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Derbyshire County Council: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
Derbyshire County Council has published 520 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 24 Oct 2023, worth £566m in total as published. Most of its spending is on construction works, transport services, construction materials. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What Derbyshire County Council buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 24 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction works | 45000000 | 147 | £69.1m |
| Transport services | 60000000 | 126 | £49.1m |
| Construction materials | 44000000 | 48 | £27.6m |
| Software | 48000000 | 42 | £19.9m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 23 | £1.3m |
| Health & social care | 85000000 | 17 | £277m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 15 | £16.5m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 14 | £2.7m |
| Grounds, landscaping & farming services | 77000000 | 10 | £2.9m |
| Insurance & banking services | 66000000 | 9 | £15m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
60100000 Road transport services | 124 |
45000000 Construction work | 84 |
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 72 |
79600000 Recruitment services | 68 |
45233000 Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads | 52 |
44113000 Road-construction materials | 39 |
48000000 Software package and information systems | 38 |
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | 28 |
60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport) | 25 |
80000000 Education and training services | 24 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to Derbyshire County Council
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 24 Oct 2023. 55% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Matchtech Group (UK) Ltd | 55 | £3m |
| Awami Travel LTD | 26 | £3.6m |
| D G Private Hire Limited | 22 | £2.3m |
| Holcim UK Ltd | 20 | £7.2m |
| 24x7 Ltd | 19 | £2.6m |
| Thomas Bow Limited | 18 | £7m |
| Green Destinations Ltd | 18 | £4m |
| AHS Cars Ltd | 17 | £1.5m |
| A Line (Chesterfield) LTD | 16 | £1.3m |
| Rosliston Cars Ltd | 13 | £1.5m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
69 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
Upcoming and open opportunities
Open tenders and planned procurements (pipeline and preliminary market engagement notices) published by Derbyshire County Council. Always read the official notice for documents and how to bid.
| Type | Opportunity | Deadline or date | Est. value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open tender | CPH158 Residential Rehabilitation for Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Framework | 23 Oct 2026 | £2.2m |
| Open tender | Supply and Lay of Bond Coat | 9 Nov 2026 | |
| Planned procurement | CCS110 Provision of Independent Experts to investigate Statutory Children's Service Complaints | 8 Oct 2026 | £150k |
| Planned procurement | Preliminary Market Engagement for the Supply of a Cloud Hosted Occupational Health Administration Solution and Associated Services. | 9 Oct 2026 | |
| Planned procurement | CPH131 Prescribing only Medication (POM) and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) | 21 Oct 2026 | £4.4m |
| Planned procurement | Provision of a Population Segmentation Data Tool | 22 Oct 2026 | £70k |
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
Licence: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to Derbyshire County Council.