Tunbridge Wells Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITYONS register: Local-authority-districtSocial housing register: Local authorityNHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACYLocal authoritySouth East EnglandTunbridge Wells

Official UK PPONPLDX-6964-RZQX

Open now1deadline not published

Notices, last 12 months18+20% vs prior 12 months (15)

Typical bids per lot230% single-bid · median of 20 lots

Based on 20 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share7%of 43 awarded procedures · 68 suppliers

43 awarded tenders, 68 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months117 within 6 months · 1 estimated

Published award value, 24m£6.4mnet · on 15 of 15 published values · top 5 = 94%

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 work11 procedures · 33% · 1 open

71 Architectural, construction, engineering10 procedures · 30%

90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental6 procedures · 18%

79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting4 procedures · 12%

48 Software package and information systems3 procedures · 9%

50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 9%

43 Mining, quarrying and construction machinery1 procedure · 3% · 1 open

09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas1 procedure · 3%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 33 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract97%(32 notices)
32 of 33 notices are Contract (97%).
Framework3%(1 notice)
1 of 33 notices is Framework (3%).

Procedure route

Open79%(26 notices)
26 of 33 notices are Open (79%).
Limited / restricted15%(5 notices)
5 of 33 notices are Limited / restricted (15%).
Direct award6%(2 notices)
2 of 33 notices are Direct award (6%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 20 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

2robust · n=2030% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 16 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

40 daysrobust · n=16

Notice amendments

Based on 33 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

118 of 33 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 9 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

6.7% above estimaterobust · n=9

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
Ove Arup & Partners Ltdframework/DPS on 1	2	4.7%	2	4	24 Sept 2026
Iceni Projects Ltdframework/DPS on 1	2	4.7%	2	3	24 Sept 2026
Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limitedframework/DPS on 1	2	4.7%	2	2	24 Sept 2026
Enigma CCTV Ltd	2	4.7%	1	2	27 Feb 2026
Ricardo AEA Ltd	2	4.7%	1	2	5 Feb 2026
Little Wolf Entertainment Ltd	2	4.7%	0	2	5 Nov 2024
Jeremy Benn Associates Ltdframework/DPS on 1	1	2.3%	1	3	24 Sept 2026
LUCframework/DPS on 1	1	2.3%	1	3	24 Sept 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 43 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 68 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£6.4mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 15 of 15 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 94%; a further 9 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£44k middle valuerobust · n=15Middle half £34k–£142k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
Grounds Maintenance	Tivoli Group Ltd	—	3 yrs	£4,682,400 ≈ £1.6m/yr
Building Maintenance	J. Cheesmur & Sons (Lewes) Ltd	2 Nov 2026	5 yrs · up to 10 yrs	£600,269 ≈ £120k/yr
Electrical	G M Monk Limited	2 Nov 2026	5 yrs · up to 10 yrs	£484,815 ≈ £97k/yr
Fire & Security	G M Monk Limited	2 Nov 2026	5 yrs · up to 10 yrs	£164,960 ≈ £33k/yr
Asbestos	Bradley Environmental Consultants Limited	2 Nov 2026	1.9 yrs · up to 6.9 yrs	£119,911 ≈ £63k/yr

Contracts ending
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37 of 42 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
TWBC - Benhall Mill Road Parks Depot	AMMCASS CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITED, AMMCASS CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITED	31 Dec 2026	£638,000
TWBC - Green Belt Study	LAND USE CONSULTANTS LIMITED, LAND USE CONSULTANTS LIMITED	31 Dec 2026	£82,577
TWBC - Stock Condition Surveys	BLB Chartered Surveyors, BLB Chartered Surveyors	24 Feb 2027	£0
TWBC & MBC Stationery and Office Supplies	Banner Group Limited	28 Feb 2027	£40,000
TWBC & MBC Stationery and Office Supplies	Banner Group Limited	28 Feb 2027	£300,000
TWBC & MBC Stationery and Office Supplies	Bates Office Services	28 Feb 2027	£30,000
Cleaning and Hygiene Maintenance	Calibre Cleaning Ltd	30 Apr 2027	Not published
Streetlighting Scouting, Inspection and Maintenance	PSR Lighting & Signs Ltd	31 Jul 2027	Not published
Streetlighting Scouting, Inspection and Maintenance	PSR Lighting & Signs Ltd	1 Sept 2027	£160,000
Tunbridge Wells - Commercial Waste Services	Countrystyle Group	9 Mar 2028 estimated	£64,678

Soonest 10 of 11 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 56 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
TWBC - Hawkenbury Recreation GroundGrounds-maintenance equipment	Open	12 Oct 2026	£300,000
TWBC Invitation to Tender Term Contract 20276 lotsBuilding-inspection services	Awarded / complete	2 Nov 2026	£0
TWBC Property Term Contract 2027 - Lots 3A, 3B, 3C & 4 (Mechanical, HVAC, Water Hygiene & Lift Maintenance)4 lotsAir-conditioning installations	Open	25 Sept 2026	£2,760,000
Local Plan Evidence FrameworkFramework8 lotsEnvironmental issues consultancy services	Awarded / complete	25 Sept 2026	£5,000,000
TWBC - Assembly Hall Theatre SecuritySecurity services	Open	16 Sept 2026	£250,000
TWBC - Benhall Mill Road Parks DepotBuilding construction work	Awarded / complete	21 Aug 2026	£638,000
TWBC - Payment KioskAutomatic cash dispensers	Open	20 Aug 2026	£0
Planning Department Consultation Software	Awarded / complete	11 Aug 2026	—
Bacs Payment SystemIndustry specific software package	Open	10 Aug 2026	£60,000
TWBC - Green Belt Study	Awarded / complete	27 Jul 2026	—
Car Park and Driveway Surfaces at Kent and Sussex Crematorium and Cemetery	Awarded / complete	27 Jul 2026	—
Provision of Air Quality Data Management Services to the Kent and Medway Air Quality Monitoring NetworkEnvironmental engineering consultancy services	Awarded / complete	24 Jul 2026	£384,000
Capital Investment Agreement	Awarded / complete	3 Jul 2026	—
Demolition and Renewal of The Cemetery Chapel Waiting Room and WC's, Benhall Mill Road,TN2 5JJBuilding construction work	Awarded / complete	23 Jun 2026	£230,000
TWBC - Stock Condition SurveysBuilding services	Awarded / complete	22 Jun 2026	£0
Tunbridge Wells Property Holding Audit	Awarded / complete	10 Jun 2026	—
South West Kent Waste Partnership - Household Recycling, Waste Collection And Street Cleansing Contract 2027Household-refuse collection services	Awarded / complete	23 Apr 2026	£266,000,000
TWBC - Exhibitions design and fabrication servicesMuseum services	Open	31 Mar 2026	£30,000
Invitation to Tender For Relining of Pond at Kent & Sussex CrematoriumConstruction work for water projects	Awarded / complete	16 Mar 2026	£0
TWBC - Housing Needs Study to Inform the Royal Tunbridge Wells Town Centre PlanEnvironmental institution building or planning	Awarded / complete	4 Mar 2026	£20,000

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Contracts Finder adds 78 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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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. 37 of 42 published contracts have an end date; 4 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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