Buyer profile · Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 32
- About one every 11 days
- Contracts awarded
- 116
- To 104 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.57m
- 45 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £59k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 13 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £30kestimated
- £625kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £3.15mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
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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, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)27%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)19%
- Direct award (no competition)53%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cheshire West and Chester Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 26 days
- Shorter than 91% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 27%
- Lower than 82% of local authorities
- Based on 122 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 79%
- Higher than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 121 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 6
- More than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 9 awards
- Split into lots
- 9%
- Lower than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 32 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 53%
- Higher than 87% of local authorities
- Based on 122 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Lower than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 32 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 26 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: 6
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: 27%
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: 79%
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 Cheshire West and Chester 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.