Buyer profile · Local authority
Dover District Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 19
- About one every 19 days
- Contracts awarded
- 28
- To 27 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £1.62m
- 21 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £60k
- 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
- Cleansing and Minor Maintenance of Public Conveniences and Locking/Unlocking of other Council Assets£1.5mestimated
- £120kestimated
- £473kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.5mestimated
- £300kestimated
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, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)57%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)35%
- Direct award (no competition)5%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Dover District Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 27 days
- Shorter than 86% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 57%
- Higher than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 40 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 83%
- Higher than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 29 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 5 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 5%
- Lower than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 40 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 19 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Dover District Council: 27 days
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| 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 |
Dover District Council: 5
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| 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 |
Dover District Council: 57%
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| 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 |
Dover District Council: 83%
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 Dover 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Services Option Evaluation | Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd | — | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Safety & Public Interface Module | Exacom Systems Ltd | £37k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of CMS Software | Zengenti Limited | — | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Block Communal Flooring Replacement Works 2025-2026 | Crown Flooring Limited | — | 3 Sept 2026 |
| Street Lighting Maintenance 2026 | FMJ Solutions LTD | — | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Employers Agent Services for Wallers Field, Deal | Lawson Queay Chartered Surveyors | — | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Provision of Public Health Funerals | Funeral Services Ltd Trading As Co-op Funeralcare | — | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Delivery and Support of the Idox Cloud Public Protection Solution | Idox Software Ltd | — | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Walmer Boardwalk Construction | Ovenden Allworks Limited | — | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Waste Services Option Evaluation | Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd | — | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Coordination of Rough Sleeping Initiative and Rapid Rehousing Pathway Services | Alan White Housing Ltd | — | 23 Jun 2026 |