Free Guide: Arun Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Arun District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£437.8m
Transactions
71,434
Suppliers
1,252
Key Takeaways
- £438 million in recorded spend across 71,434 transactions from 2018 to 2026
- 1,252 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market, HHI of 564
- £329 million in live and recent tenders across 12 published opportunities
How much does Arun actually spend?
Arun District Council covers 85.3 square miles of the West Sussex coast with a population of around 161,000. For a non-metropolitan district, it moves a fair amount of money. Our data shows £438 million in recorded spend across 71,434 transactions, drawn from 88 source files spanning 2018 to 2026. That works out at roughly £55 million a year on average, though annual figures will vary. On the tenders side, 12 published opportunities carry a combined value of around £329 million. The council publishes through its own site and Find a Tender Service, and our latest collection dates from November 2025. With 1,258 matched suppliers in the dataset, there is a broad base of commercial relationships to examine. If you're scoping this council as a prospect, the transaction volume alone tells you it is an active buyer with regular purchasing cycles.
Construction dominates, but one waste contract towers over everything
Biffa Municipal sits at the top of the supplier list with £47.6 million in recorded spend, almost four times more than the next supplier. That single relationship, tied to waste management, accounts for most of the 21.8% of spend flowing to the water, sewerage and waste sector. After Biffa, the picture is heavily construction-led. Six of the top ten identified suppliers are construction firms, and the sector as a whole takes 28.8% of matched spend across 176 suppliers. Willmott Dixon (£12.6 million), Neilcott Construction (£8.4 million) and BSW Heating (£6.5 million) all feature prominently. Administrative and support services come in third at 12.0%. Despite the Biffa concentration at the top, the market overall is unconcentrated with an HHI of 564. The top five suppliers account for 37.5% of recorded spend, and the top ten for 47.8%. Beyond those big names, there is a long tail of smaller suppliers.
What does the tender pipeline look like?
Arun has published 12 tenders worth a combined £329 million, which points to some large-value opportunities coming through. The contract data in our records is thinner, with 8 published contracts and no recorded contract values attached to them. Procurement method breakdowns are not available in the current dataset, so it is hard to say how much goes through open competition versus direct awards. What you can see from the spending data is breadth. Professional, scientific and technical services has 211 suppliers despite only accounting for 4.6% of spend, which suggests lots of smaller-value work spread across many firms. IT and communications draws 123 suppliers at 5.2% of spend. For those sectors, the average transaction value is relatively low, and competition for individual pieces of work looks broad. The larger contracts, based on the tender values, are more likely in construction and waste management where the big money sits.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED | £47,570,656 |
| 2 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £12,561,730 |
| 3 | TIVOLI GROUP LIMITED | £9,831,287 |
| 4 | NEILCOTT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £8,355,890 |
| 5 | BSW HEATING LTD | £6,480,872 |
| 6 | WESTONS GROUP LIMITED | £5,151,949 |
| 7 | JD ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £5,100,785 |
| 8 | KEYSTONE FIRE SAFETY LIMITED | £4,932,335 |
| 9 | MEARS GROUP PLC | £4,050,609 |
| 10 | EDBURTON CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £4,035,651 |
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