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Public sector contracts from Sunderland City Council

Sunderland City Council is a local authority that has published 326 contract awards since 2021.

21 of those were awarded in the last twelve months. Across the whole period it has used 304 different suppliers.

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21
Awards, last 12 months
326
Awards since 2021
304
Distinct suppliers
£94k
Median contract value
46
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 21 Sept 2026. Value figures cover the 324 of 326 contracts where a value was published.

Coming up for renewal

46 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.

Overview

Published contract values total £246.1m, across the 324 contracts that state one, with a median of £94k. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

Its most active procurement category is education and training.

BLOOM Procurement services Limited appears most frequently, holding 22 awards.

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

Awards per quarter

Q3 2410Q4 2422Q1 2528Q2 2540Q3 257Q4 255Q1 269Q3 266

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
Care and Support Services with Extra Care HousingSUNDERLAND HOME CARE ASSOCIATES (20-20) LIMITEDNot stated21 Sept 2026
Learning, Skills and Employability Service Adult Skills Programme Flexible FrameworkFIRST FACE TO FACE LTD£3.8m11 Aug 2026
Houghton DepotMELDRUM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP LIMITED£10.1m7 Aug 2026
Travel Management ServicesPERK UK LIMITED£2.3m1 Aug 2026
Insurance Claims Handling Legal ServicesFORBES SOLICITORS LLP£300k10 Jul 2026
Gritter Hire for 3 Winter SeasonsEcon Engineering Limited£700k2 Jul 2026
Highways EngineerBloom Procurement Services£90k31 Mar 2026
Provision of a Financial Support On-line PlatformLightning Social Ventures Limited£87k30 Mar 2026
Refurbishment of Existing Play Areas at East Herrington Park Play Area, Crowe Lane, Sunderland. SR3 3TE and Barnes Park, Barnes Park Road, Sunderland. SR4 7PYBRAMBLEDOWN LANDSCAPE SERVICES LIMITED£45k12 Mar 2026
THE PURCHASE OF 61 LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLESMotus Group (UK) Ltd t/a Pentagon Derby£1.8m2 Mar 2026
Court of Protection Case Management SystemTrojan Consultants Ltd£89k26 Feb 2026
GB-Sunderland: TPPL Sunderland City Council HCC Lot 2 - 61 x LCVs (28797)Motus Commercials Derby£1.8m13 Feb 2026
Business Case Development for Inner Ring Road Western Section SchemeAECOM£46k6 Feb 2026
Windows Desktop Devices and Mobile Phone ReplacementProbrand Limited£791k5 Feb 2026
Building Condition SurveysFairhurst Group LLP£110k28 Jan 2026
Provision of a Library Management System and Accompanying ServicesSirsi Limited£36k26 Nov 2025
Elemore Park landscape Infrastructure WorksBRAMBLEDOWN LANDSCAPE SERVICES LIMITED£100k5 Nov 2025
Supply of Pest Control ProductsKILLGERM CHEMICALS LIMITED£80k28 Oct 2025
Cloud Secure Web Gateway Package & Accompanying ServicesSoftcat Plc£241k24 Oct 2025
VMware Licenses, Support and Maintenance.Phoenix Software Ltd£79k8 Oct 2025

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01BLOOM Procurement services Limited22 awards
  2. 02Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd7 awards
  3. 03Probrand Limited5 awards
  4. 04Fairhurst Group LLP5 awards
  5. 05CIVICA UK Limited4 awards
  6. 06SoftCat PLC4 awards
  7. 07Phoenix Software LTD4 awards
  8. 08BCE Northern Limited4 awards
  9. 09Compass Community Transport Ltd3 awards
  10. 10T Manners & Sons Limited3 awards
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Common questions

Sunderland City Council, in short

Who does Sunderland City Council award contracts to?

Across 326 contracts recorded since 2021, Sunderland City Council has used 304 different suppliers. The most frequent are BLOOM Procurement services Limited (22 contracts), Brambledown Landscape Services Ltd (7 contracts), Probrand Limited (5 contracts).

What does Sunderland City Council buy?

Its most active procurement categories are education and training, business and professional services, construction works. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

When do Sunderland City Council contracts come up for renewal?

46 contracts awarded by Sunderland City Council have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 26 Sept 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does Sunderland City Council spend on contracts?

Published values total £246.1m across the 324 contracts that state one, with a median of £94k. 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.