Buyer profile · Local authority

Cheltenham Borough Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
17
To 17 different suppliers
Value awarded
£7.19m
17 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£111k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
1 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Cheltenham Borough Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Advice and Inclusion 2026

    South West

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1.23mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 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).

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 1 contract
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)35%
  • Direct award (no competition)65%
Based on 17 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Cheltenham Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
35%
Lower than 83% of local authorities
Based on 17 procurements
Won by small firms
53%
Lower than 85% of local authorities
Based on 17 winning suppliers
Direct awards
65%
Higher than 94% of local authorities
Based on 17 procurements

Compared with other local authorities

Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Cheltenham Borough 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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for Cheltenham Ice RinkJohn F Hunt limited£28k9 Nov 2026

3 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards