Buyer profile · Local authority

Exeter City Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
9
About one every 41 days
Contracts awarded
36
To 31 different suppliers
Value awarded
£4.42m
21 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£60k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
1 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Exeter City Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

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

  1. PR112026 Edwards Court Catering Outsourced Staffing

    South WestCatering, Recruitment and staffing

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £100kestimated
  2. PR112026 Edwards Court Catering Outsourced Staffing

    South WestCatering, Recruitment and staffing

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £100kestimated
  3. PR 39 2022 KN - Electrical Statutory Compliance Testing to ECC Corporate Property Sites 2022-2030

    South WestArchitecture and engineering, Energy and utilities

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  4. PR342024 Refurbishment works to King William Street Bridge

    South WestConstruction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £140kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 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. NICEIC3%
    In 1 of 40 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months.

  1. £244k awarded
  2. Arque LtdSME2 contracts
    £114k awarded
  3. SunGift Solar LimitedSME2 contracts
    £25k awarded
  4. Julian House2 contracts
  5. £2m awarded

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)33%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)33%
  • Direct award (no competition)33%
Based on 36 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Exeter City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
31 days
Longer than 60% of local authorities
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
33%
Lower than 73% of local authorities
Based on 36 procurements
Won by small firms
51%
Lower than 84% of local authorities
Based on 37 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
3.5
Fewer than 71% of local authorities
Based on 8 awards
Split into lots
22%
Higher than 72% of local authorities
Based on 9 advertised tenders
Direct awards
33%
Higher than 61% of local authorities
Based on 36 procurements
Cancelled
11%
Higher than 80% of local authorities
Based on 9 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 319 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days2
20–25 days17
25–30 days135
30–35 days132
35–40 days27
40–45 days2
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Exeter City 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
Treasury AdvisorMufg Corporate Markets Treasury Limited—31 Dec 2026

12 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards