Free Guide: West Oxfordshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for West Oxfordshire District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£252.0m
Transactions
17,608
Suppliers
974
Key Takeaways
- £252 million in recorded spend across 17,608 transactions from 2014 to 2026
- Publica Group accounts for over 56% of identified spending at £79.7 million
- HHI of 3,258 marks this as a highly concentrated market with 974 identified suppliers
£252 million through a district council, but where does it all go?
West Oxfordshire is a non-metropolitan district in the South East, covering about 276 square miles with a population of around 112,000. For a district council, the recorded spend is eye-catching. Our data covers £252 million across 17,608 transactions, drawn from 151 source files and spanning 2014 to 2026. We've also tracked 18 published contracts worth a combined £126,000 and 22 tenders valued at £327,100. But the real story here is how much of that quarter-billion flows through a single channel. The payment-level data, sourced from the council's own transparency releases and Find a Tender, tells a clear story of a council that relies heavily on a small number of partners for core service delivery. If you're looking at this council, the spending pattern is worth understanding before you dig into individual opportunities.
One supplier dominates, and it's not even close
Publica Group (Support) Limited sits at the top with £79.7 million in recorded spend, accounting for roughly 56.7% of all matched payments. That's the council's shared services vehicle, so the concentration is structural rather than accidental. After Publica, the numbers drop sharply. Sussex Housing Association comes in at £6.7 million, followed by Suez Recycling and Recovery at £4.9 million. IT is a recurring theme further down the list: Gigaclear, CAE Technology Services, Trustmarque Solutions, and Idox Software collectively pull in over £8.2 million. Across the 997 suppliers we've matched to Companies House records, the top five account for 68.9% of spend, and the top ten for 73.8%. The HHI sits at 3,258, which is highly concentrated. Outside public administration, information and communication (9.6%) is the busiest sector by spend, followed by extraterritorial organisations (5.3%) and construction (5.0%). Professional and scientific services has the most identified suppliers at 152, but only 3.0% of spend.
How open is the front door?
Of the contracts we hold procurement method data for, both were awarded through open procedure and both fell below threshold. The median contract value across those sits at around £62,900. With 22 tenders on record worth £327,100 in total, the individual tender values are relatively modest. This is consistent with a district council that outsources large chunks of its operations through a shared services model. The big-ticket spending goes through Publica, which means the competitively tendered work that shows up in our data tends to be smaller, more specific pieces. Construction and admin support services both have a wide supplier base in the payment data (90 and 104 identified suppliers respectively), which suggests regular purchasing activity in those areas even if the formal tender pipeline looks quiet. For anyone tracking this council, the pipeline of open tenders may be modest, but the transaction data tells a fuller story.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUBLICA GROUP ( SUPPORT) LIMITED | £79,744,397 |
| 2 | SUSSEX HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | £6,691,729 |
| 3 | SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY HOLDINGS UK LTD | £4,892,993 |
| 4 | GIGACLEAR LIMITED | £3,312,870 |
| 5 | GREENWICH LEISURE LTD | £2,474,485 |
| 6 | CAE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED | £2,017,620 |
| 7 | TRUSTMARQUE SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £1,916,178 |
| 8 | CITIZENS ADVICE WEST OXFORDSHIRE | £1,078,776 |
| 9 | IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | £981,370 |
| 10 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £931,540 |
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