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# Birmingham City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Birmingham City Council is a Local authority based in West Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 370 published procedures, with 4 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Birmingham City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** West Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PCJJ-4826-QMLZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 4
- **Total Published Procedures:** 370
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £2.6bn (median award: £160k) across 81 of 140 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Birmingham), rsh-social-housing (Birmingham City Council), nhs-ods (BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (median of 27 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 30% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 12 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 178 (81%), Framework: 42 (19%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 119 (54%), Route not published: 70 (32%), Limited / restricted: 12 (5%), Direct award: 10 (5%), Selective: 9 (4%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 53 notices, last 24 months (24% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 32 notices, last 24 months (15% of this period)
3. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 31 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
4. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 22 notices, last 24 months (10% of this period)
5. **[Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90):** 19 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Claremont Living Group](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/claremont-living-group-coh-08467597):** 8 procedures (9 awards)
2. **[Birmingham Voluntary Service Council](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/birmingham-voluntary-service-council-coh-00421688):** 4 procedures
3. **[McPhillips (Wellington) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mcphillips-wellington-limited-coh-00832117):** 3 procedures
4. **[Trident Reach the People Charity](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/trident-reach-the-people-charity-coh-06761385):** 3 procedures (11 awards)
5. **[St Basils](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/st-basils-coh-03964376):** 3 procedures (5 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Wates Property Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wates-property-services-ltd-coh-01141788):** £682m · [Provision of Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Services and Planned Programme and Investment Works to Council Housing Stock](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-responsive-repairs-and-maintenance-services-and-planned-programme-and-investm-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6f0)
2. **[Equans Regeneration Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/equans-regeneration-ltd-coh-01738371):** £638m · [Provision of Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Services and Planned Programme and Investment Works to Council Housing Stock](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-responsive-repairs-and-maintenance-services-and-planned-programme-and-investm-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6f0)
3. **[Mears Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mears-limited-coh-02519234):** £447m · [Provision of Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Services and Planned Programme and Investment Works to Council Housing Stock](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-responsive-repairs-and-maintenance-services-and-planned-programme-and-investm-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6f0)
4. **[Wates Property Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wates-property-services-ltd-coh-01141788):** £368m · [Provision of Responsive Repairs and Maintenance Services and Planned Programme and Investment Works to Council Housing Stock](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-responsive-repairs-and-maintenance-services-and-planned-programme-and-investm-ocds-h6vhtk-04b6f0)
5. **[Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/birmingham-community-healthcare-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-159083):** £185m · [0-19 Integrated Healthy Child Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0-19-integrated-healthy-child-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0686a7) · Awarded: 24 Sept 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 21
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 36
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Birmingham City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt