Buyer profile · Local authority
Cambridge City Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 42
- About one every 9 days
- Contracts awarded
- 23
- To 31 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £259k
- 4 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £37k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £36kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £120mframework ceiling
- £38.4mestimated
- £75mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £75mestimated
- £140mframework ceiling
- £1.64mestimated
- £1.8mestimated
- £4mestimated
- £2mestimated
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.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
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%
- Direct award (no competition)14%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cambridge City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 25 days
- Shorter than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 42 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 86%
- Higher than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 51 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 77%
- Higher than 75% of local authorities
- Based on 31 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 8
- More than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 22 awards
- Split into lots
- 7%
- Lower than 68% of local authorities
- Based on 42 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 14%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 51 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Lower than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 42 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Cambridge City Council: 25 days
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| 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 |
Cambridge City Council: 8
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 |
Cambridge City 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 |
Cambridge City Council: 77%
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 Cambridge City 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.
No contracts we hold from Cambridge City Council end in the next 90 days.