Wrexham County Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtNHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACYLocal authorityWales (Cymru)WrexhamCentral purchasing body on 19 of 198 notices

Official UK PPONPJHN-6516-JQNZWebsitewrexham.gov.uk ↗

Open now4next deadline 7 Oct 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months145+174% vs prior 12 months (53)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot417.4% single-bid · 69 bid reports
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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 69 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share8%of 140 awarded procedures · 167 suppliers
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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.

140 awarded tenders, 167 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months3512 within 6 months
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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 award value, 24m£412mnet · on 121 of 141 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 87%
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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

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

What they buy
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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

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

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 86% (171 notices)
  • Framework 14% (27 notices)
Procedure route
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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.

  • Open 58% (114 notices)
  • Direct award 20% (39 notices)
  • Route not published 12% (24 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 10% (19 notices)
  • Selective 1% (2 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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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 69 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

4robust · n=6917.4% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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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 58 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

26 daysrobust · n=58
Notice amendments
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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 198 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

092 of 198 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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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 50 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

1.3% below estimaterobust · n=50

Who wins here
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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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Adferiad Recovery64.3%4916 Jan 2026
Groundwork North Wales32.1%3614 Jul 2026
Grosvenor ApTec21.4%222 Mar 2026
BRYNBUILD LIMITED21.4%2212 Mar 2026
Motus Commercials21.4%2230 Jul 2026
Axel-Elex Ltd T/A Curti Lifts21.4%222 Jul 2026
Econ Engineering Ltd21.4%2220 Jul 2026
A.Parry Construction Co. Ltd.framework/DPS on 121.4%222 Sept 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 140 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 167 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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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.

£412mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 121 of 141 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 87%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£191k middle valuerobust · n=121Middle half £57k–£546k; 8 duplicate amounts excluded from both figures (heuristic for republished framework ceilings).
Largest published awards
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The 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.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
New Era – Supported Living Services for Young People (Proc-24-210)Castell Ventures Ltd26 Aug 20257.1 yrs · up to 10.1 yrs£336,837,120
≈ £48m/yr
Museum of Two Halves Project, Wrexham - Enabling and Shell & Core Works PackageSWG Construction (Build and Renovate) Ltd—3 yrs£5,540,000 †
≈ £1.8m/yr
Museum of Two Halves – Base Build Construction Works (Shell & Core)SWG Construction (Build and Renovate) Ltd—3 yrs£5,436,517 †
≈ £1.8m/yr
Museum of Two Halves Project, Wrexham - Enabling and Shell & Core Works PackageSWG Construction (Build and Renovate) Ltd—2.8 yrs£5,196,074 †
≈ £1.8m/yr
Electrical Installation Condition Report Testing (Domestic and non-domestic) for Wrexham County Borough CouncilMike Pryde Electrical Services Ltd6 Feb 20262 yrs · up to 6 yrs£4,332,000
≈ £2.2m/yr

Contracts ending
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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 · 104 of 147 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 35 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 265 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Proc-26-84 Heritage and Traditional Skills ProjectSecondary education servicesAwarded / complete23 Sept 2026£112,320
Proc-26-121- License to Occupy and Business Opportunity for Wraparound Care Provision at St Marys Catholic SchoolChild daycare servicesPlanning21 Sept 2026£36,000
Proc-26-77 Provision of Statutory Childcare Training2 lotsHealth and social work servicesAwarded / complete17 Sept 2026£154,000
Riparian Buffer Opportunity Assessment and Delivery ReviewAwarded / complete16 Sept 2026—
Emergency Support Worker StaffFrameworkSocial work and related servicesAwarded / complete15 Sept 2026£745,854
Award of Contract for Project Management and Quantity Surveying Services for a New School BuildArchitectural and building-surveying servicesAwarded / complete11 Sept 2026£500,000
Connect to Work: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) - WrexhamCareer guidance servicesAwarded / complete10 Sept 2026£1,570,000
Proc-24-186 | Design & Public Consultation for phase 2 & 3 of Mold Road Active TravelDesign consultancy servicesAwarded / complete9 Sept 2026£416,666
Framework for the Provision of Flat Roof Repairs & Planned WorksFramework2 lotsRoof works and other special trade construction worksAwarded / complete8 Sept 2026£680,000
itt_127141 - WGCD Mini Comp | Weighted Kerbside recycling sacks & Battery recycling sacksPolythene waste and refuse sacks and bagsOpen3 Sept 2026£198,400
Provision of Independent Fraud Risk Assessment ServicesInternal audit servicesPlanning2 Sept 2026£20,000
Proc-25-303 | Highways and Civil Engineering Minor WorkConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Awarded / complete2 Sept 2026£3,000,000
Proc-26-112AA - WCBC Catering Supplies - Sandwiches and Associated Products Framework (TUCO)FrameworkAwarded / complete1 Sept 2026—
A483 - Bangor Road (Junction 2) and Ruthin Road (Junction 4) Barrier RepairsAwarded / complete1 Sept 2026—
Supply and Installation of Esless Lane Cycleway BridgeConstruction workAwarded / complete27 Aug 2026£200,000
School Decorating ServicesAwarded / complete25 Aug 2026—
Proc-26-102 | Hire of GrittersAwarded / complete18 Aug 2026—
Proc-26-104 | Wrexham City Centre ModellingAwarded / complete17 Aug 2026—
WG Mini Comp | Proc-26-04-2-1 Hire of 26T Gritter - Winter MaintenanceGritter vehiclesAwarded / complete17 Aug 2026£32,000
Proc-26-22 | Purchase of 3 x 26t refuse collection vehiclesAwarded / complete12 Aug 2026—

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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 (£117m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 151 award records on 123 procedures (141 to a single canonical supplier, 10 multi-supplier). 49 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
  • 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: 104 of 147 published contracts carry a period end; 35 end within 18 months, 12 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (5 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-1082GB-FTS-167823GB-FTS-169721GB-FTS-52091GB-FTS-86739

Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PJHN-6516-JQNZ