Barnsley: which contracts run out next, and who holds them.
Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in Yorkshire and the Humber. We hold 1,280 of its award notices, 69 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 12 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 Barnsley's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 866 of those 1,280 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Barnsley, 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 | South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Full Council |
| 29 Sep 2026 | Planning Regulatory Board |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Central Area Council |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Licensing Regulatory Board Sub-Committee |
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Barnsley 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humankind Charity | £50.5m | 10 |
| SED Services Ltd | £30.0m | 2 |
| EDF Energy Customers PLC | £24.8m | 4 |
| Optimum Healthcare LTD | £21.9m | 4 |
| Depax Limited | £20.1m | 2 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Barnsley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults - Dynamic Purchasing System (DP…15 award notices, shown once | framework, 15 suppliers | £6.0m | Restricted |
| Provision of Energy Efficiency and Low Carbon Heating Works | Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd | £4.7m | Other |
| Purchase of Refuse Collection Vehicles 2026/27 | Dennis Eagle Limited | £3.6m | Other |
| Refuse Collection Vehicles | Dennis Eagle | £3.3m | Other |
| Provision of servicing, maintenance and repairs of automatic doors, shutters & barriers | Smart Door Solutions Limited | £2.3m | Not specified |
How the money is awarded
59% of Barnsley's awarded value went through open competition and 14% was awarded directly. A further 28% 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 59% (£407m)
- Other/Unspecified 28% (£191m)
- Direct 14% (£94.5m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Barnsley, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2027 | 13 | Support to Live at Home (STLAH) Framework54 award notices, shown once | framework, 54 suppliers | £181m |
| 29 Feb 2028 | 17 | Adult Community Support and Enablement Service Framework15 award notices, shown once | framework, 15 suppliers | £62.3m |
| 1 May 2027 | 7 | Energy Efficiency Retrofit Works Managed Service | OVO Energy | £7.0m |
| 3 Mar 2028 | 17 | YPO Framework 1173 - Supply of Bulk Liquid Fuels & Associated Products | Standard Fuel Oils Ltd | £5.3m |
| 28 Feb 2028 | 17 | Labour Resource for Highways Construction | RS Civil Engineering Ltd | £4.2m |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Barnsley 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2026 | Procurement and Financial UpdateRecommendations for funding will be made by an appropriate panel, and delegated authority is requested for the Executive Director of Public Health and Communities to procure and award funding to successful projects, enabling timely and effective delivery. | Penistone Area Council |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Finance & Procurement ReportThis work has informed the current commissioning position and the remaining funding available for further consideration. iii) Appendix 2 to this report, Budget Projections, shows the updated financial position of each fund. iv) Members are asked to note that there… | Central Area Council |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 20260914 - NAC Item 8 - Commissioning and Finance UpdateThe service was commissioned through a competitive tender process to ensure transparency and value-formoney. | North Area Council |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 20260727 - NAC Item 8 - Commissioning and Finance UpdateCurrent Position Procurement The procurement process is complete. | North Area Council |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 5. Commissioning Progress Approval July 2026That Members approve the continuation of the Assisting Employment and Skills Commission provided by Dearne Electronic Community Village from the 1 April 2026 to the end of March 2027 at a cost of £34,335. | Dearne Area Council |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Item 7 - Commissioning Workshop Creative Health Overview…Wellbeing grant programme for the period April 2027 to March 2029. i) Authorise the Area Council Manager to undertake preparatory work necessary to implement the programme within the approved budget and in accordance with the Council's procurement and financial procedures. | North East Area Council |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Item 8 - Commissioning and Financial Update -Sept 2026It is recommended that Members discuss the workshop that took place on the 18th August and agree how they wish to proceed with the priority, associated funding and commissioning opportunities. | North East Area Council |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Item 8 - Commissioning and Financial Update - JulyMembers note the overview of NEAC current priorities, and overview of all current contracts, contract extensions, Service Level Agreements and Grant fund projects, with associated timescales. | North East Area Council |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 7. A&G Items - Draft Risk Management Policy and FrameworkDraft Risk Management Policy and Framework Brief description of reason for the item being reported into the A&G Committee. | Audit and Governance Committee |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 7. Draft Risk Management Framework 2026-2028In effect the domains provide a simple accountability/compliance framework which identifies the underpinning infrastructure of governance and control used across the Council (and indeed all organisations) to manage its finances, people, assets, information, partnerships, performance, contracts, projects, legislative responsibilities, decision… | Audit and Governance Committee |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 7. Risk Management Framework Report Sept 2026The Audit and Governance Committee are asked to consider the draft Risk Management Policy Statement and the draft Risk Management Framework 2026-28 for referral to Cabinet for formal approval. | Audit and Governance Committee |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 6. Commissioning Progress Sept 2026This service was commissioned from July 2025 until the end of June 2028, with a caveat regarding the Area Council reviewing the service every year. | Dearne Area Council |
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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 Barnsley 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 Barnsley. 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 Barnsley's own published papers, at https://barnsleymbc.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 Barnsley'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.