Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Awarded value each year

In GBP, from awards with a published value

Awards per year under each year. *2026 to date

Key figures

Median contract value

£103,603

Last 3 years

Typical contract length

2 years 2 months

Median, last 3 years

Suppliers used

31

Last 3 years

Awards to SMEs

53%

As declared in notices

Top suppliers

By awarded value, last 3 years, framework panels excluded

• SOLIHULL CARERS CENTRE£9.9m

  1 award · 43.3% of value
• Citizens Advice Solihull Bureau£6.6m

  1 award · 28.9% of value
• The ExtraCare Charitable Trust£1.8m

  1 award · 8% of value
• Family Action£1.6m

  1 award · 7.2% of value
• VIP-System Limited£540k

  1 award · 2.4% of value
• Age Concern Solihull t/a Age UK£434k

  1 award · 1.9% of value
• National Grid Electricity Distribution£280k

  1 award · 1.2% of value
• Humankind Charity£208k

  1 award · 0.9% of value

What they buy

Awards by CPV division, last 3 years

• Health and social work services16
• Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security5
• Software package and information systems4
• IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support4
• Other community, social and personal services3
• Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment2

How they buy

Procedure behind each award, last 3 years

• Direct award52%
• Open procedure26%
• Not stated10%
• Framework call-off6%
• Limited competition6%

When they award

Awards by calendar month, last 3 years. Busiest: March