Free Guide: Nottinghamshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Nottinghamshire County Council · County · East Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£6.1bn
Transactions
1,356,199
Suppliers
7,324
Key Takeaways
- £6.1 billion in recorded spend across over 1.35 million transactions since 2011
- 7,324 identified suppliers spread across 22 sectors, with an unconcentrated HHI of 196
- Health and social work accounts for 36% of matched spend, followed by construction at 20%
£6.1 billion and counting: how big is this buyer?
Nottinghamshire is a major county council buyer. Our data covers £6.1 billion in recorded spend across more than 1.35 million payment transactions, drawn from 180 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That is a deep purchasing history. For context, this is a county of 833,000 people spread over 805 square miles, so the breadth of services it commissions is wide. Beyond payment data, we've tracked 108 published contracts worth a combined £55.9 million and 359 tenders with a stated value of £3.6 billion. The tender pipeline is where the real scale shows up. Payment transactions tell you what has already been spent, but that tender figure gives you a sense of the forward pipeline and commissioning ambition. If you are looking at a council where there is genuine volume, the records here back that up.
Construction and care dominate, but the supplier base is wide open
Two sectors absorb over half the matched spend. Health and social care leads at 36%, with £1.2 billion going to 1,082 identified suppliers. Construction follows at 20%, pulling in £659 million across 349 suppliers. After that, spending fragments quickly: education takes 6.8%, transport 6.6%, and no other sector tops 5%. Among the top suppliers we've matched, Via East Midlands leads with £378 million, mostly highways and infrastructure work. Transform Schools and Royal Mencap Society follow, at £117 million and £105 million respectively. But here is the thing: concentration is very low. The HHI sits at just 196, and the top five suppliers account for only 23% of recorded spend. With 7,324 identified suppliers in the dataset, the work is spread widely. That pattern suggests this council does not lean heavily on a small group of preferred providers, at least based on what the data shows.
How open is the front door?
The contract data we hold for Nottinghamshire is relatively thin, with just 5 published contracts in our records. Of those, 4 were let through open tender and 1 was a direct award. The median contract value sits at £360,000, and all five are above the procurement threshold. That is a small sample, so be careful drawing broad conclusions from it. The tender pipeline tells a fuller story: 359 tenders worth £3.6 billion suggest a council that runs frequent, large-scale procurement exercises. The gap between 5 published contracts and 359 tenders likely reflects how data is published across different platforms. We pull from procontract.due-north.com, Find a Tender, and the council's own site. What you can say is that the tenders we've tracked point to a council that goes to market regularly and at scale, which matters if you are watching for upcoming opportunities.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED | £378,271,993 |
| 2 | TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (STOKE) LIMITED | £117,441,367 |
| 3 | ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY | £104,597,949 |
| 4 | TPA SUPPORTED LIVING LTD | £85,362,685 |
| 5 | STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED | £79,548,751 |
| 6 | FUTURE HOME CARE LTD. | £53,167,941 |
| 7 | CULTURE, LEARNING AND LIBRARIES (MIDLANDS) | £48,696,020 |
| 8 | BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY | £43,120,327 |
| 9 | FRAMEWORK HOUSING ASSOCIATION | £42,262,670 |
| 10 | TRENT MOTOR TRACTION COMPANY TRADING LIMITED | £41,667,903 |
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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.
