Salford: contracts, suppliers and what is coming next.
Salford is a metropolitan borough in the North West. We hold 254 of its award notices, 22 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 13 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 Salford's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 163 of those 254 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Salford, 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 | Procurement Board |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Cabinet |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Licensing Panel (Premises) |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Audit and Accounts Committee |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Health and Wellbeing Board |
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Salford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marston Holdings | £13.0m | 2 |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | £13.0m | 1 |
| Greater Manchester Mental Health Nhs Foundation Trust | £7.3m | 1 |
| Salford Foundation | £6.5m | 2 |
| Adullam Homes Housing Association Limited | £6.2m | 2 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Salford 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 Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services - Bury, Salford & Tra…2 award notices, shown once | framework, 2 suppliers | £8.5m | Open |
| S1144-111 - Internal Refurbishment Works - Cleveland House | City Build Manchester | £798,775 | Framework call-off |
| Refurbishment of Bolton Road Changing Rooms | Schofield and Sons Limited | £714,410 | Framework call-off |
| Refurbishment works to the amenity blocks at Duchy Caravan park | G Jones | £580,593 | Framework call-off |
| Height Community Centre | Schofield & Sons Limited | £364,106 | Framework call-off |
How the money is awarded
92% of Salford's awarded value went through open competition and 0% 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 92% (£130m)
- Framework/DPS 7% (£10.5m)
- Other/Unspecified under 1% (£147,345)
- Direct 0% (not stated)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Salford, 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 Apr 2027 | 6 | Semi Independent Living Services (16-25 year olds) In Salford2 award notices, shown once | framework, 2 suppliers | £12.5m |
| 10 Dec 2027 | 14 | Framework for Minor Works including refurbishment6 award notices, shown once | framework, 6 suppliers | £4.5m |
| 31 Mar 2027 | 6 | Supply and Delivery of a Handy Person Service | Swinton Community Business T/A Helping Hands Minor Repairs Servi | £2.0m |
| 25 Sep 2026 | under 1 | Refurbishment of Bolton Road Changing Rooms | Schofield and Sons Limited | £714,410 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | 1 | Refurbishment works to the amenity blocks at Duchy Caravan park | G Jones | £580,593 |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Salford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2026 | SASH Contract AwardThe contract award was for a 5 year period with total scheme costs of £375,610. | Procurement Board |
| 27 Jul 2026 | SCMC_PB_To Tender_Bus Stop_SCC Framework_wCommentsFurther approval to award the Bus Stop upgrades contract will be sought from Procurement Board following successful assessment and moderation of the tenders. | Procurement Board |
| 27 Jul 2026 | SCMC_PB_To Tender_The Bund_Bolton Framework_wCommentsNotes that the scheme will return to Procurement Board where a report(s) will be submitted seeking approval to award a contract to the successful contractor for the delivery of the works. | Procurement Board |
| 24 Aug 2026 | MIS Procurement document 10 08 2026 (002) aGiven the scale and complexity of the procurement, implementation and data migration activity required, it is necessary to commence procurement activity at this stage to ensure sufficient time for market engagement, procurement, contract award, mobilisation, system configuration, data migration, testing,… | Procurement Board |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Report going out to tender Drinks PB 24 8 26This report seeks approval to go out tender to procure supplier(s) for the bulk purchase of beverages by the ‘Venues in Salford’ team to supply various events/functions hosted at three locations as well as an outside catering service. | Procurement Board |
| 24 Aug 2026 | EV Charging Hubs Going out to tender PB reportThe report sets out that the Council proposes to undertake a procurement process via either an existing compliant Framework Agreement or Dynamic Purchasing System. | Procurement Board |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Bikeability Procurement Board ReportThe route to market for this procurement was open tender. | Procurement Board |
| 27 Jul 2026 | proc-brd-report-Approval to procure end user devices - Mobile phonesThe recommendation is for procurement board to approve the award the contract to the most economically advantageous bidder in line with CSOs. | Procurement Board |
| 27 Jul 2026 | proc-brd-report-exception-to-csos-and awarding-the-Technical and Highways Framework contract_Ju…It is intended that Lot 5 will be procured through alternative tender outside the scope of the new Technical highways works Framework due to its speciality and hence may need to be extended further to ensure this is undertaken at… | Procurement Board |
| 14 Sep 2026 | Abbott Contract ExtensionFUNDING: The contract extension will be funded from approved Housing and Homelessness revenue budgets for 2026/27 to 2027/28, supported by a balance of legacy Supporting People funding allocated to Abbott Lodge as part of the original Lot 3 procurement exercise. | Procurement Board |
| 14 Sep 2026 | PB - Proc board Rpt Ordsall A2 award of contract - MasterRECOMMENDATION: That Procurement Board recommends Paul Dennett, City Mayor, approve the award of the Contract for construction of affordable homes at Robert Hall St Ordsall (A2), as detailed in the table below: Answers Title/Description of Contracted Service/Supply/Project Construction of affordable… | Procurement Board |
| 23 Jun 2026 | PO SPD CALL-IN WAIVER SIGNED | 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 Salford 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 Salford. 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 Salford's own published papers, at https://salford.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 Salford'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.