Free Guide: Oadby and Wigston Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Oadby and Wigston Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£59.2m
Transactions
17,375
Suppliers
595
Key Takeaways
- £59.2 million in recorded spend across 17,375 transactions from 2019 to 2026
- 595 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 280, meaning spend is widely spread
- 22.1% of matched spend goes to construction, making it the largest sector by a clear margin
How much does a small borough actually spend?
Oadby and Wigston is compact. Just 9.3 square miles and around 57,000 residents in Leicestershire. But our data shows £59.2 million in recorded spend across 17,375 transactions, drawn from 26 source files covering 2019 to 2026. For a non-metropolitan district of this size, that is a steady volume of purchasing activity. The spending records we hold come from oadby-wigston.gov.uk and Find a Tender, with 598 matched suppliers giving us a reasonable view of where the money flows. Average transaction value works out to around £3,400, which points to a council doing a lot of routine, smaller-value purchasing rather than placing a few large bets. If you are looking at this borough, expect a high volume of modest orders rather than blockbuster contracts.
Construction leads, but nobody dominates
Across the spending records we hold, construction firms take the largest share at 22.1% of matched spend, with 57 identified suppliers pulling in £7.2 million between them. Matthews & Tannert top the list at just under £3 million, followed closely by Fabar Construction at £2.8 million. Information and communication comes second at 17.2%, spread across 62 suppliers. Two Click Travel and Orchard Information Systems both feature in the top ten. The concentration picture is interesting. An HHI of 280 is low, and the top five suppliers account for only 29.9% of matched spend. Even the top ten collectively take just 41.2%. That is a widely distributed spend base for a small district council. With 595 identified suppliers across 21 sectors, no single company or sector has a stranglehold. Professional services, wholesale and trade, and admin support each sit between 7% and 8%, forming a tightly bunched middle tier.
Where are the formal tenders?
The formal tender trail is short. Our data includes 3 tenders worth a combined £65,000 and 2 published contracts valued at £75,000. Of the contracts we have tracked, one came through an open procedure and sat below threshold. The median contract value is £75,000. Compare that against the £59.2 million flowing through payment transactions and you get a sense of how much of this council's buying happens outside formal contract notices. That pattern is common among smaller districts, where framework agreements and lower-value purchase orders can dominate the day-to-day spend. For bid managers, the real activity here sits in the transaction data rather than the tender pipeline. The 17,375 payment records tell a much fuller story than the handful of published procurement notices. Whether that changes as publication requirements evolve is an open question.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATTHEWS & TANNERT LIMITED | £2,995,943 |
| 2 | FABAR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £2,797,312 |
| 3 | TWO CLICK TRAVEL LIMITED | £1,539,204 |
| 4 | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY CARE LIMITED | £1,384,356 |
| 5 | FAUN ZOELLER (UK) LIMITED | £1,005,013 |
| 6 | BROAD OAK PROPERTIES LIMITED | £770,341 |
| 7 | DODD GROUP (MIDLANDS) LIMITED | £734,822 |
| 8 | CERTAS ENERGY LIMITED | £725,684 |
| 9 | EDF ENERGY CUSTOMERS LIMITED | £718,750 |
| 10 | ORCHARD INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED | £694,433 |
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