West Midlands Combined Authority: contracts, suppliers and what is coming next.
West Midlands Combined Authority is a combined authority in the West Midlands. This page sets out who supplies it, which of its contracts run out next, and what its committee papers have said about procurement in the last 30 days. Everything here comes from public records: award notices the council itself published, and the papers it publishes before each committee meeting.
Data updated: 6 August 2026 (committee papers) | 12 June 2026 (award notices)
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Next committee meetings
The next 5 scheduled meetings at West Midlands 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.
| Date | Committee |
|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2026 | Investment Board |
| 7 Sep 2026 | Local Scrutiny Committee |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WMCA Board |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Investment Zone Board |
Source: West Midlands Combined Authority's published committee calendar.
Biggest suppliers
Ranked by total awarded value across every West Midlands 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Limited | £42.0m | 3 |
| C&W Business Solutions | £12.9m | 4 |
| Next Energy Solutions Ltd | £8.8m | 1 |
| Haigh Rail Limited | £8.2m | 14 |
| Free to Learn Ltd | £8.1m | 5 |
Largest awards of the last 12 months
The biggest awards West Midlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Chain Transition (Investment Zone) | C&W Business Solutions Ltd | £11.8m | Open |
| Assessors and Design Panel for the Integrated Settlement Pilot10 award notices, shown once | framework, 10 suppliers | £6.1m | DPS call-off |
| Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) Bus Priority Programme | John Sisk & Son Limited | £4.6m | Framework call-off |
| Metro Extension Insurance Brokerage Services - CAN | Marsh Limited | £4.5m | Framework call-off |
| Supply and Installation of Bus Shelters across TfWM Network | Bus Shelters Limited | £1.7m | Framework call-off |
How the money is awarded
34% of West Midlands Combined Authority's awarded value went through open competition and 4% 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.
- Framework/DPS 62% (£183m)
- Competed 34% (£99.0m)
- Direct 4% (£11.9m)
Contracts expiring within 18 months
The 5 soonest end dates on record for West Midlands Combined Authority. 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.
| Ends | Contract | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2026 | Bus Fleet Engineering and Operations Consultancy | Constellia Public Limited | £99,490 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Access for All Study at 6 Rail Stations | Jacobs UK Limited | £63,246 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Supply and Installation of Bus Shelters across TfWM Network | Bus Shelters Limited | £1.7m |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Commercial Management Service | Matchtech Group Limited | £81,425 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT | Matchech Group Limited | £71,928 |
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Procurement radar
Papers published by West Midlands Combined Authority in the last 30 days that mention procurement, tendering, commissioning, market testing or frameworks.
| Meeting | Paper | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2026 | Kingshurst Village Regeneration Phase 2 Full Business CaseWillmott Dixon will be appointed as Principal Contractor, with a delivery model that combines competitively tendered framework rates with open-book cost transparency. | Investment Board |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Appendix 1 - Progress Status Overview Q1 2026/27 | Investment Zone Board |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Appendix 1 for Internal Audit Plan 2026/27As WMCA continues to deliver significant programmes in areas such as transport, skills, housing and growth, whilst implementing digital transformation, Internal Audit will provide both assurance and advisory support to strengthen governance and control frameworks at an early stage. | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Programme Progress Report - Q1 2026/27…will be subject to appropriate legal input at the point of development and approval, including the drafting and negotiation of funding agreements and ensuring compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including subsidy control and public procurement legislation (as applicable). | Investment Zone Board |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Investment Programme Update Report July 2026…approved extending the role and remit of WMCA Investment Board to cover all WMCA projects (including the CRSTS programme), allowing investment decisions to be made for values between £5 million and £20 million in line with the Single Assurance Framework. | Investment Board |
| 14 Jul 2026 | ARAC 2025-26 Action Log (3) (1) (1)…discussions with officers from Peterborough City Council regarding the implementation of the Unit4 procurement module due to an enhancement designed to ensure compliance with the new Procurement Act requirements that had recently been raised as a concern by the Overview… | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
| 20 Jul 2026 | July 2026 IP DashboardConstruction is now finished and the project is in an extensive testing and commissioning phase. | Investment Board |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Kingshurst FBC - Risk and Investment AppraisalThe need to meet mandatory standards fundamentally shapes cost planning, specification choices, procurement routes, and risk allowances. | Investment Board |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Update Report City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement Q4 FY 2025-26There are no procurement considerations as a result of the recommendations within this report, which are for noting only. | Investment Board |
| 14 Jul 2026 | ARAC Work Programme 2026-27 | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Internal Audit Plan 2026/27This helps ensure that resources are used effectively, risks are appropriately managed, and strategic priorities are delivered in accordance with approved policies and governance frameworks. | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Internal Audit Update ReportThe work undertaken by Internal Audit helps ensure that strategic programmes, transformation activity, devolved funding, transport investment and corporate services operate within appropriate governance frameworks, risks are effectively managed and public resources are used appropriately. | Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee |
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Where West Midlands 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 Midlands. The award data set was last refreshed on 12 June 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 Midlands Combined Authority's own published papers, at https://wmca.moderngov.co.uk. Every paper linked above is on the council's own site. Committee-paper figures were extracted on 6 August 2026.
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.