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Buyer profile · Local authority
Cambridgeshire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 61
- About one every 6 days
- Contracts awarded
- 69
- To 162 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £55.6m
- 117 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £4,500
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 6
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £2.39mestimated
- £65kestimated
- £5,000estimated
- £400kestimated
- £250kestimated
- £18mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £199kestimated
- £5.32mestimated
- £5.32mestimated
- £5.32mestimated
- £375kestimated
- £390kestimated
- £1.64mestimated
- £20kestimated
- £50mestimated
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)63%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)6%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cambridgeshire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 68% of local authorities
- Based on 56 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 63%
- Higher than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 115 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 86%
- Higher than 90% of local authorities
- Based on 177 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 10
- More than 87% of local authorities
- Based on 33 awards
- Split into lots
- 13%
- Lower than 52% of local authorities
- Based on 61 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 115 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Lower than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 61 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 31 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: 10
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: 63%
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: 86%
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 Cambridgeshire County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25117 Mould remediation in Cambridgeshire Archive | Max Communications Ltd | — | 30 Nov 2026 |