Procurement spend

The Council spends over £240M on supplies, services and works during the each financial year. The list below gives the indicative aggregated spend for the financial year 2011/12 by category, as defined by the Thompson classification system.

Accountancy & Related Services £50,403
Adoption Services £258,982
Adult & Further Education Services £535,102
Advertising £1,299
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Services £174,695
Arboricultural Services £809,330
Architectural Services £986,276
Art Supplies & Associated Services £39,980
Assistive Technology £28,431
Audit Services £432,705

Banking Services £948,764
Books, Newspapers, Magazines & Subscriptions £1,007
Builders £142,820
Builders' Merchants £877,504
Building Consultants £63,798
Building Refurbishment & Restoration Contractors £61,368
Buildings - Sectional & Portable £8,556
Burial & Cremation £18,820
Business & Management Consultancy £40,765,083
Business Enterprise Agencies, Trade Associations & Regulatory Bodies £754,692

Call Charges - Fixed Line £77,728
Cash Collection £76,315
Catering Services £1,535,790
Central Government, Government Agencies & Public Bodies £176,445
Chemicals & Allied Products £4,396
Childcare Services £158,012
Cleaning Materials & Equipment £30,290
Cleaning Services - Commercial £298,899
Clothing £83,213
Coach Hire £2,345,377
Concrete Repairing Services £371,385
Conferencing & Venues £17,704
Consumables £766,677
Counselling, Advice & Information Services £7,190,183
Courts £124,425
Credit Reference Agencies £750

Data Storage £87,557
Day Care £3,472,056
Demolition & Dismantling Contractors £48,541
Direct Payments/Individual Not Classified £9,013,323
Disability & Special Needs £3,698,628
Doctors £6,802
Domestic Goods £41,306
Domiciliary Care £4,530,598
Drug Misuse - Advice & Counselling £123,173

Education Equipment & Supplies £18,163,905
Election Services £190,000
Electrical Testing & Inspecting £1,570,297
Electricians & Electrical Contractors £167,542
Electricity £7,369,861
Employment & Recruitment Agencies £5,869,162
Energy Management Services £16,399
Engineering Consultants £254,519
Engineering Services £2,000,850
Environmental Consultants £134,137
Equipment £753,470
Estate Agents & Valuers £48,136
Events & Exhibitions £25,124
Expenses & Subsistence £3,774,588

Facilities Management £1,085,857
Family Activity Centres £169,060
Fencing, Gates & Barriers £3,803
Financial & Investment Management Services £6,913,126
Fire Equipment £19,079
First Aid & Medical Supplies £112,690
Fitness & Exercise £464,702
Flooring Services £35,831
Fostering £2,164,164
Fresh Water £15,812
Furniture & Furnishings £297,416

Garden Centres & Nurseries £36,067
Gas £363,094
General Waste £1,792,303
Glass And Windows £82,000
Graphic Design £5,944

Hardware £15,018
Haulage £2,302
Health & Safety £51,567
Health Care £2,894,902
Heating Contractors £17,098
Highway Services £221,911
Historic Building Repair £1,622
Hotels £107,203
Housing Associations, Societies, Trusts & Co-Operatives £11,666,096

Inspection, Repair & Maintenance £133,472
Insurance £2,718,163
Internet Services £20,705
Interpretation & Translation £6,255
IT And Software Consultancy £52,508

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Land Management £379,139
Landscape Architects & Designers £33,724
Landscaping & Groundwork Contractors £54,001
Laundry Services £4,769
Learning & Development £764,351
Leasing £248,144
Leasing Services £194,717
Legal Services £2,200,977
Leisure & Recreation Centres £1,547,429
Leisure Management Services £1,807,642
Library Books/Av Supplies £459,320
Lighting Services £2,497,874
Local Government £9,798,266

Machinery - Industrial & Commercial £2,820,673
Mail & Post £606,457
Maintenance £119,958
Market Research £6,714
Marketing & Communication Services £35,030
Materials £122,223
Mechanical & Electrical £76,480,005
Medical Equipment & Devices £3,861,545
Mental Health Services £1,572,047

NHS Trust £2,266,089
Non Hazardous £2,716
Nurseries, Creches, Playgroups & Pre-School £267,519
Nursing Care £198,843
Nursing Homes £73,272

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Parking Charges £728
Parts & Accessories £68,093
Pensions £97,984
Photocopiers/Mfds £303,709
Plastics £14,839
Playground Equipment £42,366
Plumbers £48,037
Printers' Services & Supplies £199,701
Promotional Activity £481,057
Property Developers £8,737
Pumps £2,665

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Rail £4,864
Removals/Porterage £45,456
Rentals - Mobile Line £1,619
Residential Care £21,792,592
Retailers £269,587
Road Construction £300,177
Roofing Services £343,298

Salary & Remuneration £26,801,356
Sand, Gravel & Other Aggregates £130,726
Schools £15,676,628
Security Alarm Systems & Cctv £329,406
Security Guarding £1,073,547
Sheet Music And Instruments £1,239
Signage £73,347
Software £495,954
Stationery & Paper £7,528
Steel Fabricators & Erectors £11,671
Storage Services £37,757
Street Furniture £288,792
Surveyors £53,684
Systems £1,893,165

Taxi Fares £827,823
Telecoms Equipment (Fixed Line) £579,981
Theatres £1,184,945
Tourist Attractions £261,510
Traffic Management Systems £54,519
Travel Agents & Tour Operators £135,540
Tyres £8,382

Universities & Colleges £2,000,293

Vehicle Hire £88,603

Water Coolers £515

Youth & Community Organisations £221,853

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