Free Guide: Folkestone and Hythe Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Folkestone and Hythe District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£0
Transactions
12,221
Suppliers
883
Key Takeaways
- £67 million recorded spend across 12,221 transactions from 883 identified suppliers
- 48.7% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, led by Basildon District Council
- 52 tenders worth £117 million signal a strong pipeline, all 10 tracked contracts awarded via open process
How much does Folkestone and Hythe actually spend?
Folkestone and Hythe is a non-metropolitan district council covering 137.8 square miles of Kent with a population of around 113,000. It is not a massive buyer, but it is an active one. Our dataset covers 12,221 payment transactions across 883 identified suppliers, with spending records running from 2014 to 2026. On the contracts side, we've tracked 40 published contracts worth a combined £10.4 million, while 52 tenders totalling roughly £117 million give you a sense of the pipeline. The council is also a member of two purchasing consortia: Procure Plus Holdings and the South East Consortium. That consortium membership is worth knowing about, because some contract opportunities may flow through those frameworks rather than appearing as standalone procurements on the council's own pages. Based on the 915 suppliers we've matched to company records, this is a council that spreads its spending across a broad base of providers.
Basildon District Council tops the supplier list. Why?
The top supplier in our matched records is another council: Basildon District Council, with £11.7 million in recorded spend. That kind of inter-authority spending usually points to shared services or partnership arrangements. Mears Limited sits second at £9.2 million, which fits their profile as a housing and property services provider. Kent Housing Limited (£4.8 million) and Concrete Repairs Limited (£3.7 million) round out the top four. Construction is the dominant sector, accounting for 21.4% of matched spend across 101 suppliers. Administrative and support services follow at 18.8%, with professional and technical services at 7.3%. Concentration is low, with an HHI of 666. The top five suppliers account for 48.7% of spend and the top ten for 63.2%. For a district council of this size, that spread across 883 identified suppliers suggests procurement is not locked up by a handful of incumbents. Competition looks genuinely open from what we can see.
Every tracked contract went through open tender. Is that typical here?
Of the 10 contracts where we have procurement method data, all 10 were awarded through open process. That is unusual. Most councils show at least some direct awards or restricted procedures in their mix. Six of those contracts sat above the procurement threshold, four below it, and the median contract value was £482,500. The tender pipeline tells its own story: 52 published tenders worth a combined £117 million. If you're looking at this council, the formal tendering route appears to be the way in. There are no direct awards in our tracked contracts, which could mean the council is genuinely committed to open competition, or it could simply reflect which contracts have made it into the published data so far. Either way, if you're a supplier who competes well in open processes, this is the kind of buying pattern that works in your favour. The construction and housing maintenance activity running through the data gives a clear sense of where the bigger opportunities sit.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASILDON DISTRICT COUNCIL | £11,721,905 |
| 2 | MEARS LIMITED | £9,244,167 |
| 3 | KENT HOUSING LIMITED | £4,764,021 |
| 4 | CONCRETE REPAIRS LIMITED | £3,686,182 |
| 5 | 151-153 FOLKESTONE ROAD LTD | £3,200,000 |
| 6 | AW CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD | £2,420,696 |
| 7 | CHUNNEL PLANT HIRE AND CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £2,300,000 |
| 8 | SOPRA STERIA LIMITED | £1,843,021 |
| 9 | C VENUES LIMITED | £1,824,141 |
| 10 | ARCADIS (UK) LIMITED | £1,349,032 |
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