Buyer profile · Central government
FCDO Services tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 12
- About one every 30 days
- Contracts awarded
- 18
- To 26 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.87m
- 11 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £100k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 7 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £680kestimated
- £2.64mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £120mframework ceiling
- £80mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2.4mestimated
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.
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)42%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)10%
- Direct award (no competition)48%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow FCDO Services has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 81% of central government buyers
- Based on 11 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 42%
- Higher than 58% of central government buyers
- Based on 31 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 74% of central government buyers
- Based on 26 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 33%
- Higher than 84% of central government buyers
- Based on 12 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 48%
- Lower than 52% of central government buyers
- Based on 31 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 12 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
FCDO Services: 34 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 4 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
FCDO Services: 42%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 26 |
| 10–20% | 23 |
| 20–30% | 20 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 12 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 2 |
| 70–80% | 11 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
FCDO Services: 38%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 8 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 22 |
| 50–60% | 25 |
| 60–70% | 18 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 8 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds FCDO Services.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.
No contracts we hold from FCDO Services end in the next 90 days.