Islington: its biggest suppliers, and what it is buying next.
Islington is a London borough. We hold 527 of its award notices, 42 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 14 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 Islington's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 308 of those 527 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Islington, 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 | Environment, Climate and Transport Scrutiny Committee |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Audit and Risk Committee |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Pensions Board |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Council |
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Islington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SSE Contracting Limited | £156m | 1 |
| Cnwl | £60.8m | 2 |
| Cenergist Limited | £30.0m | 1 |
| Brook Young People | £13.5m | 2 |
| Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Limited | £13.0m | 1 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Islington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2223-0413 Roofing Repairs and Maintenance Works (with Provision of Scaffolding)4 award notices, shown once | framework, 4 suppliers | £2.4m | Open |
| 2223-0315 Resident Carpet and Flooring Scheme | Gandhi Carpets | £1.8m | Open |
| 2324-0400 Housing Related Floating Support Service | Single Homeless Project | £1.2m | Open |
| GB-London: TPPL London Borough of Islington HCC Lot 4 - 6 x Compact EV Sweepers (28700) | Bucher Municipal Ltd | £930,392 | Not specified |
| 2425-0306 - Corporate Fleet Tyre Replacement and Servicing | Direct Tyre Management Limited | £835,281 | Open |
How the money is awarded
78% of Islington's awarded value went through open competition and 1% was awarded directly. 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 78% (£366m)
- Framework/DPS 20% (£92.9m)
- Other/Unspecified 2% (£8.4m)
- Direct 1% (£4.0m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Islington, 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 Mar 2027 | 5 | Refit | Cenergist Limited | £30.0m |
| 14 Oct 2027 | 12 | Cemetery Service Software | GSS Limited | £11.8m |
| 30 Apr 2027 | 7 | Microsoft Windows Software Enterprise Agreement | Phoenix Software Limited | £4.9m |
| 13 May 2027 | 7 | Enhanced Microsoft Security (EMS) | Phoenix Software | £4.6m |
| 31 May 2027 | 8 | 2324-0017 General Build Repairs and Maintenance Works4 award notices, shown once | framework, 4 suppliers | £4.6m |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Islington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | 2526-0430 Procurement Strategy - Domestic Gas Boiler Installation Servicing and Repairs - FINAL…The current Lot 1 contract was advertised on the London Tenders Portal as part of procurement 1819-0679 Domestic Gas Boiler Installation, Servicing and Repairs, with a maximum 7 year duration. | Executive |
| 25 Jun 2026 | CMT - Joint Board - Executive Procurement Report SH and FS Framework (1)The purpose of this report is to outline the aims of the procurement strategy and seek approval to procure an eight-year flexible framework, with call-off options, as outlined in this report, for Supported Housing and Floating Support services. | Executive |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Procurement Strategy - Short Breaks (2)To approve the procurement strategy for a flexible framework under the light touch regime, for a period of 96 months with an estimated total value for Islington Council, of no more than £13,600,000 based on an annual maximum of £1,700,000… | Executive |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Procurement Strategy Insurance Policies ReportStage/Key Milestone Target Date Strategy report approvals Executive 30 July 2026 Invitation To Tender draft issued to ILC 28 August 2026 Insurer Day Week of 7 September 2026 Invitation To Tender released to market 11 September 2026 AON’s recommendation and… | Executive |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Response to OSC - Progressive Procurement…Management Team must consider governance arrangements to ensure oversight of delivery of social value commitments, including the option to embed in the Commissioning and Procurement Board ongoing performance reviews of social value in contracts for goods and services exceeding £250,000. | Executive |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Contract Variation of Stock Condition Survey Programme EMRB 09.05.26Approve a contract variation to enhance and support the delivery of the Stock Condition Survey programme and the issue of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for the letting or sale of homes to a total value of £871,087. | Executive |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Executive Report (non-procurement) HSRA powers in Caledonian WardLow Medium Undertake market engagement and promotion in advance of auctions, including engagement with SMEs and local business networks. | Executive |
| 18 Sep 2026 | Procurement strategy for 5kw (lamp column) electric vehicle charging points - 1032654 | Corporate Director - Environment and Climate Change |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Contract Award for the Wray Crescent Community Park Building - I033657 | Corporate Director - Community Wealth Building |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Response to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Progressive Procurement - I033346 | Executive |
| 16 Sep 2026 | Procurement Strategy for Bunhill Heat & Power Network Operations Contract - I033695 | Director of Public Realm, Climate Change and Transport |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Contract Award for Integrated Community Drug and Alcohol Service - I033590 | Corporate Director - Health and Social Care |
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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 Islington 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 Islington. 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 Islington's own published papers, at https://democracy.islington.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 Islington'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.