Buyer profile · Local authority
Carmarthenshire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 22
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 54
- To 184 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £5.22m
- 39 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £60k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 3 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Value not stated
- £800mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £2.5mframework ceiling
- £600kestimated
- £5mframework ceiling
- £498kestimated
- £33kestimated
- £155kestimated
- £2.5mframework ceiling
- £750kestimated
- £170kestimated
- £70mframework ceiling
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.
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)55%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)8%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)5%
- Direct award (no competition)33%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Carmarthenshire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 68% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 55%
- Higher than 50% of local authorities
- Based on 66 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 90%
- Higher than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 198 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7.5
- More than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 46 awards
- Split into lots
- 23%
- Higher than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 33%
- Higher than 61% of local authorities
- Based on 66 procurements
- Cancelled
- 9%
- Higher than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 22 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 28 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: 7.5
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 |
This buyer: 55%
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: 90%
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 Carmarthenshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burry Port Harbour- Dredging Consultancy | Anthony D. Bates Partnership LLP | £49k | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Mine water heating feasibility study | Sustainable Energy Ltd | £50k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of an online legal library service | RELX (UK) Limited t/a LexisNexis | £25k | 17 Jan 2027 |