Grounds, forestry and horticulture contracts expiring in North East England: 17 worth £4.4m

17 grounds, forestry and horticulture contracts in North East England carry a published end date, worth £4.4m between them. They are held across 9 buyers, and the typical one is worth £264k.

5 of them expire within twelve months, and 2 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 29% of this market back in play inside a year.

16 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 35% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

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

The most active buyers are Karbon Homes (9), Hartlepool Borough Council (1), Homes England (1).

The contracts here are most often held by THE AZURE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (3), Practical Landscapes (3), LIVING WOODS NORTH EAST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY (1).