Buyer profile · Central government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Tenders published
- 6
- About one every 61 days
- Contracts awarded
- 44
- To 62 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £9.16m
- 38 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £22k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Department for Culture, Media and Sport has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £25mestimated
- £11.5mestimated
- £1mestimated
- £31mframework ceiling
- £1mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 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).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)12%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)10%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)67%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department for Culture, Media and Sport has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 12%
- Lower than 75% of central government buyers
- Based on 52 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 62%
- Higher than 72% of central government buyers
- Based on 68 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 11
- More than 92% of central government buyers
- Based on 7 awards
- Split into lots
- 33%
- Higher than 90% of central government buyers
- Based on 6 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 67%
- Higher than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 52 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 6 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 11
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 |
This buyer: 12%
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 |
This buyer: 62%
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 Department for Culture, Media and Sport.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104838 Highmeads Loop Insurance | Marsh Limited | £31k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| 104878 Workplace Adjustment Assistive Software | Texthelp Ltd | £10k | 31 Jan 2027 |