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Buyer profile · Central government
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 109
- About one every 3 days
- Contracts awarded
- 272
- To 300 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £321m
- 234 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £60k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 8
- 23 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.49mestimated
- £620kestimated
- £697kestimated
- £640kestimated
- £1.63mestimated
- £960kestimated
- £190kestimated
- £500kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £5mestimated
- £60mestimated
- £372kestimated
- £4.31mestimated
- £3.85mestimated
- £215kestimated
- £656kestimated
- £510kestimated
- £375kestimated
- £155kestimated
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)33%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)50%
- Direct award (no competition)13%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 80% of central government buyers
- Based on 93 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 33%
- Higher than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 370 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 43%
- Lower than 63% of central government buyers
- Based on 311 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 62% of central government buyers
- Based on 89 awards
- Split into lots
- 6%
- Lower than 52% of central government buyers
- Based on 109 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 13%
- Lower than 76% of central government buyers
- Based on 370 procurements
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Higher than 64% of central government buyers
- Based on 109 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
This buyer: 28 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 | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
This buyer: 33%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
This buyer: 43%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.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.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repair Works British Embassy Lisbon | West Gate LDA | — | 5 Nov 2026 |
| External Works for the British Embassy Copenhagen | Murerm. Krøll-Schwartz Totale. ApS | — | 5 Nov 2026 |
| UK-Nigeria Growth Programme | Bdo LLP | £18m | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Event Production Services Framework Agreement | Identity Events Management Limited | £136m | 29 Oct 2026 |
| Evaluation of the Violence Prevention Partnership | Verian Group UK Limited | £240k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Mobile Services British Embassy Helsinki | Elisa Oyj | — | 22 Oct 2026 |
| ISF/13996/2026: Action to Combat Transnational Serious & Organised Crime Programme in Latin America (ACTS LatAm) | DAI Global (UK) Limited | — | 21 Oct 2026 |
| PA23 UK7 - Contract details notice Natural Gas | WGL Energy Services Inc | — | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Repair Works for the British Embassy Rome | Nuova Edilizia S.R.L.S. | — | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Electrical Remedial Works British Embassy Pristina | 3A Projekt SH.P.K. | — | 19 Oct 2026 |