Buyer profile · Central government
Department of Finance tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 15
- About one every 24 days
- Contracts awarded
- 12
- To 16 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1bn
- 24 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £8.5m
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 5 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £9.5mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- Value not stated
- £113kestimated
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).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)94%
- Direct award (no competition)6%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Department of Finance has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 33 days
- Longer than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 94%
- Higher than 89% of central government buyers
- Based on 17 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 44%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 16 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 62% of central government buyers
- Based on 26 awards
- Split into lots
- 33%
- Higher than 90% of central government buyers
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 6%
- Lower than 83% of central government buyers
- Based on 17 procurements
- Cancelled
- 13%
- Higher than 91% of central government buyers
- Based on 15 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Department of Finance: 33 days
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| 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 |
Department of Finance: 3
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 |
Department of Finance: 94%
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 |
Department of Finance: 44%
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 of Finance.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.
No contracts we hold from Department of Finance end in the next 90 days.