Limited / restricted38%(3 notices)
3 of 8 notices are Limited / restricted (38%).
Open38%(3 notices)
3 of 8 notices are Open (38%).
Direct award13%(1 notice)
1 of 8 notices is Direct award (13%).
Route not published13%(1 notice)
1 of 8 notices is Route not published (13%).

Bids per lot, few lots

Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.

4indicative · n=250% of lots drew a single bid

Notice amendments

Based on 8 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

03 of 8 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 1 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

0% at estimateindicative · n=1

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
Softcat Plc	4	2.3%	0	4	15 Jun 2023
Starch UK Ltd	3	1.7%	1	3	26 Aug 2025
ROBERTSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED	3	1.7%	1	3	23 Jul 2025
We Find Any Learner Ltd	3	1.7%	1	3	26 Aug 2025
Learning Curve Group Ltd	3	1.7%	0	3	26 Mar 2024
PHX Training Limited	3	1.7%	0	3	5 Sept 2023
Stanley Travel (North East) Ltdframework/DPS on 1	2	1.2%	2	2	23 Oct 2026
Holmeswood Coaches Ltdframework/DPS on 1	2	1.2%	2	2	23 Oct 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 6% of 173 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 175 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£6.1mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 4 of 4 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 100%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£650k middle valuemoderate · n=4Middle half £476k–£1.7m.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
NCG250403DA - Travel Management Solution for NCG	TravelPerk UK IRL Limited	—	—	£4,400,000 †
Bus Transport Service for West Lancashire College	MAGHULL COACHES	1 Aug 2025	4 yrs	£800,000 ≈ £200k/yr
Janet Network Internet Connectivity for NCG	Jisc	—	—	£500,000 †
Lea House Refurbishment - Design Team	Bond Bryan Architects	—	—	£405,344 †

Contracts ending
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179 of 187 contracts carry an end date, 8 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
Document Storage for NCG **AWARD**	Offsite Archive Storage & Integrated Services (UK) Ltd	30 Nov 2026	£180,000
Mobile Voice & Data Services for NCG **AWARD**	Vodafone UK Ltd	16 Dec 2026	£40,000
Vehicle Hire for NCG **AWARD**	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	31 Jan 2027	£75,000
Family Learning Provision FY26 for NCG	Centre West (Newcastle), City of Sunderland College (Trading as Education Partnership Nor, Gateshead Council +6	30 Apr 2027	£700,000
Journal & Periodical Subscription Services for NCG	Prenax Limited	1 Jun 2027	£135,000
NCG230105DA - Book Supply for NCG *AWARD NOTICE*	A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books	1 Jun 2027	£600,000
HR and Payroll System	MHR International UK Limited	28 Jun 2027	£550,000
Audio Visual Equipment & Installation Services for NCG	GVAV Limited	7 Jul 2027	£250,000
Community & Tenant Engagement Programme for NCG	Gateway Managed Services Limited	31 Jul 2027	£250,000
CAFM System	Planon Limited	31 Jul 2027	£165,537

Soonest 10 of 15 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 29 of 29 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Legal Services for NCGLegal services	Not published	27 Jul 2023	—
Legal Services for NCGLegal services	Not published	13 Jul 2023	—
Occupational Health Services for NCGCompany health services	Open	12 Jul 2023	£450,000
Legal Services for NCGLegal services	Open	7 Jul 2023	£2,000,000
Distance Learning Learner Find Services for NCGBusiness development consultancy services	Awarded / complete	25 Apr 2023	£120,000
Distance Learning Learner Find Services for NCGBusiness development consultancy services	Open	12 Sept 2022	£200,000
Further Competition under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for NCG Corporation and their appointed Insurance Broker - A.J. GallagherDPS8 lotsFinancial and insurance services	Awarded / complete	22 Aug 2022	—
NCG220202T - Bus Transport Service for NCG at West Lancashire CollegeHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver	Open	10 Jun 2022	£300,000
NCG180701T- Supply of Cleaning Services for NCGCleaning services	Not published	11 Jan 2021	—

Search all 29 procedures for this authority →

Contracts Finder adds 164 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. 179 of 187 published contracts have an end date; 8 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.