Buyer profile · Local authority
Durham County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 58
- About one every 6 days
- Contracts awarded
- 161
- To 293 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £643m
- 183 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £99k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 11 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £105kestimated
- £170kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2mestimated
- £15kestimated
- £1.6mestimated
- £100kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 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)32%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)7%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)13%
- Direct award (no competition)47%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Durham County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 58 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 32%
- Lower than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 194 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 68%
- Higher than 52% of local authorities
- Based on 316 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 13
- More than 93% of local authorities
- Based on 86 awards
- Split into lots
- 19%
- Higher than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 58 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 47%
- Higher than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 194 procurements
- Cancelled
- 7%
- Higher than 61% of local authorities
- Based on 58 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Durham County Council: 32 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 |
Durham County Council: 13
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 |
Durham County Council: 32%
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 |
Durham County Council: 68%
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 Durham County 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.