Star Academies: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)·North West England·Blackburn
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 20 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
29 awarded tenders, 63 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Star Academies - Building Cleaning Services - The Valley Leadership Academy | 2 Nov 2026 | 13d | £800,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental4 procedures · 29% · 1 open50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 21%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting2 procedures · 14%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting2 procedures · 14%30 Office and computing machinery1 procedures · 7%31 Electrical machinery1 procedures · 7%35 Security, fire-fighting, police1 procedures · 7%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances1 procedures · 7%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 14 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract100%(14 notices)
14 of 14 notices are Contract (100%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Selective57%(8 notices)
8 of 14 notices are Selective (57%).Open43%(6 notices)
6 of 14 notices are Open (43%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 20 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 9 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 14 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 6 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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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| AEFM Ltd | 2 | 6.9% | 2 | 2 | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Greater Manchester Community Lettings | 2 | 6.9% | 1 | 2 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Churchill Contract Services Limited | 2 | 6.9% | 1 | 2 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Marlowe Fire & Security Limited | 2 | 6.9% | 0 | 8 | — |
| Walker Fire UK Ltd | 2 | 6.9% | 0 | 8 | — |
| TClarke Contracting Ltd | 2 | 6.9% | 0 | 8 | — |
| Norse Commercial Services Limited | 2 | 6.9% | 0 | 3 | — |
| Mellors Catering Services | 1 | 3.4% | 1 | 3 | 4 Feb 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 21% of 29 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 63 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Lot 1 – North | Mellors Catering Services | 4 Feb 2026 | 7 yrs | £20,700,000 ≈ £3.0m/yr |
| Lot 2 – Midlands | Mellors Catering Services | 4 Feb 2026 | 7 yrs | £16,000,000 ≈ £2.3m/yr |
| Star Academies - Multifunctional Devices (MFDs) and Associated Products, Services and Support | Nuvem Solutions Limited | 12 May 2026 | 5.3 yrs | £5,000,000 ≈ £952k/yr |
| Office and Education Supplies Star Academies | Lyreco UK Limited | 15 Sept 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs | £4,000,000 ≈ £1.3m/yr |
| Lot 3 - London | Mellors Catering Services | 4 Feb 2026 | 7 yrs | £3,300,000 ≈ £471k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 12 of 44 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Outsourcing of Eden Boys and Girls Leadership Academy’s Manchester Leisure Facilities | Vivify Venues | 31 Jan 2027 | £250,000 |
| Star Academies Building Cleaning Services | AEFM Ltd | 31 Aug 2027 | £1,860,166 |
Recent procedures
Latest 35 of 35 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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| Office and Education Supplies - Star Academies | Awarded / complete | 29 Sept 2026 | — |
| Star Academies Agency PSL (GCA Lot 1) | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| Star Academies - Fire and Security ServicesAlarm systems | Awarded / complete | 9 Sept 2026 | £4,100,000 |
| Star Academies - Mechanical ServicesRepair and maintenance services of building installations | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | £1,250,000 |
| Star Academies - Water Management (Legionella) ServicesConsulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | £800,000 |
| Star Academies - Building Cleaning Services - Rainbow Primary Leadership AcademyBuilding-cleaning services | Awarded / complete | 29 Jul 2026 | £220,800 |
| Star Academies - Multifunctional Devices (MFDs) and Associated Products, Services and SupportComputer-related services | Awarded / complete | 8 Jul 2026 | £8,000,000 |
| Star Academies Furniture and Associated ServicesComputer furniture | Awarded / complete | 24 Jun 2026 | £1,365,000 |
| Star Academies ~ Catering TenderSchool catering services | Awarded / complete | 29 May 2026 | £40,000,000 |
| Star Radcliffe Academy Leisure Facilities OutsourcingSports facilities operation services | Awarded / complete | 5 May 2026 | £0 |
| Star Academies - HR and Payroll System and Associated ServicesHuman resources management consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 20 Jan 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| Star Academies Building Cleaning ServicesAccommodation | Awarded / complete | 18 Aug 2025 | £1,142,000 |
| Star Academies - Eden Manchester Leisure Facilities OutsourcingSport-related services | Awarded / complete | 29 Jan 2025 | £250,000 |
| Star Academies Uniform ProvisionClothing | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2024 | £2,750,000 |
| Star Academies - Employee Health Plans and BenefitsHealth services | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2024 | £1,250,000 |
| Star Academies - Mental Health PractitionerHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2024 | £750,000 |
| Star Academies - Thornbury Cleaning ServicesOffice | Awarded / complete | 4 Jul 2024 | £350,000 |
| Star Academies - Student TransportRoad transport services | Awarded / complete | 4 Jun 2024 | £2,000,000 |
| Outsourcing of Star Salford Academy’s Leisure FacilitiesSports facilities operation services | Awarded / complete | 23 Apr 2024 | — |
| Star Academies FurnitureComputer furniture | Awarded / complete | 5 Jun 2023 | £1,000,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- 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. 12 of 44 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.