Buyer profile · Local authority
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 30
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 65
- To 117 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £32.2m
- 48 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £84k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £3.76mestimated
- £2.6mestimated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £25mestimated
- £4mestimated
- £4.17mestimated
- £420kestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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.
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)45%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)11%
- Direct award (no competition)42%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 84% of local authorities
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 45%
- Lower than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 73 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 41%
- Lower than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 123 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 12 awards
- Split into lots
- 7%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 42%
- Higher than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 73 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Lower than 54% of local authorities
- Based on 30 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 28 days
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 4
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 45%
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 41%
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 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Application to the Environment Agency for a bespoke permit for Blowers Green Transfer Station | AC Environmental Consulting Ltd | £12k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Dudley Open Spaces Audit | Land Use Consultants Ltd | — | 8 Jan 2027 |