Bedford Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITYONS register: Local-authority-districtSocial housing register: Local authorityNHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACYLocal authorityEast of EnglandBedfordRan 1 procurement for other authorities

Official UK PPONPLCV-4616-VTHL

Open now6next deadline 18 Nov 2026

Notices, last 12 months101-1% vs prior 12 months (102)

Typical bids per lot330.8% single-bid · median of 13 lots

Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share4%of 560 awarded procedures · 547 suppliers

560 awarded tenders, 547 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months9845 within 6 months · 2 estimated

Published award value, 24m£135mnet · on 160 of 160 published values · top 5 = 82%

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 Services7 lots	18 Nov 2026	3d	£800,000
Play Area Works and maintenance	30 Nov 2026	15d	£99,000
Children's Short Breaks Closed FrameworkFramework8 lots	30 Nov 2026	15d	£1,097,180
Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027DPS3 lots	28 Apr 2027	164d	£2,150,000
Best Interest Assessors and Section 12 Assessors Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)DPS	15 Jul 2028	608d	£1,684,000

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What they buy
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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 open

45 Construction work26 procedures · 13% · 1 open

79 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 open

98 Other community, social and personal services8 procedures · 4%

48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 3%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 203 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract93%(189 notices)
189 of 203 notices are Contract (93%).
Framework7%(14 notices)
14 of 203 notices are Framework (7%).

Procedure route

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%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 13 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

3robust · n=1330.8% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 17 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

36 daysrobust · n=17

Notice amendments

Based on 202 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

027 of 202 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 6 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=6

Who wins here
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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
SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES	11	2%	7	12	2 Jan 2025
Canoe Trail Ltdframework/DPS on 2	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) Limitedframework/DPS on 1	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 Bedfordshireframework/DPS on 1	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.

Published award value (24m)

£135mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 160 of 160 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 82%; a further 5 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£85k middle valuerobust · n=160Middle half £48k–£165k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
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 ending
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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
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

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Highways Operatives Training Brokerage ServiceHighway operation services	Awarded / complete	8 May 2026	£325,000
New Perimeter Fencing within Brickhill Primary School	Awarded / complete	5 May 2026	—
Interim Leisure Facilities Management ServiceSporting services	Awarded / complete	23 Apr 2026	£10,000,000
Bedford Borough Council Residential and Nursing Care Homes Framework AgreementFrameworkHealth and social work services	Planning	21 Apr 2026	—
Accommodation Based Housing Related Support Services in Rogers Court, BedfordAccommodation management services	Awarded / complete	10 Apr 2026	£1,615,000

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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.