West of England Combined Authority: contracts, suppliers and what is coming next.
West of England Combined Authority is a combined authority in the South West. We hold 84 of its award notices, 4 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 1 committee paper 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 West of England Combined Authority's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 38 of those 84 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at West of England Combined Authority, taken from the council's own calendar. Papers usually appear five clear working days beforehand, and we read them the night they land.
Source: West of England Combined Authority's published committee calendar.
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every West of England Combined Authority 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CT Coaches | £389,336 | 4 |
| First West of England Limited | £389,336 | 2 |
| Eurotaxis | £389,336 | 2 |
| Stagecoach West | £389,336 | 2 |
| Bath & North East Somerset Council - Passenger Transport | £389,336 | 1 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards West of England Combined Authority 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding Assurance Reviews for the Adult Skills Fund | Rsm UK Risk Assurance Services LLP | £62,550 | Framework call-off |
| Future of Work | The University of the West of England, Bristol | £51,922 | DPS call-off |
| Construction Skills Assessment | Whole Life Consultants Limited | £49,950 | Quotation |
| Mobile Connectivity Data and S106 & CIL Funding Assessment for Digital Infrastructure | Spirit Public Sector Ltd | £45,425 | Single tender |
| Metrobus Year Five Evaluation Report | AtkinsRéalis UK Limited | £44,995 | Framework call-off |
How the money is awarded
82% of West of England Combined Authority'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 82% (£3.3m)
- Framework/DPS 17% (£698,303)
- Direct 1% (£45,425)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 4 largest by value on record for West of England Combined Authority, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2027 | 4 | Movement Data for Key Geographic Areas Within the West of England Region | Place Informatics Ltd | £166,400 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | under 1 | Mayoral Priority Skills Fund (MPSF) Phase One Evaluation | ERS Ltd | £66,800 |
| 13 Sep 2027 | 11 | WoE MCA Investment Platform and Marketplace Development | Spacehive | £46,550 |
| 29 Oct 2027 | 13 | Mobile Connectivity Data and S106 & CIL Funding Assessment for Digital Infrastructure | Spirit Public Sector Ltd | £45,425 |
Procurement radar
Committee papers West of England Combined Authority 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2026 | Item 19 - Corporate Risk FrameworkDelivery of the Framework, including routine maintenance, training, and ongoing development, will be managed within existing approved budgets and officer capacity. | Joint meeting - West of England Combined Authority Committee and West of England Joint Committee |
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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 West of England Combined Authority 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 West of England. 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 West of England Combined Authority's own published papers, at https://westofengland-ca.moderngov.co.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 West of England'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.