Free Guide: Lincolnshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Lincolnshire County Council · County · Yorkshire and The Humber
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£6.0bn
Transactions
1,658,356
Suppliers
6,324
Key Takeaways
- £6 billion in recorded spend across 1.66 million transactions from 2018 to 2026
- 28.1% of matched spend goes to construction, with Balfour Beatty leading at £322 million
- 6,324 identified suppliers and an HHI of 219 point to a wide-open supplier base
£6 billion through the books: what does that buy you?
Lincolnshire is a big buyer. Our data covers £6 billion in recorded spend across 1.66 million transactions, drawn from 86 source files spanning 2018 to 2026. As a county council serving 766,000 people across 2,292 square miles of largely rural territory, that volume makes sense. This is an authority responsible for highways, social care, education, waste, and transport, all of which show up clearly in the spending records. We have matched 6,522 suppliers to company records, giving a solid picture of where the money flows. Contract data is thinner: 644 contracts worth a combined £28 million sit alongside 246 tenders valued at £1.38 billion. That gap between contract records and tender values is worth noting. The tender pipeline alone tells you this council runs large procurements regularly, even if the published contract data only captures a fraction of the full picture.
Construction dominates, but the supplier base is wide open
Four of the top five suppliers by recorded spend are construction firms. Balfour Beatty Living Places leads with £322 million, followed by Galliford Try Infrastructure at £183 million and Vinci Facilities Partnerships at £77 million. Construction accounts for 28.1% of matched spend across 539 identified suppliers. Health and social work is the second largest sector at 20.8%, spread across 734 suppliers. But here is what stands out: the market is not concentrated. An HHI of 219 is very low, and the top five suppliers account for just 25.8% of recorded spend. Even the top ten only reach 33%. For a council this size, that is a broad supplier base. Outside construction, you will find spend spread across education (8.8%), waste management (7%), and transport (6%). If you are not in the roads and buildings space, there is still plenty of activity to look at across 6,324 identified suppliers.
All three published contracts went to open tender
The contract method data here is limited. Of the contracts where procurement method is recorded, we can see just three, and all three went through open competition. Each sits above the procurement threshold, with a median contract value of £833,333. That is a small sample, so it would be a stretch to draw broad conclusions about how Lincolnshire buys. What the tender data tells us is more useful. With 246 tenders worth £1.38 billion on record, this council clearly runs competitive processes for its larger requirements. The average tender value works out at roughly £5.6 million, which fits with the highways and infrastructure profile you would expect from a large county authority. The spending records, by contrast, contain over 1.65 million individual transactions, suggesting a long tail of lower-value purchasing that sits below formal contract thresholds. Worth keeping in mind when sizing up the opportunity here.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LIMITED | £321,511,145 |
| 2 | GALLIFORD TRY INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | £183,126,092 |
| 3 | KIER INTEGRATED SERVICES LIMITED | £98,573,370 |
| 4 | VINCI FACILITIES PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £76,552,630 |
| 5 | EUROVIA INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | £65,586,489 |
| 6 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £57,865,368 |
| 7 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £41,413,349 |
| 8 | FCC ENVIRONMENT (LINCOLNSHIRE) LIMITED | £39,253,825 |
| 9 | STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED | £39,068,895 |
| 10 | FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED | £29,864,484 |
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