Buyer profile · Local authority

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council tenders and contracts

Northern IrelandCraigavonWebsite

Official name on notices: Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Tenders published
74
About one every 5 days
Contracts awarded
55
To 54 different suppliers
Value awarded
£36.6m
4 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£7.85m
Median value awarded
Open now
4
10 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Local Economic Partnership Leadership and Management Programme

    Northern IrelandTraining

    Closing soon4 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £200kestimated
  2. £165kestimated
  3. £200kestimated
  4. Peatlands Restoration - Scrub Control on Selshion ASSI funded by PEACEPLUS PEAT+

    Northern IrelandConstruction, Grounds maintenance and landscaping

    Open14 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £200kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Value not stated
  2. PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE - Provision of Protective Clothing, Safety Footwear and Personal Protective Equipment

    Northern IrelandUniforms, clothing and PPE

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £691kestimated
  3. ***PME EXERCISE***Consultancy Services of an Interdisciplinary Consultancy Team to progress an update of Tannaghmore Farm Master Plan (2016)

    Northern IrelandArchitecture and engineering, Grounds maintenance and landscaping

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  4. £720kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 13 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. SIA licensing1%
    In 1 of 88 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. BNL Productions LtdSME2 contracts
  2. Castle Stage Hire LtdSME2 contracts
  3. DFPF Ltd t/a People 1stSME2 contracts
  4. £27.7m awarded

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)96%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)3%
Based on 80 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
21 days
Shorter than 98% of local authorities
Based on 74 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
96%
Higher than 89% of local authorities
Based on 80 procurements
Won by small firms
55%
Lower than 81% of local authorities
Based on 64 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
3
Fewer than 73% of local authorities
Based on 16 awards
Split into lots
11%
Lower than 59% of local authorities
Based on 74 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 85% of local authorities
Based on 80 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 74 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 319 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days2
20–25 days17
25–30 days135
30–35 days132
35–40 days27
40–45 days2
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 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.

19 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards