Devon County Council: which contracts run out next, and who holds them.
Devon County Council is a county council in the South West. We hold 1,713 of its award notices, 54 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 6 committee papers from the last 120 days that talk about buying. Everything here comes from public records: award notices the council itself published, and the papers it publishes before each committee meeting.
Data updated: 20 September 2026 (committee papers) | 18 September 2026 (award notices)
GovLeads reads Devon County Council's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 633 of those 1,713 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Devon County Council, taken from the council's own calendar. Papers usually appear five clear working days beforehand, and we read them the night they land.
| Date | Committee |
|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | School Transport Appeals Committee |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Devon Countryside Access Forum |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Mid Devon Highways and Traffic Orders Committee |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Audit Committee |
Source: Devon County Council's published committee calendar.
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Devon County Council award notice we hold. Values on multi-supplier frameworks are shared across the suppliers named on them, so a place on a large framework does not inflate a single firm.
| Supplier | Awarded value | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | £80.0m | 2 |
| Milestone Infrastructure Ltd | £39.0m | 3 |
| LASER Energy is trading style of Commercial Services Kent Ltd | £20.0m | 1 |
| Devon Domestic Abuse Alliance (led by North Devon Against Domest | £18.6m | 1 |
| SME HCI Ltd (Vivup) | £18.0m | 1 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Devon County Council has notified in the last year. Awards sharing a title and end date are collapsed into a single row, so a framework or dynamic purchasing system appears once rather than once per supplier.
| Award | Supplier | Value | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| CP2742-25 IASC Transformation Partner | Newton Consulting Limited | £10.9m | Other |
| CP2463-23 Devon & Torbay Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure3 award notices, shown once | framework, 3 suppliers | £8.0m | Open |
| Public bus services (Lot 5 ) - Plymouth City Council 28387 Various Plymouth bus services2 award notices, shown once | framework, 2 suppliers | £4.2m | Restricted |
| Public Bus Service (Lot 5) EX X Exminster - Exeter City Centre | Greenslades Tours Ltd | £2.3m | Open |
| CP2646-25 - Extra Care Services at Moreton Court | GP Homecare t/a Radis Community Care | £1.5m | Restricted |
How the money is awarded
55% of Devon County Council's awarded value went through open competition and 7% was awarded directly. A further 38% sits on notices that do not state a route at all. Directly awarded work is the part of the market that never reaches a competitive notice, so it is the part you have to see coming upstream.
- Competed 55% (£314m)
- Other/Unspecified 38% (£218m)
- Direct 7% (£38.0m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Devon County Council, of those with an end date inside 18 months. A re-procurement decision normally reaches a committee months before the contract itself runs out, which is the point at which scope is still moveable, so the months-left column matters as much as the value.
| Ends | Months left | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | under 1 | CP2427-23 Staff Benefits Portal Platform Provider | SME HCI Ltd (Vivup) | £18.0m |
| 19 Nov 2027 | 14 | CP2742-25 IASC Transformation Partner | Newton Consulting Limited | £10.9m |
| 31 Aug 2027 | 11 | CPF1933-20 Contract for the Maintenance and Improvement to Road Restraint Systems 2023… | H W Martin Safety Fencing Limited | £6.0m |
| 31 Dec 2027 | 15 | CP2385-24 Insurance coverage and associated service (not broking services) for Devon Co…4 award notices, shown once | framework, 4 suppliers | £5.0m |
| 31 Mar 2027 | 6 | CP2296-22 Statutory Social Care and Health (NHS) Complaints Advocacy Service for Adults…2 award notices, shown once | framework, 2 suppliers | £4.4m |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Devon County Council published in the last four months whose title uses the language of buying: a tender, an award, an extension, a gateway report, a waiver, or a procurement strategy, policy or performance report. It is a title match, so the odd paper lands here on a word rather than a decision.
| Meeting | Paper | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2026 | Audit Ctte June 2026 - Exemptions from TenderExemptions from Tender overview (Direct contract awards) During the period: January to March 2026 Report of the Director of Finance and Public Value Please note that the following recommendations are subject to consideration and determination by the Committee before taking… | Audit Committee |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Shortbreaks Commissioning and Procurement - Impact AssessmentEnhanced market sustainability: Providers will benefit from clearer commissioning pathways, better planning information, opportunities for growth and improved financial stability. | Cabinet |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Experts at Hand Procurement – Part 2 | Cabinet |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Shortbreaks - Update on Progress on Framework and Next Steps Report…Date Pre Tender Meeting (to support providers who are less familiar with formal procurement processes) 3rd June Tender Launch (30 day submission) Mid July Tender Close Mid August Evaluation Mid September Providers Added to framework Mid October Implementation End of… | Cabinet |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Extension of Passenger Transport Dynamic Purchasing System Impact AssessmentThe County Council is seeking to extend the its Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the procurement of passenger transport managed by the Transport Co-ordination Service. | Cabinet |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Food Waste Processing Contract Extension | Cabinet |
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Nearby councils
Suppliers rarely sell to one council alone. These are the authorities next door, and the ones covering the same ground at a different tier.
Councils it borders
Covering the same ground
Where Devon County Council spends most
The service areas taking the largest share of awarded value here. Each one has its own page explaining what we watch for.
Where this comes from
Awards, suppliers and expiry dates come from award notices published to Contracts Finder and Find a Tender by Devon. The award data set was last refreshed on 18 September 2026, so notices published since then are not yet counted here. Values are as notified; where a notice names several suppliers, the value is shared across them.
Committee papers and meeting dates come from Devon County Council's own published papers, at https://democracy.devon.gov.uk. Every paper linked above is on the council's own site. Committee-paper figures were extracted on 20 September 2026.
What we leave out. A notice naming more than one buying authority is excluded, because it does not say how the value splits between them. So are notices from bodies that share this council's name but are separate organisations, such as the local college or NHS trust. Both would otherwise be counted here as Devon's.
Nothing on this page is modelled, estimated or inferred. Every number is a count or a sum over those two public sources. Where a figure would be a guess, it is left out.