Buyer profile · Local authority
Cardiff Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 19
- About one every 19 days
- Contracts awarded
- 15
- To 46 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £187m
- 8 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £9.25m
- 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
- £330kestimated
- £6.36mframework ceiling
- £76kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £79.7mframework ceiling
- £30kestimated
- £24.1mestimated
- £200mframework ceiling
- £200mframework ceiling
- £26.2mestimated
- £4mframework ceiling
- £3.7mframework ceiling
- £115mestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)80%
- Direct award (no competition)20%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cardiff Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 77% of local authorities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 80%
- Higher than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 30 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 26%
- Lower than 99% of local authorities
- Based on 46 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 15 awards
- Split into lots
- 5%
- Lower than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 20%
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 30 procurements
- Cancelled
- 5%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 19 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Cardiff Council: 32 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 4 |
| 20–25 days | 11 |
| 25–30 days | 120 |
| 30–35 days | 119 |
| 35–40 days | 19 |
| 40–45 days | 7 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Cardiff Council: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 55 |
| 4–6 bids | 75 |
| 6–8 bids | 47 |
| 8–10 bids | 17 |
| 10–12 bids | 11 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 10 |
Cardiff Council: 80%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 11 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 32 |
| 40–50% | 36 |
| 50–60% | 48 |
| 60–70% | 47 |
| 70–80% | 33 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 76 |
Cardiff Council: 26%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 6 |
| 40–50% | 27 |
| 50–60% | 41 |
| 60–70% | 76 |
| 70–80% | 80 |
| 80–90% | 55 |
| 90–100% | 32 |
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.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| : IP5 Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Battery Energy Storage System Development | Mott MacDonald, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, AECOM Limited and 27 more | — | 18 Sept 2026 |
| Low Level Hostel Provision | Cardiff Young Mens Christian Association | £4.67m | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Transportation and Processing of Dry Mixed Recycling | Gae Smith (Holdings) Ltd T/A Casepak | £148k | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Control and Management of traffic and related services 2026 | Centregreat Limited | £5m | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Refuge and Community Support Services Lot 1 - 4 | Llamau, Pobl Care and Support | — | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Lamby Way Solar Farm Operations & Management | Solar Group Utilities Ltd | £243k | 22 Jul 2026 |
| Cardiff Bay Barrage Sport and Exercise Area | Encon Construction Limited | £363k | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Highway Maintenance Term Service Contract | Kordel Ltd. | £4m | 27 May 2026 |
| Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) | Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) | £218k | 21 May 2026 |
| Neutral Vendor Managed Service Framework for Technical and Professional Services (NEUTAPS) Award | Sec Watchdog Limited | £800m | 31 Mar 2026 |