Free Guide: North Hertfordshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for North Hertfordshire District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£97.8m
Transactions
42,142
Suppliers
1,255
Key Takeaways
- £97.8 million in recorded spend across 42,142 transactions since 2017
- 28.2% of matched spend goes to professional and technical services suppliers
- 1,255 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market at HHI 513
How big a buyer is North Hertfordshire?
North Hertfordshire is a non-metropolitan district council covering 144.8 square miles in Hertfordshire, serving around 133,000 residents. Our dataset covers £97.8 million in recorded spend across 42,142 transactions, drawn from 11 source files and spanning 2017 to 2026. That works out to roughly £10.9 million a year on average, which is a modest but steady flow of work for a district council of this size. We've matched 2,223 supplier records to Companies House entries across those transactions, giving decent visibility into where the money goes. On the contracts side, our data holds one published contract worth £150,000, alongside 28 tenders with a combined value of £429.6 million. The transaction-level spending data is where the real picture sits for this council, and it paints a buyer that spreads its spend across a wide supplier base.
One supplier dominates, but the market is wide open
John O'Conner (Grounds Maintenance) Limited is the clear front-runner among identified suppliers, pulling in £13.6 million of recorded spend. That is more than three times the next largest supplier, Pearce Recycling Company Limited at £4.4 million. A related entity, Pearce Recycling Group Limited, adds another £2.4 million, so together the Pearce companies account for roughly £6.8 million. But look past the top names and the market is genuinely unconcentrated, with an HHI of 513 and 1,255 identified suppliers across the dataset. The top five account for 35.8% of matched spend, and the top ten for 46.4%. By sector, professional and technical activities lead at 28.2% of spend across 149 suppliers. IT and communications takes 14.8%, waste management 10.3%, and construction 9.0%. If you're in professional services or IT, there is clearly recurring demand here.
Where are the open tenders?
This is where the picture gets interesting. Our procurement data shows just one published contract, and it was a direct award worth £150,000. That single contract sat above threshold. No open or restricted procedures appear in the contracts we hold. Meanwhile, 28 tenders have been published with a combined value of £429.6 million, which suggests the council does go to market, particularly for larger pieces of work. The contrast between a thin contracts record and a healthy tender pipeline is common for district councils that publish more actively through Find a Tender than through Contracts Finder. For bid managers, the tender data is probably the more useful signal here. The spending records show 42,142 individual transactions spread across more than 1,200 suppliers, so the council is clearly buying regularly and from a broad range of providers. How much of that goes through formal procurement versus purchase orders and call-offs is harder to say from the data alone.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOHN O'CONNER (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE) LIMITED | £13,609,723 |
| 2 | PEARCE RECYCLING COMPANY LIMITED | £4,381,804 |
| 3 | PEARCE RECYCLING GROUP LIMITED | £2,382,514 |
| 4 | HITCHIN BID LIMITED | £2,223,370 |
| 5 | INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPLIES LIMITED | £2,152,622 |
| 6 | CHIPTECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | £1,911,352 |
| 7 | NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED | £1,501,608 |
| 8 | CONAMAR BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED | £1,370,307 |
| 9 | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | £1,294,466 |
| 10 | NORTHGATE PUBLIC SERVICES LIMITED | £1,281,718 |
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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.
