Buyer profile · Local authority
Dover District Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 15
- About one every 24 days
- Contracts awarded
- 12
- To 12 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £936k
- 7 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £138k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £35kestimated
- £160kestimated
- £120kestimated
- £500kestimated
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 8 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)78%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)22%
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 85% of local authorities
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 78%
- Higher than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 23 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 100%
- Higher than 98% of local authorities
- Based on 12 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 0%
- Lower than 83% of local authorities
- Based on 23 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 15 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Dover District Council: 27 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 4 |
| 20–25 days | 11 |
| 25–30 days | 120 |
| 30–35 days | 119 |
| 35–40 days | 19 |
| 40–45 days | 7 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Dover District Council: 78%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 13 |
| 10–20% | 11 |
| 20–30% | 25 |
| 30–40% | 32 |
| 40–50% | 36 |
| 50–60% | 48 |
| 60–70% | 47 |
| 70–80% | 33 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 76 |
Dover District Council: 100%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 6 |
| 40–50% | 27 |
| 50–60% | 41 |
| 60–70% | 76 |
| 70–80% | 80 |
| 80–90% | 55 |
| 90–100% | 32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Street Lighting Maintenance 2026 | FMJ Solutions LTD | £14k | 28 Sept 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Kearsney Abbey Play Project | Hags-Smp Limited | — | 21 May 2026 |
| Employers Agent Appointment - Stanhope Road, Dover | Lawson Queay Chartered Surveyors | — | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Tarmac Patch Repairs to Car Parks & Footpaths 2026 – 2029 | Steadline Limited | — | 29 Apr 2026 |