Buyer profile · Central government
Crown Commercial Service tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Government Commercial Agency
- Tenders published
- 21
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 31
- To 5,934 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £37.3m
- 16 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £357k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £650mframework ceiling
- £36.3bnframework ceiling
- £750mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £2bnframework ceiling
- £20bnframework ceiling
- £800mframework ceiling
- £1.72bnframework ceiling
- £900mestimated
- £3bnframework ceiling
- £5bnframework ceiling
- £6mestimated
- £800mframework ceiling
- £20bnframework ceiling
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)74%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)9%
- Direct award (no competition)18%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Crown Commercial Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 43 days
- Longer than 98% of central government buyers
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 74%
- Higher than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 34 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 81%
- Higher than 91% of central government buyers
- Based on 7542 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 16.5
- More than 97% of central government buyers
- Based on 126 awards
- Split into lots
- 81%
- Higher than all other central government buyers
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 18%
- Lower than 71% of central government buyers
- Based on 34 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 21 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Crown Commercial Service: 43 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Crown Commercial Service: 16.5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Crown Commercial Service: 74%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Crown Commercial Service: 81%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Crown Commercial Service.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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of MetDesk Licenses | Metdesk Limited | £10k | 17 Jan 2027 |