Bedford Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Official UK PPONPLCV-4616-VTHL
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Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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560 awarded tenders, 547 different suppliers.
Open notices
6 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contracted Enhancements to Local Bus Services | 18 Nov 2026 | 3d | £800,000 |
| Play Area Works and maintenance | 30 Nov 2026 | 15d | £99,000 |
| Children's Short Breaks Closed Framework | 30 Nov 2026 | 15d | £1,097,180 |
| Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027 | 28 Apr 2027 | 164d | £2,150,000 |
| Best Interest Assessors and Section 12 Assessors Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | 15 Jul 2028 | 608d | £1,684,000 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
85 Health and social work services38 procedures · 19% · 1 open45 Construction work26 procedures · 13% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting25 procedures · 12%71 Architectural, construction, engineering16 procedures · 8%34 Transport equipment and products11 procedures · 5%60 Transport services (except waste transport)10 procedures · 5% · 1 open98 Other community, social and personal services8 procedures · 4%48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 3%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 203 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract93%(189 notices)
189 of 203 notices are Contract (93%).Framework7%(14 notices)
14 of 203 notices are Framework (7%).
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Direct award48%(97 notices)
97 of 203 notices are Direct award (48%).Route not published19%(39 notices)
39 of 203 notices are Route not published (19%).Open19%(38 notices)
38 of 203 notices are Open (19%).Limited / restricted12%(24 notices)
24 of 203 notices are Limited / restricted (12%).Selective2%(5 notices)
5 of 203 notices are Selective (2%).
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Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 17 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 202 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 6 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
Who wins herei
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 11 | 2% | 7 | 12 | 2 Jan 2025 |
| Canoe Trail Ltd | 6 | 1.1% | 3 | 6 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Ace Fire & Security Systems Ltd | 6 | 1.1% | 1 | 6 | 4 Oct 2023 |
| Dial4care Recruitment Ltd | 5 | 0.9% | 3 | 6 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| SSG Services (Est 2003) Limited | 5 | 0.9% | 2 | 5 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| J Flint Electrical Contractors Ltd | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 5 | 24 Apr 2025 |
| IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 5 | 3 Mar 2023 |
| Autism Bedfordshire | 5 | 0.9% | 1 | 5 | 8 Jun 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 4% of 560 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 547 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| The Supply of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Associated Services 2026-2041 | Connected Kerb Limited | — | — | £56,643,544 † |
| Carriageway Resurfacing and Associated Works 2025-2030 | Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd | — | — | £30,000,000 † |
| Rough Sleeping Prevention Services | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | — | 6 mo | £12,985,653 † |
| Temporary Accommodation Maintenance Services | HCR Ltd | 27 Oct 2025 | 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs | £7,000,000 ≈ £1.8m/yr |
| Provision of Rural Public Transport Services 2025-30 | Cambus Ltd T/A | — | — | £3,875,103 † |
Contracts endingi
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535 of 575 contracts carry an end date, 13 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Cleaning contract Council Buildings | Churchill Contract Services Limited | 4 Dec 2026 | £1,362,024 |
| Residential (Spot) Placement - Childrens Services | Positive Futures Support Care Limited | 5 Dec 2026 | £550,000 |
| Spot Placement Nursing Care | ALTHEA HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES LIMITED (Sycamore Heights) | 6 Dec 2026 | £202,849 |
| IFA placement for Children's Services Case | Barnardo Services Limited | 19 Dec 2026 | £100,839 |
| Childrens Home (Spot Non Framework) | OUTBOUND CARE LTD | 29 Dec 2026 | £468,000 |
| HR and Payroll System | Zellis UK Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £1,347,396 |
| Supported Living Spot Placement | Nelson Ocean UK LTD | 6 Jan 2027 | £190,627 |
| Semi-Independent Placement | PSA Care Ltd | 15 Jan 2027 | £63,000 |
Soonest 8 of 98 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 261 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
Search all 261 procedures for this authority →
Contracts Finder adds 465 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.
About this data
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 535 of 575 published contracts have an end date; 13 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.