5t L3H3 Panel Van (26664)

Ford Retail T/A Trust Ford · 2025-06-29

£35K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Council NEPO GM & P Lot 1 - 1 x UTV Trailer (New) (26299)

F R Sharrock Limited · 2025-06-26

£7K

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Council NEPO GM & P Lot 1 - 1 x Two Wheel Pedestrian Tractor System (New) (25728)

Balmers Garden Machinery · 2025-06-25

£17K

Wigan Council - Educational Psychology Provision

Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd · 2025-04-23

GB-Hindley: TPPL Wigan Council NEPO GM & P Lot 1 - 1 x Scag Zero Turn Mower (New) (24988)

Balmers Garden Machinery · 2025-04-03

£7K

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Market analysis

Bidding into Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

5%

Awards to SMEs

87%

Top-5 supplier share

2%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 5% of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

How much does Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council spend on procurement?

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council awarded 23 contracts totalling £1.5M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 13 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £73K.

Who are Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council by total award value are Balmers Garden Machinery, Scarab Sweepers Limited, F R Sharrock Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 87% of contract value.

What does Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council buy from suppliers?

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's procurement is concentrated in transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, agricultural machinery, machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council contracts?

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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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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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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