Buyer profile · Central government
British Business Bank tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: British Business Bank Plc
- Tenders published
- 8
- About one every 46 days
- Contracts awarded
- 53
- To 60 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £14.9m
- 35 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £100k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £104mestimated
- £3.8mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £700kestimated
- £700kestimated
- £450kestimated
- Value not stated
- £3.5mestimated
- £700kestimated
- £200kestimated
- £12.3mframework ceiling
- £1.1mestimated
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)18%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)20%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)28%
- Direct award (no competition)34%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow British Business Bank has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 64% of central government buyers
- Based on 7 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 18%
- Lower than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 50 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 50%
- Higher than 50% of central government buyers
- Based on 68 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 14
- More than 96% of central government buyers
- Based on 14 awards
- Split into lots
- 38%
- Higher than 93% of central government buyers
- Based on 8 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 34%
- Lower than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 50 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 8 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
British Business Bank: 29 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
British Business Bank: 14
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
British Business Bank: 18%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
British Business Bank: 50%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds British Business Bank.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Delivery Consultants | I3works Ltd | £170k | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banking and Custodian Services | Northern Trust Company (The) | £1m | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Sheffield Office Relocation – Dilapidations | Savills (UK) Limited | — | 3 Nov 2026 |
| UK Equity On-line Data Portal | Business Funding Research Ltd | — | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Data Validation and Authentication Services | Equifax Limited | £960k | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Engineering Framework | Aspire Systems Digital Solutions Ltd., The Dextrous Web Ltd, Waracle Limited and 10 more | — | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Governance Risk and Compliance tool | Decision Focus | £1.1m | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labelling Implementation (consultancy) | I3works Ltd | £207k | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft 365 Governance, Operating Model and AI Readiness Assessment | Pieterse Consulting Digital Solutions Ltd | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft Unified Support | Microsoft Limited | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Sheffield Office Relocation Project Management | Savills (UK) Limited | — | 6 Oct 2026 |