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# Stoke on Trent City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Stoke on Trent City Council is a Local authority based in West Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 280 published procedures, with 5 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Stoke on Trent City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** West Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PDQZ-1442-RZTZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 5
- **Total Published Procedures:** 280
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £146m (median award: £87k) across 98 of 142 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Stoke-on-Trent), rsh-social-housing (Stoke on Trent City Council), nhs-ods (STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (median of 55 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 35% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 13 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 142 (84%), Framework: 28 (16%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 85 (50%), Route not published: 54 (32%), Direct award: 21 (12%), Limited / restricted: 10 (6%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 53 notices, last 24 months (31% of this period)
2. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 24 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 12 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 10 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Transport equipment and products](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-equipment-vehicles-34000000) (CPV 34):** 8 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[F.R. Sharrock Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/f-r-sharrock-ltd-coh-00599323):** 4 procedures
2. **[First Potteries Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-potteries-ltd-coh-02291753):** 4 procedures (22 awards)
3. **[D&G Bus Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/d-g-bus-limited-coh-06918592):** 4 procedures (9 awards)
4. **[Going My Way t/a Stantons of Stoke](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/going-my-way-t-a-stantons-of-stoke-coh-08575253):** 4 procedures (6 awards)
5. **[YMCA North Staffordshire](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ymca-north-staffordshire-coh-04804681):** 3 procedures (6 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Community Energy Scheme Stoke Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/community-energy-scheme-stoke-limited-coh-11304944):** £82m · [Fully-funded photo-voltaic solution for the UK public sector](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fully-funded-photo-voltaic-solution-for-the-uk-public-sector-ocds-h6vhtk-05f4f3)
2. **[Honeycomb Charitable Services Ltd (trading as Glow)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/honeycomb-charitable-services-ltd-trading-as-glow-coh-02357520):** £11m · [Homeless Prevention & Rough Sleeping Support Services HDG/2025/941](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/homeless-prevention-rough-sleeping-support-services-hdg-2025-941-ocds-h6vhtk-059904) · Awarded: 5 Feb 2026
3. **[Torsion Construction Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/torsion-construction-ltd-coh-09483417):** £9.6m · [Doris Robinson Court - Appointment of a Principal Contractor](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doris-robinson-court-appointment-of-a-principal-contractor-ocds-h6vhtk-04e7a5) · Awarded: 10 Mar 2026
4. **[McPhillips (Wellington) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mcphillips-wellington-limited-coh-00832117):** £9.2m · [Doris Robinson Court - Appointment of a Principal Contractor](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doris-robinson-court-appointment-of-a-principal-contractor-ocds-h6vhtk-04e7a5) · Awarded: 18 Sept 2026
5. **[The Hubb Foundation](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-hubb-foundation-coh-11707416):** £4.7m · [Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme CAFS/2023/113](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme-cafs-2023-113-ocds-h6vhtk-060030) · Awarded: 3 Jun 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 10
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 57
- **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 Stoke on Trent City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt