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# Newcastle City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Newcastle City Council is a Local authority based in North East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 480 published procedures, with 3 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Newcastle City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** North East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PBHM-6848-TWYG` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 3
- **Total Published Procedures:** 480
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £260m (median award: £98k) across 196 of 201 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Newcastle upon Tyne), rsh-social-housing (Newcastle City Council)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 63 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 16% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 11% below the published estimate (median of 34 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 304 (88%), Framework: 43 (12%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 166 (48%), Direct award: 82 (24%), Limited / restricted: 54 (16%), Route not published: 39 (11%), Selective: 6 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 61 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
2. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 60 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
3. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 22 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 20 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 16 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Straightline NE Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/straightline-ne-ltd-coh-01482191):** 10 procedures (12 awards)
2. **[A&J Keith Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/a-j-keith-ltd-coh-02321244):** 8 procedures
3. **[BCE Northern Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bce-northern-limited-coh-07513661):** 5 procedures
4. **[MGM Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mgm-ltd-coh-02682028):** 5 procedures (7 awards)
5. **[Action for Children](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/action-for-children-coh-02332388):** 4 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/suez-recycling-and-recovery-uk-ltd-coh-02291198):** £90m · [The provision of a waste recovery and disposal service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-a-waste-recovery-and-disposal-service-ocds-h6vhtk-050342)
2. **[The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-186827):** £32m · [Integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-0-19-healthy-child-programme-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06b125)
3. **[Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cumbria-northumberland-tyne-wear-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-NHS-RX4):** £28m · [Integrated Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-and-recovery-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06bdb5)
4. **[Northern TUC](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/northern-tuc-GB-FTS-152036):** £9.5m · [North East Better Health at Work Award](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-east-better-health-at-work-award-ocds-h6vhtk-0550c4) · Awarded: 20 Jun 2025
5. **[Deloitte LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/deloitte-llp-GB-COH-209907):** £8.8m · [008762 - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software, Implementation & Change Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/008762-enterprise-resource-planning-erp-software-implementation-change-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05598d)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 39
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 70
- **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 Newcastle City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt