Buyer profile · Local authority
Bedford Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 21
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 75
- To 100 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £33.7m
- 61 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £116k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 5 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £800kestimated
- £12kestimated
- £1.1mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
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)29%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)5%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)3%
- Direct award (no competition)63%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Bedford Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Longer than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 29%
- Lower than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 78 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 61%
- Lower than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 109 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 15 awards
- Split into lots
- 38%
- Higher than 91% of local authorities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 63%
- Higher than 93% of local authorities
- Based on 78 procurements
- Cancelled
- 10%
- Higher than 75% of local authorities
- Based on 21 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Bedford Borough Council: 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 |
Bedford Borough Council: 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 |
Bedford Borough Council: 29%
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 |
Bedford Borough Council: 61%
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 Bedford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Placement (Spot Off Framework) | SV Care Services Ltd | £507k | 14 Nov 2026 |
| Residential (Spot) Placement - Childrens Services | Positive Futures Support Care Limited | £550k | 5 Dec 2026 |
| IFA placement for Children's Services Case | Barnardo Services Limited | £101k | 19 Dec 2026 |
| Childrens Home (Spot Non Framework) | Outbound Care Ltd | £468k | 29 Dec 2026 |
| Semi-Independent Placement | PSA Care Ltd | £63k | 15 Jan 2027 |