Buyer profile · Local authority

Dover District Council tenders and contracts

South EastWhitfield, DoverWebsite

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

  1. Replacement Flooring at Eastry Court, Aylesham

    South EastConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    Open14 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £35kestimated
  2. Void Works - Major Projects

    South EastConstruction

    Open16 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £160kestimated
  3. Sunny Corner Window and Door Replacement

    South EastConstruction

    Open16 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £120kestimated
  4. Dover Town Centre Regeneration Programme - Lead Consultant Team

    South EastArchitecture and engineering, IT services and software

    Open38 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £500kestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. £1.5mestimated
  2. £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).

  1. 1 contract
  2. Hipperson LtdSME£266k
    2 contracts
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. Wynsdale Group Ltd T/A Wynsdale EnvironmentalSME£150k
    1 contract
  6. Alan White Housing LtdSME£138k
    1 contract
  7. 2 contracts
  8. Lawson Queay Chartered SurveyorsSME£22k
    2 contracts

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%
Based on 23 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How 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

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days4
20–25 days11
25–30 days120
30–35 days119
35–40 days19
40–45 days7
45–50 days1
50–55 days1
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Street Lighting Maintenance 2026FMJ Solutions LTD£14k28 Sept 2026

5 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards