Buyer profile · Local authority

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council tenders and contracts

West MidlandsDudleyWebsite

Tenders published
14
About one every 26 days
Contracts awarded
30
To 32 different suppliers
Value awarded
£12m
20 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£76k
Median value awarded
Open now
3
3 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care

    Open9 days leftSmall contract

    £289kestimated
  2. Supply and Erection of Access Equipment (Scaffold & Mobile Towers) (H817)

    West MidlandsConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    Open22 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £1.6mestimated
  3. 25013 Flexible Learning Support Framework - Round 2

    West MidlandsTraining, Education services

    Open93 days leftFramework

    Value not stated

Coming up

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

  1. Survey, Supply and Installation of PVCu Windows, Composite Doors and Associated Brickwork Repairs

    West MidlandsConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    Upcoming

    £25mestimated
  2. Internal Painting and Decorating Works to Council Housing and Communal Areas to Flatted & Sheltered Accommodation

    West MidlandsConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £4mestimated
  3. Print Management Services

    West MidlandsPrinting

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £4.17mestimated
  4. £420kestimated
  5. Asbestos Analytical Surveying and Asbestos Removal & Ancillary Licensed Scaffolding (H807)

    West MidlandsConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £3.76mestimated
  6. Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme - Market Event

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated

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.

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. Social value questions2%
    In 2 of 84 notices
  2. Gas Safe1%
    In 1 of 84 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. Pilot Ims LimitedSME£282k
    3 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)53%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)16%
  • Direct award (no competition)31%
Based on 32 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
28 days
Shorter than 70% of local authorities
Based on 14 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
53%
Lower than 62% of local authorities
Based on 32 procurements
Won by small firms
56%
Lower than 80% of local authorities
Based on 34 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 59% of local authorities
Based on 7 awards
Split into lots
7%
Lower than 70% of local authorities
Based on 14 advertised tenders
Direct awards
31%
Higher than 64% of local authorities
Based on 32 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 14 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
Bids per contract, 228 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids55
4–6 bids75
6–8 bids47
8–10 bids17
10–12 bids11
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids2
20+ bids10
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
Show as a table
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 Dudley Metropolitan Borough 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
Benefits Off-Site processingNEC Software Solutions UK Limited£40k1 Oct 2026
Buffery Park Bowling GreenHaystoun Construction Ltd£70k19 Oct 2026
Borough-wide consultation on Dudley Borough's New 10-Year VisionEmotional Logic ltd£82k6 Nov 2026

12 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards