Dorset Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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182 awarded tenders, 393 different suppliers.
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 - DPS | 27 Sept 2028 | 682d | £12,000,000 |
| Dorset Care, Support, Housing and Community Safety Framework | 31 Mar 2032 | 1,963d | £1,700,000,000 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work18 procedures · 44% · 2 open85 Health and social work services18 procedures · 44%71 Architectural, construction, engineering10 procedures · 24% · 1 open34 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 openHow they buyi
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Last 24 months · 41 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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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%).
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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%).
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Based on 11 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 41 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 3 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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| Stepnell Limited | 6 | 3.3% | 0 | 6 | 21 Jun 2023 |
| Julian House | 5 | 2.7% | 1 | 5 | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Mark Farwell Plant Hire Ltd | 5 | 2.7% | 0 | 5 | 27 Sept 2022 |
| Bucher Municipal Limited | 4 | 2.2% | 2 | 4 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Stabilised Pavements Limited | 4 | 2.2% | 2 | 4 | — |
| Colas Limited | 3 | 1.6% | 1 | 3 | 8 Dec 2020 |
| The You Trust | 3 | 1.6% | 1 | 3 | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Future Roots Ltd | 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.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| 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 endingi
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374 of 464 contracts carry an end date, 95 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| 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 |
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| Supported Employment ServicesAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 2 Apr 2026 | £900,000 |
| Reactive and Planned Maintenance Services for Plant and Property Assets for Dorset CouncilBuilding fittings | Planning | 30 Mar 2026 | £37,000,000 |
| Security at Libraries (Manned Guarding)Security services | Awarded / complete | 2 Mar 2026 | — |
| Procurement of a Single Highways Asset Management ICT SystemSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 24 Feb 2026 | £1,700,000 |
| Road Surface Treatments - DPSCarriageway resurfacing works | Awarded / complete | 20 Feb 2026 | £20,000,000 |
| Digital Innovation Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)IT services: consulting | Open | 20 Feb 2026 | — |
| Learning and Development Training Services FrameworkTraining services | Open | 19 Feb 2026 | — |
| Dorset Families Matter - Family Support PackagesHealth and social work services | Open | 19 Feb 2026 | £750,000 |
| Supporting Progress and InclusionPrimary education services | Awarded / complete | 18 Feb 2026 | — |
| Contract for Hospital Based Detoxification ServicesHospital and related services | Awarded / complete | 17 Feb 2026 | — |
| Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process CHome medical treatment services | Awarded / complete | 17 Sept 2025 | — |
| Framework for Site Investigation and Materials Testing ServicesGeotechnical engineering services | Awarded / complete | 8 Aug 2025 | £4,000,000 |
| Self Drive Vehicle Hire contractElectric vehicles | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2025 | £3,000,000 |
| Reactive and planned maintenance for Building Fabric, M&E and associated services and Capital Works for Dorset CouncilBuilding fittings | Planned | 26 Jun 2025 | £65,000,000 |
| County Wide Micro Asphalt Surface Treatment 2025Carriageway resurfacing works | Awarded / complete | 26 Jun 2025 | — |
| Kerbside Bulky Item And Reuse ServiceRefuse and waste related services | Planning | 12 Jun 2025 | £2,400,000 |
| Purbeck Sports Centre Catering ProvisionBeverage-serving services | Planned | 6 Jun 2025 | £5,000,000 |
| Healthy Homes DorsetEnergy-efficiency consultancy services | Planned | 23 May 2025 | £26,000,000 |
| Highways waste and recycling FrameworkRefuse and waste related services | Planned | 22 May 2025 | £2,200,000 |
| Operated and Self-Operated Plant Hire FrameworkHire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator | Planned | 22 May 2025 | £13,500,000 |
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.