West Midlands Combined Authority: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Combined-authority·Local authority·West Midlands·Birmingham
Official UK PPONPGMD-1353-PZVX
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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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 21 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.
260 awarded tenders, 304 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.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| The West Midlands Franchising Scheme for Buses Dynamic Market | 29 Jun 2039 | 4656d | £1,500,000,000 |
| Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market (QUDM) for the provision of Small Franchised Bus Services in the West Midlands - The West Midlands Franchising Scheme for Buses | 9 Aug 2039 | 4697d | — |
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
71 Architectural, construction, engineering38 procedures · 14%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting34 procedures · 13%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet14 procedures · 5%45 Construction work13 procedures · 5%60 Transport services (except waste transport)12 procedures · 4% · 2 open50 Repair and maintenance services12 procedures · 4%34 Transport equipment and products11 procedures · 4% · 2 open80 Education and training services8 procedures · 3%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 · 270 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.
- Contract 97% (263 notices)
- Framework 1% (4 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 1% (3 notices)
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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.
- Limited / restricted 54% (147 notices)
- Direct award 16% (44 notices)
- Route not published 14% (39 notices)
- Open 11% (31 notices)
- Selective 3% (9 notices)
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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 21 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 14 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 271 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 16 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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| Mott MacDonald | 10 | 3.8% | 8 | 14 | 28 Sept 2026 |
| Constellia Public Ltd | 8 | 3.1% | 8 | 8 | 3 Sept 2026 |
| Constellia Limited | 8 | 3.1% | 8 | 8 | 20 May 2026 |
| Haigh Rail Limited | 7 | 2.7% | 7 | 7 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| WSP UK Limited | 7 | 2.7% | 3 | 10 | 16 Oct 2025 |
| AECOM LIMITED | 6 | 2.3% | 4 | 6 | 10 Apr 2026 |
| SYSTRA Limited | 5 | 1.9% | 3 | 7 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Diamond Bus Limited | 4 | 1.5% | 4 | 19 | 25 Aug 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 10% of 260 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 304 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 award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
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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| Highway Infrastructure Cleaning | Mitie Cleaning & Environmental Services Ltd | 17 Jun 2026 | 4.8 yrs · up to 9.8 yrs | £34,758,865 ≈ £7.3m/yr |
| Rail Package 2 Camp Hill Line New Stations | Volkerfitzpatrick Ltd | — | — | £27,000,000 † |
| OESS (Onboard Energy Storage Systems) Service Agreement | CAF RAIL UK LIMITED | — | — | £26,662,905 † |
| Media Buying | BBJ&K Ltd | 3 Feb 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £15,000,000 ≈ £5.0m/yr |
| Highway Infrastructure Maintenance | Bus Shelters Ltd | 22 Apr 2026 | 4.8 yrs · up to 9.8 yrs | £14,557,305 ≈ £3.1m/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.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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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.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 170 of 343 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Online Engagement Platform | Commonplace Digital Ltd | 30 Sept 2026 | £25,000 |
| Enhanced Maintenance Support - TVM's | CAMMAX LIMITED | 30 Sept 2026 | £136,710 |
| Midland Metro Limited (MML) - Provision of Tamping Works (Phase 2) | Haigh Rail Limited | 30 Sept 2026 | £264,158 |
| Evaluation for the WMCA investment into Project Polly | Burns Owens Partnership Ltd | 5 Oct 2026 | £31,825 |
| Canal Capacity Study and strategy | DK-CM | 16 Oct 2026 | £39,486 |
| Implementation Support for a Property Asset Management System | KJP UK LIMITED t/a ONE CONSULTING GROUP | 20 Oct 2026 | £68,621 |
| The provision of consultancy services for the development of a Digital Action Plan | Connected Places Catapult Services Ltd | 23 Oct 2026 | £69,380 |
| Employment Support & Supported Employment Cross-Programme Evaluation | York Consulting LLP | 31 Oct 2026 | £144,400 |
| Advisory Due Diligence Support | Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP | 31 Oct 2026 | £1,600,000 |
| SPECIALIST CONSULTANT RESOURCE | THOKOZANI LIMITED | 31 Oct 2026 | £20,000 |
Soonest 10 of 57 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 368 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Provision of Priestfield Mitigations LC084 - Phase 1 - Ballast Distribution Works for Midland Metro Limited (MML)Track construction works | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Provision of Cash Collection & Management Services for Midland Metro LimitedSecurity services | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | — |
| Demolition Works - Longbridge Site | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | — |
| Dudley Port Rail Station Car Park Resurfacing | Awarded / complete | 3 Jul 2026 | — |
| East Birmingham and North Solihull Design and Outline Business CaseHighways consultancy services | Planned | 30 Jun 2026 | — |
| Provision of Goods and Installation for 7 x VECOM Units for Bilston Road (Midland Metro Limited) | Awarded / complete | 26 Jun 2026 | — |
| Legal Due Diligence Advisory ServicesLegal advisory services | Awarded / complete | 25 Jun 2026 | — |
| Strategic Green Belt Review | Awarded / complete | 24 Jun 2026 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£1.3bn, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 283 award records on 224 procedures (279 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier, 2 with no supplier published). 198 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 28 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 170 of 343 published contracts carry a period end; 57 end within 18 months, 25 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (14 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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