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# Sunderland City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Sunderland City Council is a Local authority based in North East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 299 published procedures, with 4 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Sunderland City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** North East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PLVZ-4154-GGRZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 4
- **Total Published Procedures:** 299
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £293m (median award: £75k) across 141 of 141 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Sunderland), rsh-social-housing (Sunderland City Council), nhs-ods (SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4.5 bids (median of 14 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 7% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 11% below the published estimate (median of 6 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 185 (84%), Framework: 32 (14%), Dynamic purchasing system: 4 (2%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 74 (33%), Open: 52 (24%), Direct award: 46 (21%), Route not published: 35 (16%), Selective: 14 (6%)

## 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 (13% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 16 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 14 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 9 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
5. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 7 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-COH-130166):** 4 procedures
2. **[Brims Construction Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/brims-construction-limited-coh-03288664):** 4 procedures
3. **[Penshaw View Training Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/penshaw-view-training-limited-coh-07870362):** 4 procedures
4. **[Uplift Associates Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/uplift-associates-ltd-coh-07796115):** 4 procedures
5. **[Winnovation Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/winnovation-ltd-coh-06862920):** 4 procedures (6 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/harrogate-and-district-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-186448):** £56m · [0-19 Public Health Service in Sunderland (PSR Direct Award Process C - Notice of intention to make an award of a contract to the existing provider)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0-19-public-health-service-in-sunderland-psr-direct-award-process-c-notice-of-intention-to-ocds-h6vhtk-052abf)
2. **[Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/harrogate-and-district-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-FTS-186448):** £53m · [0-19 Public Health Services in Sunderland](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0-19-public-health-services-in-sunderland-ocds-h6vhtk-050ef9)
3. **[Change Grow Live Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/change-grow-live-services-limited-coh-06228752):** £43m · [Sunderland Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Harm Service Minimisation](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sunderland-integrated-drug-and-alcohol-recovery-and-harm-service-minimisation-ocds-h6vhtk-0553f7)
4. **[Change Grow Live Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/change-grow-live-services-limited-coh-06228752):** £41m · [Sunderland Integrated Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Harm Minimisation Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sunderland-integrated-drug-and-alcohol-recovery-and-harm-minimisation-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04c049)
5. **[South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/south-tyneside-and-sunderland-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-COH-130166):** £18m · [Sunderland Integrated Sexual Health Service (PSR Direct Award Process C - Notice of Intention to make an award of a contact to the existing provider)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sunderland-integrated-sexual-health-service-psr-direct-award-process-c-notice-of-intention-ocds-h6vhtk-06f403)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 121
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 148
- **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 Sunderland City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sunderland-city-council-ons-e08000024
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt