Grounds, forestry and horticulture contracts expiring in West Midlands: 45 worth £7.5m

45 grounds, forestry and horticulture contracts in West Midlands carry a published end date, worth £7.5m between them. They are held across 14 buyers, and the typical one is worth £45k.

24 of them expire within twelve months, and 4 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 53% of this market back in play inside a year.

35 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 26% 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 part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Staffordshire County Council (13), Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (12), National Highways Limited (4).

The contracts here are most often held by CROPPER GROUNDS MAINTENANCE LTD (7), RAMORA LIMITED (3), National Milk Records Limited (2).