Buyer profile · Local authority
Ashford Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 21
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 16
- To 17 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.43m
- 14 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £52k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £100kestimated
- £2.4mestimated
- £12.6mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £6.1mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 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)86%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)14%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Ashford Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 26 days
- Shorter than 92% of local authorities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 86%
- Higher than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 28 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 71%
- Higher than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 17 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 0%
- Lower than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 28 procurements
- Cancelled
- 19%
- Higher than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 21 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Ashford Borough Council: 26 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 |
Ashford Borough Council: 86%
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 |
Ashford Borough Council: 71%
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 Ashford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Integrated Economic Development Needs Study (EDNS) | Iceni Projects Limited | £49k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Specialist Arts Centre Business Planner | Blue Horizon Ventures Limited | £37k | 26 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Space Strategy and Green Infrastructure Plan Consultant | The Environment Partnership (TEP) Ltd | — | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Civic Centre Strip out | DDS Demolition | £134k | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Singleton Environment Centre Decarbonisation Work | MacBrook Gas Limited | £57k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Modular Housing - St Stephens Walk | Hill Partnerships Limited | £148k | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Legal Support | Capsticks Solicitors LLP | £30k | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Polling Station Tablets | Modern Democracy | £58k | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Structural Engineer Consultant | Ingleton Wood LLP | £342k | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Local Plan Consultancy | AECOM Limited | — | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Strategic Flood Risk Assessment | Jeremy Benn Associates Limited | — | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Ashford Integrated Economic Development Needs Study (EDNS) | Iceni Projects Limited | — | 29 Jul 2026 |