The City of Liverpool College: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

DfE school register: Further educationEducationNorth West EnglandThe Learning Exchange, Liverpool

Registry IDGB-UKPRN-10003955

Open now2next deadline 31 Jul 2027

Notices, last 12 months42-18% vs prior 12 months (51)

Typical bids per lot421.1% single-bid · median of 19 lots

Based on 19 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share13%of 228 awarded procedures · 188 suppliers

228 awarded tenders, 188 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months413 within 6 months · 2 estimated

Published award value, 24m£8.8mnet · on 66 of 66 published values · top 5 = 41%

Open notices

2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

Notice	Deadline	Days left	Published value
The City of Liverpool College Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Marketing and CommunicationsDPS4 lots	31 Jul 2027	258d	£150,000

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What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

45 Construction work14 procedures · 15%

79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting11 procedures · 12% · 1 open

80 Education and training services10 procedures · 11%

50 Repair and maintenance services6 procedures · 6%

15 Food, drink, tobacco5 procedures · 5%

51 Installation services (except software)5 procedures · 5%

98 Other community, social and personal services5 procedures · 5%

44 Construction structures and materials4 procedures · 4%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 93 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract96%(89 notices)
89 of 93 notices are Contract (96%).
Framework3%(3 notices)
3 of 93 notices are Framework (3%).
Dynamic purchasing system1%(1 notice)
1 of 93 notices is Dynamic purchasing system (1%).

Procedure route

Direct award68%(63 notices)
63 of 93 notices are Direct award (68%).
Open16%(15 notices)
15 of 93 notices are Open (16%).
Route not published6%(6 notices)
6 of 93 notices are Route not published (6%).
Selective5%(5 notices)
5 of 93 notices are Selective (5%).
Limited / restricted4%(4 notices)
4 of 93 notices are Limited / restricted (4%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 19 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

4robust · n=1921.1% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 13 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

35 daysrobust · n=13

Notice amendments

Based on 93 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

020 of 93 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 6 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

8% above estimaterobust · n=6

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
Sysco Business Skills Academyframework/DPS on 5	13	5.7%	5	16	15 Jul 2026
Agent Marketing Limited	9	3.9%	2	9	23 May 2025
Krol Corlett Construction Limitedframework/DPS on 2	7	3.1%	5	8	3 Jul 2026
Dell Corporation Ltd	7	3.1%	5	7	4 Jun 2026
Orangebox Training Solutionsframework/DPS on 4	6	2.6%	3	6	15 Jul 2026
FTW Trainingframework/DPS on 3	6	2.6%	2	7	15 Jul 2026
Kimptonframework/DPS on 2	5	2.2%	5	6	7 Jul 2025
PROFM GROUP LIMITED	5	2.2%	5	5	27 Mar 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 13% of 228 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 188 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£8.8mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 66 of 66 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 41%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£61k middle valuerobust · n=66Middle half £44k–£117k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
Exam Boards Awarding Body	Pearson Education Limited	6 Aug 2026	1 yrs	£1,280,898 ≈ £1.3m/yr
Legal Services to The City of Liverpool College (Inclusive of Group Companies)	Hill Dickinson LLP	11 Jun 2026	3 yrs · up to 4 yrs	£800,000 ≈ £267k/yr
Creation of Facility at Liverpool Waters	TASK CONTRACT SOLUTIONS LIMITED	—	1 yrs	£750,000 ≈ £750k/yr
Summer Works Vauxhall Road	Krol Corlett Construction Limited	—	1 mo	£370,509 †
The Provision of Mechanical and Electrical Services	Kimpton	—	—	£367,922 †

Contracts ending
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197 of 205 contracts carry an end date, 14 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
CA16620 - ITS4042SU: Software Licence Resellers Agreement for Colleges	PUGH COMPUTERS LIMITED	30 Nov 2026	£109,818
External Audit - National Lot 26	RSM UK Audit LLP	31 Dec 2026	£120,000
Anti Virus Software - 3 year contract	Softcat Plc	13 Mar 2027	£91,493
VLE/Moodle Provision	People Fluent t/a Open LMS	30 Jun 2027	£99,700
VLE/MOODLE	People Fluent t/a Open LMS	30 Jun 2027	£133,292
The City of Liverpool College - The Provision of Legionella Controls - AWARD	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE LTD	31 Jul 2027	£54,896
The City of Liverpool College - The Provision of Fresh Fish & Seafoods - AWARD	BIDFRESH LIMITED T/A DIRECT SEAFOOD	31 Jul 2027	Not published
Renewal of Licence - Plagiarism Detection Tool	Turnitin, LLC	31 Jul 2027	£60,007
The City of Liverpool College - Provision of Dry Grocery Goods - AWARD	Dunsters Farm Limited	31 Jul 2027	£51,941
The Provision of Frozen & Chilled Foods - AWARD	Harlech Foodservice Limited	31 Jul 2027	£302,483

Soonest 10 of 41 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 103 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Portaloo Buildings Hire	Awarded / complete	10 Nov 2026	—
Generator Hire	Awarded / complete	9 Nov 2026	—
T Level Media EquipmentMultimedia equipment	Awarded / complete	29 Oct 2026	£120,833
Public transport costs for both students & staff - Rail & Bus	Awarded / complete	28 Oct 2026	—
The Supply of Classroom and Educational FurnitureFurniture	Awarded / complete	11 Sept 2026	—
Stakeholder, Political Engagement & Reputations Comms PRMarketing services	Awarded / complete	3 Sept 2026	£108,000
Creative Campaign Partner Student Recruitment CampaignMarketing services	Awarded / complete	27 Aug 2026	£120,000
Lot 8 Electrical requirements via existing closed framework8 lotsBuilding materials	Awarded / complete	25 Aug 2026	£842,000
Subcontracting Partnership Framework (closed)Framework3 lotsEducation and training services	Awarded / complete	25 Aug 2026	£1,035,000
Exam Board Awarding Body	Awarded / complete	18 Aug 2026	—
Removal of Vauxhall appliances	Awarded / complete	14 Aug 2026	—
Summer Works Vauxhall Road	Awarded / complete	12 Aug 2026	—
Generator Hire - Further Additional Hires	Awarded / complete	12 Aug 2026	—
Provision of Cylinder Hire and Gas plus Inspections for Gas Equipment	Awarded / complete	31 Jul 2026	—
The Provision of Legal Services to The City of Liverpool College GroupLegal services	Awarded / complete	31 Jul 2026	£500,000
Summer Furniture Requirements	Awarded / complete	28 Jul 2026	—
Adobe Creative Cloud Institutional Licences	Awarded / complete	24 Jul 2026	—
Installation of a wood dust extraction system	Awarded / complete	22 Jul 2026	—
Cloud Backup - 1TB Storage	Awarded / complete	17 Jul 2026	—
Subcontracting for Delivery of Devolved Adult Skills Fund LCRCAAdult and other education services	Awarded / complete	15 Jul 2026	£12,500,000

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Contracts Finder adds 204 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.

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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. 197 of 205 published contracts have an end date; 14 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.
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