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Cornwall Council
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Total contracts
959
Known spend
£31bn
820 disclosed
Average value
£38m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Home-Start Kernow
4 winslatest 07 Sept 2026£499,998
- 2
LIVEWEST HOMES LTD
3 winslatest 09 Sept 2026£25m
- 3
Urban Biodiversity
3 winslatest 31 Jul 2026£5m
- 4
Karrek Community CIC
2 winslatest 01 Apr 2026£3bn
- 5
Passion Recruitment Agency
2 winslatest 01 Apr 2026£3bn
- 6
Coastline Housing
2 winslatest 01 Apr 2026£3bn
- 7
Potensial Ltd (Trading as Potens)
2 winslatest 30 Jan 2026£450m
- 8
Cornwall Community Development LTD
2 winslatest 17 Sept 2026£31m
- 9
The Women's Centre Cornwall
2 winslatest 30 Sept 2026£16m
- 10
Barnardo's
2 winslatest 30 Sept 2026£10m
What they buy
By CPV categoryConstruction worksCPV 45
145 contracts · £3bn
Health & social workCPV 85
112 contracts · £2bn
Education & trainingCPV 80
79 contracts · £129m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
73 contracts · £392m
SoftwareCPV 48
52 contracts · £4m
Construction materialsCPV 44
40 contracts · £32m
Transport equipmentCPV 34
34 contracts · £10m
Business servicesCPV 79
29 contracts · £15m
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (959)
Meter operator services MOP
This contract covers the provision of Meter Operator (MOP) and Data Collector (DC) services to support the Council’s electricity metering estate, including installation, maintenanc
Supply of replacement ferry chains for the torpoint ferries
Cornwall Council, on behalf of the joint authorities (Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council), is re-procuring the supply of ferry chains for Tamar Crossings Ltd. in anticipati
Community drug and alcohol services
```json { "overview": "Cornwall Council is looking for experienced healthcare providers to run two separate drug and alcohol treatment services: Lot 1 for adults (18+) and Lot 2 for young people (under 18) across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The services must be free, accessible, trauma-informed, and help around 4,000 adults and 148+ young people per year recover from substance use while reducing harm and preventing deaths.", "requirements": [ "Must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for regulated drug and alcohol treatment services — this is mandatory and must be provided at tender submission", "Must pass at least 3 of 4 financial tests (turnover, liquidity/acid test ratio, gearing, net profit margin) and achieve a minimum score of 70", "Must provide up to 3 contract examples from the last 3 years showing delivery of similar large-scale drug and alcohol services, with verifiable customer references", "Must demonstrate sufficient economic and financial standing", "Must demonstrate technical and professional ability (assessed on pass/fail basis)", "Must show effective supply chain management if subcontracting is proposed, including performance monitoring and prompt payment practices", "Must be able to deliver county-wide across diverse urban and rural geographies including the Isles of Scilly", "Must comply with NICE guidance, the National Drug Strategy, and National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) requirements", "For Lot 1: Must demonstrate proven capability delivering large-scale adult drug and alcohol treatment", "For Lot 2: Must demonstrate proven experience delivering specialist substance use services for children and young people", "Must have strong clinical governance arrangements and CQC compliance", "Must operate 52 weeks per year with no waiting lists (Lot 2: referral within 1 working day, assessment within 5 working days, treatment start within 21 days)", "Must demonstrate commitment to co-production with people with lived experience, families and carers", "Must use the Council-commissioned Electronic Case Management System (ECMS) and submit data to NDTMS" ], "key_tasks": [ "Lot 1 (Adults 18+): Deliver open access services including advice, information, screening, triage, brief interventions, assertive outreach and detached working", "Lot 1: Provide harm reduction services including overdose prevention, naloxone provision, needle and syringe programmes, blood-borne virus (BBV) testing and vaccination", "Lot 1: Deliver structured community treatment including clinical and psychosocial interventions, pharmacological treatment, detoxification support, recovery planning and aftercare", "Lot 1: Support people through criminal justice pathways including Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR), Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR), probation engagement and continuity of care on release", "Lot 1: Provide housing-related floating support including homelessness prevention, tenancy sustainment and support for rough sleepers", "Lot 1: Deliver family and carer support including information, advice and therapeutic interventions", "Lot 1: Provide specialist responses for people with complex needs (co-occurring mental health, trauma, domestic abuse, neurodiversity, exploitation, multiple disadvantage)", "Lot 1: Deliver recovery-oriented community provision including peer support, mutual aid, volunteering, education and employment support using Individual Placement and Support (IPS)", "Lot 1: Support approximately 4,000 adults per annum in effective treatment with no waiting times beyond national expectations", "Lot 1: Deliver services across 6+ core locations (Liskeard, Truro, Penzance, Bodmin, St Austell) plus satellite sites and regular Isles of Scilly provision", "Lot 1: Provide only the Individual Placement Support (IPS) function in Torbay with a dedicated embedded IPS worker (not full service replication)", "Lot 2 (Young People under 18): Deliver targeted prevention and early intervention including education programmes and support to schools, colleges and alternative provision", "Lot 2: Provide open access and Tier 2 interventions including advice, brief interventions, harm reduction and support for 'affected others' (young people impacted by parental/household substance use)", "Lot 2: Deliver structured community treatment (Tier 3) including specialist assessment, care planning, psychosocial interventions, harm reduction and community-based pharmacological treatment", "Lot 2: Support transitions to Tier 4 services (inpatient detoxification and residential rehabilitation) with care coordination, preparation, discharge planning and aftercare", "Lot 2: Provide specialist pathways including Youth Justice Service support, diversion offers, safeguarding responses, affected others interventions and transition to adult services", "Lot 2: Support approximately 148 young people per annum in structured (Tier 3) treatment, plus additional Tier 2 and open access interventions", "Lot 2: Deliver system-wide prevention activity across all secondary schools, colleges and alternative
Community drug and alcohol services (community drug and alcohol services - procurement)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For th
Local SEND reform plan support
Send reform This work will provide the Council with: • A clearer understanding of demand, cost and outcomes across the child’s journey. • An understanding of where needs can be see
Provision of security services to designated accommodation sites
Cornwall Council is seeking a qualified and trauma-informed security provider to deliver professional security services across designated supported accommodation schemes for indivi
Carers support service lot 1 retender
Cornwall Council, together with NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB), is inviting tenders for the delivery of the Core Carers Service (Lot 1) across Cornwall.
Carers support service (carers support service lot 1 retender)
Cornwall Council, together with NHS Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB), is seeking to appoint a provider to deliver the Core Carers Service (Lot 1) across C
Experts at hand
SEND Reform Plan (3 years) commissioned support
Youth engagement project
Designed to improve social mobility outcomes for individuals aged 16-24 who are NEET – highest priority given to individuals with SEND/SEMH/Care leavers.
End user devices (EUD)
For the provision of end user devices and supporting services
Fire command and control system
The provision, operation, and support of a Fire Command and Control system for Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service (CFRS).
Integrated asset management software system
Implementation, migration, support and maintenance of an Integrated Asset Management Software System
Oracle cloud
For the provision of Oracle Cloud Fusion licences. Expected to be direct awarded via Lot 1: Enterprise Software of the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Back Office Software 2 Framew
Wide area network
The provision of private HSCN network connectivity
YFF - randomised control trial
Currently, the Youth Engagement Project has contracts in place for service delivery by specialist delivery partners and we aim to replicate this for the YFF – Randomised Control Tr
Continuing health care advanced training
No description available
DRC asset valuations 2026
There is a requirement of Cornwall Council’s Capital Accounts that the ca.4,000 assets owned by the Council within the Council’s General Fund (GF) are valued over a 5-year rolling
Duplicate payment identification software
Cornwall Council uses Oracle Cloud for financial management and processes approximately 325,000 Accounts Payable transactions annually. Transactions are processed within Oracle Clo
Extra care development framework
Development of new extra care housing. In 2023, the Council published its Supported and Specialist Housing Strategy, Cornwall Supported & Specialist Housing Strategy 2023-2050 whic