Free Guide: Norwich Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Norwich City Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£22.9m
Transactions
6,650
Suppliers
735
Key Takeaways
- £22.9 million in tracked transactions, £37.1 million in contracts, and £243.6 million in tenders recorded since 2018
- 735 identified suppliers spread across 21 sectors with an unconcentrated HHI of 1,409
- 84 tenders worth £243.6 million signal a busy pipeline for a district council
How big a buyer is Norwich, really?
Norwich City Council is a non-metropolitan district covering just 15.1 square miles with a population of around 142,000. But don't let the compact footprint fool you. Our data covers 6,650 payment transactions totalling £22.9 million, 63 contracts worth £37.1 million, and 84 tenders valued at £243.6 million, all drawn from records spanning 2018 to 2026. We've matched 804 suppliers across 34 source files from Find a Tender and the council's own site. For a district council, that tender pipeline is busy. The median contract value sits at roughly £5.9 million, which suggests the council bundles work into larger packages rather than splitting it into lots of small deals. If you're chasing district-level work in the East of England, Norwich is putting a fair amount of money through formal procurement channels.
Two suppliers dominate, but the long tail is wide
Across the spending records we hold, the top two suppliers account for a large chunk of recorded spend. Alphatrack Ltd leads at £29.3 million, followed by Norwich City Services Limited at £16.9 million. Together those two take more than the rest of the top ten combined. DSM Demolition (£5.9 million) and Gasway Services (£5.3 million) bring construction work into the mix, while Biffa Municipal handles waste services at £4.0 million. The top five account for 64.9% of identified spend, and the top ten reach 76.6%. Yet the HHI score is 1,409, which is unconcentrated. That tells you something: among 735 identified suppliers across 21 sectors, spend beyond the top tier is spread thinly. Administrative and support services (23.0%) and construction (18.0%) sit behind the catch-all "other service activities" category (31.7%), which is inflated by Alphatrack's large position.
Everything open, nothing below threshold?
Here's an interesting detail. Of the 3 contracts where we have procurement method data, all 3 were open procedures and all 3 were above threshold. No below-threshold contracts appear in this slice of the data. That's a small sample, so it mostly tells you the council is publishing its larger procurements through standard channels. The tender pipeline paints a fuller picture: 84 tenders worth a combined £243.6 million across the data period. For a city of Norwich's size, that volume of tendered work points to regular opportunities coming through. Construction and support services feature heavily among the top suppliers, and wholesale and retail trade has the largest supplier count at 120 identified companies, followed closely by professional, scientific and technical firms at 119, even though their combined share of spend is only around 5%. Lots of firms chasing small pots in those sectors, which is a pattern worth keeping in mind.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALPHATRACK LTD | £29,250,000 |
| 2 | NORWICH CITY SERVICES LIMITED | £16,894,179 |
| 3 | DSM DEMOLITION LIMITED | £5,916,972 |
| 4 | GASWAY SERVICES LIMITED | £5,259,826 |
| 5 | BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED | £3,988,119 |
| 6 | ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED | £2,900,945 |
| 7 | E.ON UK GREEN FUNDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £2,841,420 |
| 8 | ZENITH CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED | £1,976,583 |
| 9 | A G CARTER LIMITED | £1,725,752 |
| 10 | BROADLAND HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | £1,651,334 |
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