Buyer profile · Local authority

Chesterfield Borough Council tenders and contracts

East MidlandsChesterfieldWebsite

Tenders published
12
About one every 30 days
Contracts awarded
54
To 51 different suppliers
Value awarded
£20.5m
54 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£100k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
8 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Chesterfield Borough Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

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

  1. Spire Neighbourhood Preferred Development Partner

    East MidlandsProperty and estates, Architecture and engineering

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £50mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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. 2 contracts
  3. 2 contracts
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 4 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)25%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)5%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)32%
  • Direct award (no competition)38%
Based on 60 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

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

Time to bid
29 days
Shorter than 60% of local authorities
Based on 12 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
25%
Lower than 83% of local authorities
Based on 60 procurements
Won by small firms
57%
Lower than 77% of local authorities
Based on 58 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 56% of local authorities
Based on 16 awards
Split into lots
8%
Lower than 65% of local authorities
Based on 12 advertised tenders
Direct awards
38%
Higher than 69% of local authorities
Based on 60 procurements
Cancelled
25%
Higher than 98% of local authorities
Based on 12 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 319 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days2
20–25 days17
25–30 days135
30–35 days132
35–40 days27
40–45 days2
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Chesterfield 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
Damon Park Play AreaHags-Smp Limited£50k30 Nov 2026
Canal Wharf Play AreaHags-Smp Limited£50k30 Nov 2026
Inkerman Playing Fields Play AreaHags-Smp Limited£60k30 Nov 2026
Manor Rd Play AreaHags-Smp Limited£54k30 Nov 2026
Venture house suite 8&9 HVAC replacementAirflow Cooling Ltd£138k1 Dec 2026
Retrofitting and Decarbonisation works at Brocklehurst CourtScarbrook Plumbing and Heating Ltd£472k11 Dec 2026
Concrete Repair WorksBersche-Rolt Limited£96k15 Jan 2027
Electrical Testing within Domestic PropertiesGoom Electrical Limited£70k1 Feb 2027

8 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards