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Public sector contracts from Medway Council

Medway Council is a local authority that has published 17 contract awards since 2021.

5 of those were awarded in the last twelve months. Across the whole period it has used 35 different suppliers.

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5
Awards, last 12 months
17
Awards since 2021
35
Distinct suppliers
£4.1m
Median contract value
5
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 25 Aug 2026.

Coming up for renewal

5 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.

ContractIncumbentValueExpires
Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium4 suppliers (framework)£4.1m31 Dec 2026
Virtual Weight Management SupportDiabetes Digital Media (DDM)£80k30 Mar 2027
Virtual Weight Management SupportDiabetes Digital Media (DDM)£80k30 Mar 2027
Provision of a Family Time ServiceFamily ActionCharity£1.2m31 Mar 2027
Support to Live at Home Services13 suppliers (framework)£50.0m31 Mar 2028

Overview

Published contract values total £238.1m, with a median of £4.1m. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

Its most active procurement category is health and social care.

The Forward Trust appears most frequently, holding 2 awards.

5 contracts held with this organisation are due to expire within the next eighteen months.

Awards per quarter

Q3 241Q2 262Q3 263

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
All Age Service Substance MisuseTHE FORWARD TRUSTCharity£25.9m25 Aug 2026
Medway Assessment Centre (MAC)Caring Hands - KING'S CHURCH MEDWAY£1.0m14 Aug 2026
Supply, Installation, Operation & Maintenance of On Street EV Charging Points (LEVI)Believ Ltd£30.0m4 Aug 2026
Virtual Weight Management SupportDiabetes Digital Media (DDM)£80k3 Jun 2026
Virtual Weight Management SupportDiabetes Digital Media (DDM)£80k16 Apr 2026
Provision of an Assessment Bed ServiceVictory Care Home Ltd£1.1m10 Sept 2024
GB-Chatham: TPPL Medway Council NEPO HGV Lot 2 - 46 x RCVs (20302)Dennis Eagle Limited£11.9m22 Jul 2024
Support to Live at Home Services13 suppliers (framework)£50.0m1 Feb 2024
Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium4 suppliers (framework)£4.1m10 Oct 2023
Provision of Health Visiting and School Nursing ServicesMedway Community Healthcare£35.2m10 Oct 2023
Provision of a Family Time ServiceFamily ActionCharity£1.2m25 Jan 2023
Provision of a Medway Adult Substance Treatment, Harm Reduction and Recovery ServiceThe Forward TrustCharity£13.8m5 Jan 2023
All-Age Advocacy Hub and Right to Representation for Children Service2 suppliers (framework)£1.5m31 Aug 2022
Accommodation Based Housing Related Support Services5 suppliers (framework)£4.5m1 Feb 2022
Housing Related Floating Support ServicesAMAT£2.0m1 Feb 2022
Children's Residential Assessment UnitFive Rivers Child Care Limited£55.0m22 Jun 2021
Occupational Health Services - Medway CouncilEast Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust£700k31 May 2021

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01The Forward TrustCharity2 awards
  2. 02Diabetes Digital Media Limited2 awards
  3. 03Five Rivers Child Care Limited1 award
  4. 04Agincare Group Limited1 award
  5. 05Angels Care Solutions Limited1 award
  6. 06Boldglen Ltd1 award
  7. 07Care Outlook Limited1 award
  8. 08Everycare Medway/Swale Ltd1 award
  9. 09Gravity Care Services Ltd1 award
  10. 10Independent Care and Support Ltd1 award

How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector

To small businesses (SMEs)55%

60 of 110 awards

To the voluntary sector16%

3 of 19 awards

Awards since October 2023 where Medway 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.

The CPV codes on this work

The codes Medway Council classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.

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Common questions

Medway Council, in short

Who does Medway Council award contracts to?

Across 17 contracts recorded since 2021, Medway Council has used 35 different suppliers. The most frequent are The Forward Trust (2 contracts), Diabetes Digital Media Limited (2 contracts), Five Rivers Child Care Limited (1 contracts).

What does Medway Council buy?

Its most active procurement categories are health and social care, property and estates, vehicles and transport equipment. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

When do Medway Council contracts come up for renewal?

5 contracts awarded by Medway Council have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Dec 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does Medway Council spend on contracts?

Published values total £238.1m across the 17 contracts that state one, with a median of £4.1m. These are the values published on award notices, which for frameworks are ceilings rather than money actually spent.

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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.

How to cite this data

Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Medway Council [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/medway-council (Accessed: 7 October 2026).

The figures change as notices are published, so the citation carries the date you read them.