Buyer profile · Local authority
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 31
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 95
- To 180 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £21.8m
- 51 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £49k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £2.52mestimated
- £232kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £3mestimated
- Value not stated
- £600kestimated
- £8mestimated
- £2mestimated
- £3mestimated
- £20mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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)28%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)7%
- Direct award (no competition)64%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 28%
- Lower than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 126 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 73%
- Higher than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 197 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 18 awards
- Split into lots
- 3%
- Lower than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 64%
- Higher than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 126 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 31 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 30 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: 3
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: 28%
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: 73%
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 Barnsley Metropolitan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldthorpe Art Project | Campbell Design & Engineering Ltd | — | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Supply & Installation of Bathroom Adaptations | Certus Construction Group Limited, Partnering in Property Management Limited, Hughie Construction Limited, Arrow Developments Ltd, B&K Passmore Ltd T/As Passmore Group, Lonsdale Contracts Ltd, Nu Build (Barnsley) Ltd, P Bond Building Contractors Ltd, Providence Maintenance & Electrical Services Ltd, Westwood Joinery and Construction Ltd, YGI Limited, Yorkshire Independent Living Ltd | £3.75m | 7 Dec 2026 |
| Access Control System Maintenance | G4S Limited | £47k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| 26-27 Canva Enterprise | Canva UK Operations Limited | £32k | 4 Jan 2027 |
| HotHS - Phase 2 Health and Wellbeing Hub (PCSA) | Willmott Dixon Construction Limited | — | 29 Jan 2027 |
| Principal Towns Investment Phase 4 – programme development and Full Business Case | Thrive Economics Limited | £45k | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| P171 - Purchase of Mobile Elevating Work Platform Vehicles (MEWPs) | Aldercote Limited | £244k | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of Passenger Transport Services for Children & Adults - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) - Awarded Routes | SM Travel LTD | £169k | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Firefighting Equipment Maintenance and Fire Risk Assessments | Fieldway Compliance Ltd | — | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Day Opportunities Framework for Adults | Age UK Barnsley, Care 2 Care Training Services Limited, Greenworks Barnsley Limited and 3 more | £5.47m | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Minor Adaptations Service | 24/7 Locks Secure Horizon Ltd. | £920k | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft 365 A3 Licences | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | — | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Waste and Recycling Collection Service Review | Walker Resource Management Limited | — | 6 Oct 2026 |
| CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps | BMBC | — | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Welfare Services | Barnsley & District Citizens Advice Bureau | £145k | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Legal E-Bundling Software | Thomson Reuters | £84k | 30 Sept 2026 |