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# Knowsley Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/knowsley-council-ons-e08000011). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Knowsley Council is a Local authority based in North West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 159 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Knowsley Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** North West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PXQQ-8436-NWPV` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 159
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £68m (median award: £137k) across 51 of 51 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (KNOWSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL), ons-geography (Knowsley)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/knowsley-council-ons-e08000011

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 14 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 14% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 17% below the published estimate (median of 11 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 80 (94%), Framework: 5 (6%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 31 (36%), Limited / restricted: 28 (33%), Route not published: 16 (19%), Direct award: 9 (11%), Selective: 1 (1%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 28 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 9 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
3. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 6 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
4. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 4 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
5. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 4 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Marshall Property Construction Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/marshall-property-construction-limited-coh-05573328):** 4 procedures
2. **[STERLING SERVICES (NORTHERN) LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sterling-services-northern-ltd-coh-05899577):** 4 procedures
3. **[Merseyside Youth Association](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/merseyside-youth-association-coh-01843226):** 4 procedures (15 awards)
4. **[Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mersey-care-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-130512):** 3 procedures
5. **[City Health Care Partnership CIC](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/city-health-care-partnership-cic-coh-06273905):** 2 procedures (3 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust & Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wirral-community-health-care-nhs-foundation-trust-wirral-uni-GB-FTS-185796):** £22m · [Knowsley 0-19(25) Healthy Child Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/knowsley-0-19-25-healthy-child-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-066ede)
2. **[Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/liverpool-university-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-186411):** £16m · [Knowsley Integrated Sexual Health Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/knowsley-sexual-health-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05199b) · Awarded: 6 Mar 2026
3. **[Merseyside Youth Association](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/merseyside-youth-association-coh-01843226):** £4.7m · [Integrated Youth Service Offer](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-youth-service-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-058d03) · Awarded: 20 Nov 2025
4. **[M J Quinn Integrated Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/m-j-quinn-integrated-services-limited-coh-06710178):** £3.9m · [Halewood Leisure Centre](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/halewood-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-05e924)
5. **[Progress Schools](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/progress-schools-coh-09873514):** £3.1m · [A Block Contract  for 17 Educational Places](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/block-contract-for-17-educational-places-ocds-h6vhtk-05fd69)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 5
- **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 Knowsley Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/knowsley-council-ons-e08000011#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/knowsley-council-ons-e08000011
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt