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Public sector contracts from Bedford Borough Council
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- 132
- Awards, last 12 months
- 536
- Awards since 2021
- 487
- Distinct suppliers
- £88k
- Median contract value
- 96
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- 44 contracts end in the next 6 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 144 new suppliers in the last 12 months
132 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 145 the year before, and 536 since 2021 from 487 suppliers.
Bedford Borough Council at a glance
The median published contract value is £88k (476 contracts state a value).
Its most active procurement category is health and social care.
Smart Criminal Justice Services appears most frequently, holding 11 awards.
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96 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Latest contract awards
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Latest activity
What Bedford Borough Council has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
2 Nov 2026 (6 days ago)
28 Oct 2026 (11 days ago)
28 Oct 2026 (11 days ago)
28 Oct 2026 (11 days ago)
23 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago)
13 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Tender published
Supply & Delivery of various City & Guilds Training Courses & Certification
Closes 23 Nov 2026
23 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
18 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Refurbishment of the Irrigation System at Mowsbury Golf Course, Bedford - Phase 1 - AWARD
Awarded to Turfcare Leisure Services Ltd
17 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Robinson Pool Boiler replacement Project 25051 - Re-tender due to error in documents - AWARD
Awarded to Bradbury Plumbers Ltd
13 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
Contract award
Rural Community Support Service (RCSS)
Awarded to Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity
12 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
8 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
8 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
1 Jun 2026 (5 months ago)
21 May 2026 (6 months ago)
5 May 2026 (6 months ago)
Contract award
New Perimeter Fencing within Brickhill Primary School
Awarded to KCS Projects and Security Ltd
4 May 2026 (6 months ago)
28 Apr 2026 (6 months ago)
23 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
20 Apr 2026 (7 months ago)
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Most frequent suppliers
- Smart Criminal Justice Services11 awards
- Canoe Trail Ltd6 awards
- J Flint Electrical Contractors Ltd6 awards
- Dial4care Recruitment Ltd5 awards
- Ace Fire & Security Systems Ltd5 awards
- Webcurl Limited5 awards
- SSG Services (Est 2003) Limited5 awards
- IDOX SOFTWARE Ltd5 awards
- Autism Bedfordshire5 awards
- Greenwich Leisure Limited4 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
221 of 348 awards
8 of 319 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Bedford Borough Council recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Bedford Borough Council with a profile148
- Academy21 Limited1
- Achieve Together Limited1
- Activate Management LimitedSME2
- AGGREKO UK Limited1
- Alliance Leisure Services Limited1
- Arcus Global Limited1
- Athena Housing and Support LTDSME2
- Barnardo Services Limited1
- BEAM Up Ltd4
- Bedfordshire Supported Housing LimitedSME1
- Biogen ( UK ) Limited2
- Blachere Illumination UK Limited1
- BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory & Property Management UK Limited1
- BOXXE LImited1
- Brandon Hire Station Ltd1
- Breheny Civil Engineering Limited2
- Breyer Group PLC3
- Brightwells Limited1
- British Red Cross SocietyCharity3
- BROXAP Ltd2
- Buchanan Computing Limited1
- BUPA Care Homes (CFCHomes) Limited1
- Bureau Veritas UK Limited1
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited3
- CACI Limited1
- CAPITA Business Services Limited3
- Carter Jonas LLP2
- CDPSoft Limited1
- Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust1
- Chase Services Group LTD1
- Churchill Contract Services Limited1
- Citisense LTD2
- CIVICA UK Limited1
- Community Catalysts CICSMECIC2
- Connected Kerb Limited2
- Connection Support1
- Constellia Public LTD1
- Contenur (UK) Limited2
- COOLSPIRiT Ltd1
- Cornerstone Chambers Limited2
- Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited1
- Cromwell Polythene Limited1
- Crowdguard Limited1
- Daisy Corporate Services Trading LTD1
- Danfo (UK) Limited1
- David Miles & Partners Limited1
- Dawsongroup Environmental Municipal Civil Limited1
- Dennis Eagle LTD1
- Deyton Bell Limited2
- Edenred (UK Group) LimitedSME1
- ESRI (UK) Limited2
- Faithful + Gould Limited1
- Family First Fostering Ltd1
- FM Conway Limited2
- Foster Care Associates Limited1
- G & S Hutchinson Limited2
- Geotechnical Engineering LimitedSME1
- Gerald Eve LLP1
- Glendale Countryside Limited2
- Govtech Solutions LTD1
- Greenwich Leisure Limited4
- Gristwood and Toms Limited2
- Groundwork EastCharity2
- GSH Facilities Management Limited1
- H W Martin Waste Limited1
- Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited1
- Haymarket Media Group LTD1
- Henderson and Taylor (Public Works) Limited1
- Heywood Limited1
- Holcim UK Limited1
- Hopwells Limited1
- IDOX SOFTWARE Ltd5
- Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions Limited1
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited1
- Intelligent Data Collection LimitedSME1
- JADE Security Services2
- Jameela TravelSME2
- JCDecaux UK Limited1
- JENOPTIK Traffic Solutions UK Ltd1
- JENOPTIK UK Limited1
- JISC Services LimitedCharity1
- Kier Highways Limited1
- KOMPAN Limited4
- kpmg LLP1
- KS Care Ltd1
- KYOCERA Document Solutions (UK) Limited1
- Landmark ChambersSME2
- Learning Pool LTD1
- Lift and Engineering Services Limited1
- Lucion Services Limited3
- Matrix SCM Limited3
- Mayfair Homecare Limited1
- Mega Resources LTDSME1
- MetaCompliance Limited1
- Michael Page Limited2
- Millstream Estate Services LimitedSME1
- MPD FM Limited1
- National Teaching and Advisory Service1
- Nationwide Data Collection Limited1
- NEC Software Solutions (UK) Limited3
- New Earth Solutions (West) Ltd T/A Mid-UK Recycling1
- Newton Consulting Limited1
- NPower Limited1
- Outspoken Training LLP1
- OverDrive, Inc1
- Pearson Education Limited1
- PrePaid Financial Services (PFS) Ltd1
- Prospero Group Limited1
- Quadient UK Limited1
- Rhodar Industrial Services Limited2
- RJ Lift Services LTD1
- Rockford Associates Limited1
- Sage Care Limited1
- Sentinel Group Security Limited1
- SMI INT Group Limited2
- SOFTCAT PlC1
- Solutions 4 Health LTD1
- Southern Counties Roofing Contractors Limited1
- St Giles TrustCharity1
- St. John AmbulanceCharity1
- Stannah Lift Services LTD1
- Sterling Hydrotech Limited1
- Stonewater Limited2
- Sunbelt Rentals Limited1
- Symology Limited1
- SySTRA LIMITED1
- Teletrac Navman (UK) Limited1
- The CGM Group (East Anglia) Limited1
- Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design LTD1
- Tile Hill Interim & Executive LTD1
- Tradebe Healthcare National Limited1
- Trapeze Group (UK) LTd1
- Travelers Insurance Company Limited1
- Trest Limited1
- UCL Consultants LTD1
- UNIT4 Business Software Limited3
- University Of Southampton2
- VALTECH Limited1
- Venn Group Limited1
- Ventro LTD1
- Vivedia Limited1
- Welfare Call (LAC) LTD1
- Wessex Lift Company Limited1
- Winchmore Tutors Ltd1
- Your NRG Limited2
- YTKO LimitedSME1
- Zellis UK LIMITED2
- Zurich Municipal PLC1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Bedford Borough Council classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 85000000Health and social work services62
- 79952000Event services20
- 85320000Social services16
- 85300000Social work and related services14
- 48000000Software package and information systems14
- 45000000Construction work12
- 98341000Accommodation services8
- 85311300Welfare services for children and young people7
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Bedford Borough Council, in short
Who does Bedford Borough Council award contracts to?
Across 536 contracts recorded since 2021, Bedford Borough Council has used 487 different suppliers. The most frequent are Smart Criminal Justice Services (11 contracts), Canoe Trail Ltd (6 contracts), J Flint Electrical Contractors Ltd (6 contracts).
What does Bedford Borough Council buy?
Its most active procurement categories are health and social care, catering and accommodation, business and professional services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Bedford Borough Council contracts come up for renewal?
96 contracts awarded by Bedford Borough Council have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 11 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Bedford Borough Council spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £88k, across the 476 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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Buyers like Bedford Borough Council
Other local authorities based in the East of England with a page56
Same type of body, by the address on their own notices. Most published awards first.
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards have stayed broadly level. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 133, 145 and 132. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- 44 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 8 November 2026 and 8 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 144 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 28 Oct 2026 (11 days ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 476 of 536 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Bedford Borough Council [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/bedford-borough-council (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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