Education and training contracts expiring in North West England: 154 worth £250m

154 education and training contracts in North West England carry a published end date, worth £250m between them. They are held across 61 buyers, and the typical one is worth £80k.

101 of them expire within twelve months, and 18 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 66% of this market back in play inside a year.

174 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 5% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

17 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 Greater Manchester Combined Authority (13), Lancashire County Council (11), Lancashire Combined County Authority (7).

The contracts here are most often held by ONE EDUCATION LIMITED (4), ESS EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES (3), BACK TO WORK TRAINING LIMITED (3).