Buyer profile · Local authority
Cardiff Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 28
- About one every 13 days
- Contracts awarded
- 18
- To 51 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £195m
- 9 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £8.09m
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £495kestimated
- £400mframework ceiling
- £13mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £122mestimated
- £160mframework ceiling
- £1.2mestimated
- £79.7mframework ceiling
- £30kestimated
- £24.1mestimated
- £26.2mestimated
- £4mframework ceiling
- £3.7mframework ceiling
- £115mestimated
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.
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.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)83%
- Direct award (no competition)18%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cardiff Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 79% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 83%
- Higher than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 40 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 46%
- Lower than 90% of local authorities
- Based on 54 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3.5
- Fewer than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 20 awards
- Split into lots
- 11%
- Lower than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 18%
- Lower than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 40 procurements
- Cancelled
- 7%
- Higher than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 28 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Cardiff Council: 32 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 |
Cardiff Council: 3.5
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 |
Cardiff Council: 83%
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 |
Cardiff Council: 46%
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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff Council end in the next 90 days.