Free Guide: Chichester Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Chichester District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£910.6m
Transactions
25,618
Suppliers
1,257
Key Takeaways
- £910.6 million in recorded spend across 25,618 transactions since 2012
- 1,257 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 155 and top-5 share of 19.8%
- £91.4 million in tender pipeline value across 7 published tenders
How big a buyer is Chichester?
Chichester District Council covers 303.5 square miles of West Sussex with a population of around 121,500. It's a non-metropolitan district, so its remit is narrower than a unitary or county council. But the spending adds up. Our data shows £910.6 million in recorded spend across 25,618 transactions, drawn from 38 source files and spanning 2012 to 2026. That's a decent volume for a district council of this size. The data comes from chichester.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to December 2025. On the contracts side, we hold 4 published contracts worth a combined £3.5 million. There are also 7 tenders in the pipeline valued at £91.4 million. For a bid manager sizing up Chichester, the transaction-level spend data gives you the most complete picture of where the money actually goes. The contract and tender records add useful context around formal procurement activity.
Spread wide, with construction on top
Chichester spreads its spending across a lot of suppliers. Of the 1,262 matched suppliers in our dataset, no single company dominates. The HHI sits at just 155, which is very low, and the top five suppliers account for only 19.8% of recorded spend. The top ten take 30.8%. That's an unusually flat distribution. Mildren Construction leads with £6.5 million, followed by Veolia ES at £3.5 million and Grundon Waste Management at £2.8 million. Construction is the largest sector at 16.9% of spend across 113 suppliers, with admin and support services (12.6%) and IT and communications (12.0%) close behind. Professional and technical services pulls in £6.7 million from 181 identified suppliers, making it the most crowded category by supplier count. Spend is genuinely distributed here. If you're looking at this council, competition looks broad based on what our data covers.
What does the procurement pipeline actually look like?
The one contract in our records with procurement method detail was awarded through open competition at £3.5 million. The tender pipeline carries more weight here. Seven tenders are recorded with a combined value of £91.4 million, which dwarfs the formal contract value and suggests some larger procurements are moving through or have moved through the system. Across 25,618 transactions in the payment data, individual payment values will vary widely, but the volume and breadth tell you a lot about how Chichester actually operates. Spending spans 22 different sectors and over 1,250 identified suppliers. The payment records show a council that buys frequently and from a wide base, with construction, admin services and IT each pulling in double-digit shares of total spend. For anyone tracking where Chichester's procurement activity is headed, the tender pipeline and the transaction-level patterns are where the real detail sits.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MILDREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £6,527,637 |
| 2 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £3,500,000 |
| 3 | GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £2,776,995 |
| 4 | BROWNE JACOBSON LLP | £2,466,264 |
| 5 | WETTON CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED | £2,210,951 |
| 6 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £2,044,635 |
| 7 | MERLCOT HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD | £2,013,035 |
| 8 | CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE | £2,005,125 |
| 9 | NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED | £1,795,002 |
| 10 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £1,773,928 |
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CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
