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# Wolverhampton City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council-ons-e08000031). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Wolverhampton City Council is a Local authority based in West Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 357 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Wolverhampton City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** West Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PVBV-7568-LBLL` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 357
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £169m (median award: £100k) across 111 of 146 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COUNCIL), ons-geography (Wolverhampton), rsh-social-housing (City of Wolverhampton Council), nhs-ods (WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council-ons-e08000031

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 23 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 13% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 23 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 191 (90%), Framework: 21 (10%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Route not published: 99 (47%), Open: 62 (29%), Limited / restricted: 41 (19%), Direct award: 6 (3%), Selective: 4 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 50 notices, last 24 months (24% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 30 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
3. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 22 notices, last 24 months (10% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 19 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
5. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 13 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-royal-wolverhampton-nhs-trust-GB-FTS-117596):** 7 procedures
2. **[Base 25](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/base-25-coh-03514910):** 6 procedures
3. **[Nacro](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nacro-coh-00203583):** 4 procedures
4. **[St Giles Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/st-giles-trust-coh-02175146):** 4 procedures
5. **[The Haven Wolverhampton](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-haven-wolverhampton-coh-03159029):** 3 procedures (5 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Nacro](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nacro-coh-00203583):** £35m · [Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/drug-and-alcohol-treatment-and-recovery-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05817f) · Awarded: 5 Aug 2025
2. **[Nacro](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/nacro-coh-00203583):** £33m · [PP17008 - Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pp17008-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-and-recovery-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05591d)
3. **[Keon Homes Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/keon-homes-limited-coh-11643845):** £20m · [CWC23084 Task 7 - Lincoln Green, Bushbury and Wood End](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cwc23084-task-7-lincoln-green-bushbury-and-wood-end-ocds-h6vhtk-0680ab)
4. **[McPhillips (Wellington) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mcphillips-wellington-limited-coh-00832117):** £13m · [Hickman Avenue Fleet and Council Service Facility Works](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hickman-avenue-fleet-and-council-service-facility-works-ocds-h6vhtk-051e3f) · Awarded: 20 May 2026
5. **[Keon Homes Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/keon-homes-limited-coh-11643845):** £9.4m · [CWC23084 - Task 10 Heath Town](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cwc23084-task-10-heath-town-ocds-h6vhtk-06c34b)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 22
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 33
- **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 Wolverhampton City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council-ons-e08000031#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wolverhampton-city-council-ons-e08000031
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt