Buyer profile · Local authority
Ards and North Down Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 11
- About one every 33 days
- Contracts awarded
- 13
- To 17 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £11.9m
- 16 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £227k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £300kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £800kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement - Development Brief for Site located at Comber Road, NewtownardsValue not stated
- £1estimated
- £193kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)94%
- Direct award (no competition)6%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Ards and North Down Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 94%
- Higher than 88% of local authorities
- Based on 16 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 65%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 17 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 2
- Fewer than 93% of local authorities
- Based on 18 awards
- Split into lots
- 45%
- Higher than 95% of local authorities
- Based on 11 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 6%
- Lower than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 16 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 11 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 28 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 135 |
| 30–35 days | 132 |
| 35–40 days | 27 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 2 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 2
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 78 |
| 4–6 bids | 89 |
| 6–8 bids | 57 |
| 8–10 bids | 18 |
| 10–12 bids | 16 |
| 12–14 bids | 8 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
This buyer: 94%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 21 |
| 10–20% | 29 |
| 20–30% | 44 |
| 30–40% | 46 |
| 40–50% | 47 |
| 50–60% | 52 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 27 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 63 |
This buyer: 65%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 6 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 25 |
| 50–60% | 70 |
| 60–70% | 109 |
| 70–80% | 88 |
| 80–90% | 54 |
| 90–100% | 27 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Ards and North Down Borough Council.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDBC Tender for the Provision of External lighting inspection and repair (Including: Festive lighting inspection, repair, PAT, and installation) | Ajcg Limited | £137k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| ANDBC tender for the Provision of Tourism Destination Awareness Marketing Campaigns | Lighthouse N.i. Ltd | £226k | 16 Jan 2027 |