Buyer profile · Local authority
Central Bedfordshire Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 25
- About one every 15 days
- Contracts awarded
- 82
- To 71 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £11.4m
- 36 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £128k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 6
- 12 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £252kestimated
- £8.3mestimated
- £258kestimated
- Value not stated
- £410kestimated
- £410kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £350kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £3mestimated
- £90mestimated
- £3.5mestimated
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.
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)39%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)8%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)23%
- Direct award (no competition)30%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Central Bedfordshire Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Shorter than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 24 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 39%
- Lower than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 83 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 55%
- Lower than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 84 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4.5
- Fewer than 54% of local authorities
- Based on 22 awards
- Split into lots
- 32%
- Higher than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 25 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 30%
- Higher than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 83 procurements
- Cancelled
- 12%
- Higher than 84% of local authorities
- Based on 25 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Central Bedfordshire Council: 30 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 |
Central Bedfordshire Council: 4.5
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 |
Central Bedfordshire Council: 39%
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| 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 |
Central Bedfordshire Council: 55%
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 Central Bedfordshire 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.