Dorset Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITYONS register: Local-authority-districtSocial housing register: Local authorityNHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACYLocal authoritySouth West EnglandDorchester

Official UK PPONPHCY-8926-WVVMWebsitedorsetcouncil.gov.uk ↗

Open now4next deadline 7 Dec 2026

Notices, last 12 months20-5% vs prior 12 months (21)

Typical bids per lot154.5% single-bid · median of 11 lots

Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share9%of 182 awarded procedures · 393 suppliers

182 awarded tenders, 393 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months8035 within 6 months · 41 estimated

Published award value, 24m£275mnet · on 23 of 23 published values · top 5 = 97%

Open notices

4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

Notice	Deadline	Days left	Published value
Highways & Engineering Term Contract	7 Dec 2026	22d	£291,666,667
Road Surface Treatments - DPSDPS	27 Sept 2028	682d	£12,000,000
Dorset Care, Support, Housing and Community Safety FrameworkFramework	31 Mar 2032	1,963d	£1,700,000,000

All 4 open notices for this authority →

What they buy
i

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

45 Construction work18 procedures · 44% · 2 open

85 Health and social work services18 procedures · 44%

71 Architectural, construction, engineering10 procedures · 24% · 1 open

34 Transport equipment and products8 procedures · 20%

48 Software package and information systems7 procedures · 17%

50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 12%

90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental5 procedures · 12%

44 Construction structures and materials4 procedures · 10% · 1 open

How they buy
i

Last 24 months · 41 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract80%(33 notices)
33 of 41 notices are Contract (80%).
Framework17%(7 notices)
7 of 41 notices are Framework (17%).
Dynamic purchasing system2%(1 notice)
1 of 41 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (2%).

Procedure route

Route not published44%(18 notices)
18 of 41 notices are Route not published (44%).
Open20%(8 notices)
8 of 41 notices are Open (20%).
Selective20%(8 notices)
8 of 41 notices are Selective (20%).
Limited / restricted10%(4 notices)
4 of 41 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).
Direct award7%(3 notices)
3 of 41 notices are Direct award (7%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

1robust · n=1154.5% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

86 daysmoderate · n=3

Notice amendments

Based on 41 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

09 of 41 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 3 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

0% at estimatemoderate · n=3

Who wins here
i

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
Stepnell Limited	6	3.3%	0	6	21 Jun 2023
Julian House	5	2.7%	1	5	4 Feb 2025
Mark Farwell Plant Hire Ltdframework/DPS on 5	5	2.7%	0	5	27 Sept 2022
Bucher Municipal Limited	4	2.2%	2	4	30 Jun 2026
Stabilised Pavements Limitedframework/DPS on 1	4	2.2%	2	4	—
Colas Limitedframework/DPS on 2	3	1.6%	1	3	8 Dec 2020
The You Trustframework/DPS on 1	3	1.6%	1	3	26 Jan 2026
Future Roots Ltdframework/DPS on 2	3	1.6%	0	6	30 Jan 2023

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 9% of 182 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 393 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£275mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 23 of 23 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 97%.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£475k middle valuerobust · n=23Middle half £164k–£1.4m.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
Household Recycling Centre, Waste Transfer Stations and Associated Services	W&S Waste Management Ltd	27 Mar 2026	8 yrs · up to 12 yrs	£130,000,000 ≈ £16m/yr
Children and Young People Public Health Service	Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust	—	1 yrs	£89,967,015 † ≈ £90m/yr
Dorset Integrated Sexual Health and Specialised HIV	Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust	—	—	£42,054,307 †
Self Drive Vehicle Hire contract	U-Drive	—	—	£3,000,000 †
In-situ Road recycling 2026-29	Stabilised Pavements Limited	—	—	£1,500,000 †

Contracts ending
i

374 of 464 contracts carry an end date, 95 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
Lot 2 - Dry Stone Aggregates	M J Abbott Ltd	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 2 - Dry Stone Aggregates	M B Wilkes Ltd	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 2 - Dry Stone Aggregates	Portland Stone Limited	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 4 - Surface Dressing Aggregates	Aggregate Industries UK Ltd	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 1 - Ready Mix Concrete	Harold Doonan Building Materials Ltd	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 2 - Dry Stone Aggregates	G Crook and Sons	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Lot 2 - Dry Stone Aggregates	J. Suttle Transport Ltd	25 Nov 2026 estimated	Not published
Adult Social Care Connected Toolkit	Imosphere	9 Dec 2026	£46,830
Highways Construction Materials Framework 2022	Aggregate Industries UK Ltd, Allasso Recycling Limited, Avon Material Supplies Ltd +10	18 Dec 2026	£10,000,000 ceiling
In-situ Road Recycling 2023	Stabilised Pavements Limited	23 Jan 2027 estimated	£674,393 ceiling

Soonest 10 of 80 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 129 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
E-Scooter Hire Service in Dorchester, Weymouth and PortlandRoad transport services	Planning	20 Oct 2026	—
Printing of Election and Electoral Registration Materials	Awarded / complete	18 Sept 2026	—
Dental Epidemiology Survey (Oral Health Survey)Dental practice and related services	Awarded / complete	2 Sept 2026	—
Household Recycling Centre, Waste Transfer Stations and Associated ServicesRefuse and waste related services	Awarded / complete	24 Jul 2026	£130,000,000
Dorset Learning Centre TransportDPS4 lotsRoad transport services	Awarded / complete	10 Jul 2026	£80,000,000
Management of Hotels and Guest HousesBuilding rental or sale services	Open	8 Jul 2026	£2,000,000
Children and Young People Public Health ServiceCommunity health services	Not published	26 Jun 2026	—
Dorset Integrated Sexual Health and Specialised HIVCommunity health services	Not published	25 Jun 2026	—
Sherborne Library Extended Access	Awarded / complete	24 Jun 2026	—
Framework for the Supply of Operated and Self-Operated Plant HireFrameworkConstruction-related services	Planned	16 Jun 2026	£13,500,000
Highways Waste and Recycling FrameworkFrameworkRefuse and waste related services	Planned	16 Jun 2026	£2,200,000
Framework for the Supply of Highway Construction MaterialsFrameworkGranules	Planned	16 Jun 2026	£27,000,000
eTendering Software - Procontract	Awarded / complete	15 Jun 2026	—
Waste Treatment and Disposal ContractRefuse disposal and treatment	Planned	26 May 2026	£160,000,000
Healthy Homes DorsetEnergy-efficiency consultancy services	Planned	26 May 2026	£26,000,000
Grouted Asphalt Surface Treatments 2026- 2029Carriageway resurfacing works	Awarded / complete	18 May 2026	—
In-situ Road recycling 2026-29Carriageway resurfacing works	Awarded / complete	6 May 2026	—
Family Link Worker ServiceHealth and social work services	Awarded / complete	1 May 2026	£882,000
Dorset Council Reactive & Planned Repairs and Maintenance – Property and HousingBuilding fittings	Planning	22 Apr 2026	£37,000,000
Dorset Highways Contractor Resource (Top up labour) FrameworkFrameworkBlacksmith services	Planned	16 Apr 2026	£25,200,000

Search all 129 procedures for this authority →

Contracts Finder adds 109 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. 374 of 464 published contracts have an end date; 95 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.