Somerset Council: which contracts run out next, and who holds them.
Somerset Council is a unitary authority in the South West. We hold 728 of its award notices, 50 contracts due to end within 18 months, and 11 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 Somerset Council's papers every weeknight. A value is published on 420 of those 728 award notices, so the total is a floor, not the council's spend.
Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at Somerset 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 | Scrutiny Committee - Children and Education |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee - West |
| 22 Sep 2026 | Regulatory Sub-Committee |
| 23 Sep 2026 | Executive |
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kier Transportation Limited | £150m | 2 |
| VolkerHighways Ltd | £75.0m | 2 |
| Crown Commercial Service | £64.0m | 2 |
| Homes 2 Inspire Limited | £60.0m | 3 |
| Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd T/A Hanson Contracting | £50.0m | 2 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilstock Primary School | Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd | £7.4m | Framework call-off |
| Chard Holyrood Primary School | Kier Construction - Western & Wales | £7.2m | Framework call-off |
| Laptop Refresh | XMA Limited | £3.9m | Framework call-off |
| St Andrew's Primary School - Modular SEND Unit | Integra Buildings | £663,060 | Framework call-off |
| St Marys Little Oaks Modular Nursery | JDC Building Works | £576,333 | Framework call-off |
How the money is awarded
84% of Somerset Council's awarded value went through open competition and 3% 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 84% (£666m)
- Other/Unspecified 9% (£71.1m)
- Framework/DPS 4% (£30.1m)
- Direct 3% (£27.1m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 largest by value on record for Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2027 | 10 | Community Equipment and Wheelchair Service | Medequip Assistive Technology Limited | £40.0m |
| 30 Apr 2027 | 7 | Framework Agreement for Software Reseller Services3 award notices, shown once | framework, 3 suppliers | £30.0m |
| 17 Jul 2027 | 10 | Professional Consultancy Services for Planning, Design, Engineering and Place Services… | WSP UK Limited | £30.0m |
| 31 Dec 2027 | 15 | Wilstock Primary School | Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd | £7.4m |
| 31 Dec 2027 | 15 | Chard Holyrood Primary School | Kier Construction - Western & Wales | £7.2m |
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Procurement radar
Committee papers Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2026 | Firepool Regeneration Project – Approval to commence procurement exerciseThe council has approved funding to support project development, procurement preparation and site de-risking activity, including an allocation of £495,000 utilising Local Regeneration Fund approved in July 2026. | Executive |
| 2 Sep 2026 | A38 Major Road Network (MRN) – Funding Allocation, DfT funding Acceptance and Contract AwardThe scheme will be managed through existing Council staffing resources, supported where required by external consultants, framework providers and contractors appointed through approved procurement routes. | Executive |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Re-procurement of Bridgwater leisure service contract (Building Schools for the Future Private… | Lead Member for Communities, Environment and Climate Change |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Lead Member for Finance Procurement Performance Annual ReportThis requires commissioners, contract managers and procurement to be alive to potential impacts to how and what we are procuring or is under contract. | Scrutiny Committee - Corporate and Strategic |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Connect to Work Contract Award | Lead Member for Economic Development, Planning and Assets |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Procurement of low floor minibuses for Slinky and electric minibuses for public services | Service Director of Infrastructure and Transport |
| 28 May 2026 | Annual Breaches and Waivers Q4 Update 2025-2026If the waiver request satisfies the criteria or a deviation agreed by Procurement and Legal Services will be approved and reported as a waiver, otherwise it will be declined by Procurement and Legal Services. | Audit Committee |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Somerset Adult Social Care: Care Quality Commission Local Authority Assurance OutcomeThis report does not itself seek approval for a procurement or contract award. | Scrutiny Committee - Adults, Health and Housing |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Somerset Council Best Value Notice: Improvement and Assurance FrameworkProgress against these actions will be monitored through the Council's integrated improvement and assurance framework and reported regularly to the Executive, Scrutiny Committees, Audit Committee, Improvement Advisory Board and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. | Scrutiny Committee - Corporate and Strategic |
| 9 Sep 2026 | Award of Contract for Taunton bridge replacement scheme | Lead Member for Economic Development, Planning and Assets |
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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
Where Somerset 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 Somerset. 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 Somerset Council's own published papers, at https://somerset.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 Somerset'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.