Free Guide: Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2016 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£454.8m
Transactions
47,345
Suppliers
1,529
Key Takeaways
- £455 million in recorded spend across 47,345 transactions since 2016
- £128 million went to Lovell Partnerships alone, driving heavy construction concentration
- 65 tenders worth £13.1 million published, with 107 contracts on record
How big a buyer is Kings Lynn and West Norfolk?
For a non-metropolitan district covering 556 square miles of west Norfolk with a population of around 151,000, this council moves a lot of money. Our data shows £454.8 million in recorded spend across 47,345 transactions, drawn from 72 source files covering 2016 to 2026. That works out to roughly £45 million a year on average, though spend will not be evenly distributed. We have matched 1,571 suppliers against Companies House records, spread across 22 sectors. The council publishes via its own website and Find a Tender, and the data has been collected through to November 2025. On the formal procurement side, there are 107 contracts and 65 tenders worth a combined £13.1 million on record. The transaction-level spending data is where the real picture sits, and it tells you this is an active buyer with a broad supplier base.
One contractor dominates the spend picture
Lovell Partnerships accounts for £128 million of the recorded spend we hold for this council. That is a striking concentration around a single construction firm, and it pushes the top-5 supplier share to 62.6% of all matched spend. The HHI sits at 2,444, which is moderately concentrated but clearly pulled upward by that top line. Serco comes in second at £19 million, followed by EDF Energy at £7.6 million, Ameresco at £5.4 million, and A G Carter at £5 million. Construction as a sector takes 54.8% of spend across 161 identified suppliers. Professional and technical services sit a distant second at 11.5%, then manufacturing at 5.1% and IT at 4.9%. If you strip out the Lovell relationship, the remaining spend is spread much more evenly. Beyond the top 10, there are over 1,500 other suppliers in the data, so the long tail is broad even if the head is narrow.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Of the 65 tenders we have tracked, the combined estimated value is £13.1 million. The contract data does not include value breakdowns or method distribution in this dataset, so we cannot split out how many went through open competition versus direct award. What the transaction data does tell you is that spending touches a wide range of categories. Waste management through Norse Environmental Waste Services (£2.9 million), insurance via Zurich (£4.4 million), IT through Bytes Software Services (£1.6 million), and vehicle procurement from Dennis Eagle (£4.5 million) all feature in the top 10. That breadth across sectors suggests procurement activity is not confined to one or two service areas. The council sources from both its own website and Find a Tender, so opportunities do surface through standard channels. For anyone tracking this council, the spending patterns give you a reasonable read on where the money goes and which categories see regular activity.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVELL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £128,052,970 |
| 2 | SERCO LIMITED | £19,031,893 |
| 3 | EDF ENERGY LIMITED | £7,567,555 |
| 4 | AMERESCO LIMITED | £5,392,832 |
| 5 | A G CARTER LIMITED | £4,982,516 |
| 6 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £4,491,335 |
| 7 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £4,434,284 |
| 8 | NORSE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £2,895,747 |
| 9 | BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED | £1,611,891 |
| 10 | PHELAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1,411,007 |
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