Buyer profile · Local authority
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 53
- About one every 7 days
- Contracts awarded
- 306
- To 339 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £137m
- 256 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £68k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 5
- 11 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Testing, Maintenance, Servicing and Repair of Air Compressors and Ancillary Compressed Air Equipment£75kestimated
- £116kestimated
- £500kestimated
- £1.67mestimated
- £21.1mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.58mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £120kestimated
- £250kestimated
- £4.25mestimated
- Value not stated
- £25mframework ceiling
- £2.6mestimated
- £9.6mestimated
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)19%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)6%
- Direct award (no competition)72%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow City of Bradford Metropolitan District 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 53 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 19%
- Lower than 89% of local authorities
- Based on 334 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 62%
- Lower than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 404 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 63 awards
- Split into lots
- 15%
- Higher than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 53 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 72%
- Higher than 96% of local authorities
- Based on 334 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Lower than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 53 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: 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: 19%
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: 62%
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 City of Bradford Metropolitan District 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.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBMDC 545 - Sphera Cloud SaaS Subscription | Sphera Solutions UK Ltd | £12k | 5 Nov 2026 |
| CBMDC 363 - EPI-USE SAP products | EPI-USE Labs Ltd | £17k | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Provision of Mitel Hardware, Software Licence, Support and Maintenance | Britannic Technologies | £405k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Business Rates) Consultancy Services | Jones Lang LaSalle Limited | £400k | 19 Oct 2026 |
| VMWare Licence Renewal | CDW Limited | £509k | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Crisis and Resilience System - crisis payments or goods | Huggg Limited | £1.2m | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Booking System | Zipporah Ltd | £24k | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Notice of Intention to Award under the Provider Selection Regime - Competitive Process: Living Well Public Health Nursing Service | Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | £153m | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Cloudflare Licence | Phoenix Software Limited | — | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Insurance Claims Handling | J C Applications Development Limited | £33k | 9 Oct 2026 |