Free Guide: Lichfield Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Lichfield District Council · Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£0
Transactions
15,154
Suppliers
764
Key Takeaways
- 15,154 transactions tracked across 800 matched suppliers from 2012 to 2026
- 37.5% of recorded spend goes to just five suppliers, with fleet and waste dominating
- 33 tenders worth £12.35 million published, with 22 contract records but only one formal procurement notice
A small district council with a long spending trail
Lichfield is a non-metropolitan district in Staffordshire, covering 127.8 square miles with a population of around 105,600. It is not a big buyer by any measure, but our dataset holds 15,154 payment transactions spanning 2012 to 2026, drawn from 102 source files across four data sources including Lichfield's own open data portal and Find a Tender. Across those transactions, we've matched 800 suppliers to Companies House records. Recorded contract value sits at £246,500, while published tenders total £12.35 million. The payment data tells the fuller story here. With no combined authority sitting above it and district-level responsibilities rather than county-level ones, Lichfield's buying profile leans towards operational services, waste, fleet management, and property maintenance rather than large-scale infrastructure or social care. If you're used to pitching unitary authorities, expect smaller contract sizes here.
Fleet services and waste collection eat most of the budget
Specialist Fleet Services tops the identified supplier list at £4.14 million in recorded spend, followed by LWM Traded Services at £3.36 million and Biffa Waste Services at £2.88 million. Those three alone account for a large chunk of what we've tracked. The top five suppliers take 37.5% of recorded spend, and the top ten account for 51.6%. But with an HHI of 377, the overall market is unconcentrated. That tells you the spend outside the top tier is spread across many smaller suppliers. Administrative and support services lead the sector breakdown at 22.1% of spend across 93 identified suppliers. Construction follows at 13.7% with 59 suppliers, and waste management and IT each sit around 10.4%. Professional and technical services account for 9.5% spread across 120 suppliers, the widest supplier base of any sector. Competition at the lower end of the spend table looks genuinely open.
Where are all the contracts?
This is the unusual bit. Our data holds 22 contract records for Lichfield, worth a combined £246,500, but just one formal procurement notice, awarded through an open procedure. Against that, there are 33 published tenders valued at £12.35 million. The payment transaction data, with over 15,000 records, is where the real depth sits. Lichfield appears to publish its spending transparently through its open data portal, but formal contract notices are sparse. For a district council of this size, much of the buying likely falls below mandatory publication thresholds. The single procurement notice we do have went through open tender, so there is no pattern to read into procurement method preferences from that alone. The tender pipeline at £12.35 million gives you a better sense of upcoming and recent opportunity flow. Lichfield's own procurement portal may carry additional detail on live opportunities.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPECIALIST FLEET SERVICES LIMITED | £4,142,517 |
| 2 | LWM TRADED SERVICES LTD | £3,364,753 |
| 3 | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £2,884,014 |
| 4 | STEPNELL LIMITED | £2,390,114 |
| 5 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £1,688,080 |
| 6 | SMART SOLUTIONS (RECRUITMENT) LIMITED | £1,640,706 |
| 7 | THE BEST CONNECTION LIMITED | £1,355,314 |
| 8 | GREENER COMPOSTING LIMITED | £962,516 |
| 9 | COLEMAN & COMPANY LIMITED | £763,448 |
| 10 | MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD | £735,172 |
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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.
