Framework provider · read from the notices
NEPO frameworks: who uses them, for what
NEPO — the North East Procurement Organisation — buys on behalf of the twelve North East councils that govern it, and opens its frameworks to the wider UK public sector through a free associate membership. Below, read from the notices themselves: which buyers call off NEPO frameworks, which NEPO agreements they name, and how often.
01/ Which agreements
The NEPO frameworks buyers cite.
A call-off names the framework it uses by reference. These are the references UK notices cite most, each with a sentence a buyer wrote — tap one to read it. We never guess an agreement’s name: the sentence carries it.
references matched in the sentence that names NEPO, one count per notice
“Further Competition for General Inspections 2024/25 - Batch 1 in relation to Framework Agreement NEPO 212 Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment, Lot 2 Multi-Disciplinary - Highways, Transportation and Civil Engineering.”
02/ Who calls them off
The buyers already using NEPO.
316 buyers have published a notice naming a NEPO framework. These ten name one most often — once you are on a framework, these are the organisations whose call-offs you can compete for.
buyer names folded for case and trailing dots; NEPO’s own notices excluded
03/ Over time
NEPO in the notices, year by year.
Other buyers’ call-off notices and NEPO’s own, by year of publication. Hover or tap a year. Our coverage of the registers differs by year, so read the shape rather than the growth.
Notices each year — hover or tap a column
| Period | Call-offs | NEPO's own | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2016 | 21 | 7 | 28 |
| 2017 | 41 | 7 | 48 |
| 2018 | 51 | 5 | 56 |
| 2019 | 216 | 9 | 225 |
| 2020 | 150 | 8 | 158 |
| 2021 | 151 | 18 | 169 |
| 2022 | 184 | 18 | 202 |
| 2023 | 156 | 18 | 174 |
| 2024 | 228 | 16 | 244 |
| 2025 | 232 | 20 | 252 |
| 2026 | 208 | 24 | 232 |
04/ The entry points
Getting on a NEPO framework.
- 01Watch NEPO's own notices
A place on a NEPO framework is won when NEPO tenders the framework itself — its own notices, listed below, are the entry points.
- 02Know the reference
Call-offs cite the framework by number (NEPO212, NEPO224…). The references below show which agreements buyers actually use.
- 03Use the supplier programme
NEPO runs free training and a Supplier Partnership Programme for suppliers new to the public sector.
- 04Then follow the call-offs
Once on a framework, the call-offs are the work — the buyers below are the ones already calling NEPO frameworks off.
Latest from NEPO itself
Latest call-offs naming NEPO
06/ Method
How this page is made
Live figures
Every figure is read from UK notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder (Open Government Licence v3.0): the sentences our requirement matcher found naming NEPO, one count per notice, joined to each notice's buyer and date.
A notice published by NEPO itself counts as its own. Any other buyer's notice counts as a call-off, unless its sentence names the NEPO e-tendering portal rather than a framework — 923 notices do, and are left out. Figures are floors: a notice that uses a framework without naming it in its text is not counted.
Outside sources
- NEPO, Who is NEPO — governance by the 12 North East local authorities, the free associate membership scheme and the "over 1,000" registered authorities (NEPO's figure); read 28 Sep 2026.
- NEPO, Get started — the Supplier Partnership Programme and free supplier training; read 28 Sep 2026.
- Find a Tender notice 080089-2025 — NEPO describing itself as a centralised procurement authority under the Procurement Act 2023; read 28 Sep 2026.
Frameworks
NHS SBS frameworks
The NHS's shared-services framework provider, read the same way.
Frameworks
Every framework provider, compared
CCS/GCA, G-Cloud, NEPO, NHS SBS, ESPO, YPO — how often UK notices name each.
Glossary
What a framework agreement is
How frameworks work, call-offs and mini-competitions.
Guide
The Procurement Act 2023
Open frameworks and the rules frameworks now run under.
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