Building materials contracts expiring in North West England: 39 worth £42m

39 building materials contracts in North West England carry a published end date, worth £42m between them. They are held across 23 buyers, and the typical one is worth £300k.

24 of them expire within twelve months, and 13 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 62% of this market back in play inside a year.

37 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 14% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

4 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (7), Sellafield Limited (5), Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (2).

The contracts here are most often held by Crown Paints Limied (2), PPG Architectural Coatings UK Ltd (2), J.P McDougall and Co Ltd Trading as Dulux Decorator Centre (2).