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Buyer profile · Central government
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 60
- About one every 6 days
- Contracts awarded
- 154
- To 178 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £176m
- 134 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £59k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 6
- 11 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £480kestimated
- £440kestimated
- £768kframework ceiling
- £4mestimated
- £812kestimated
- £2.2mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £342kestimated
- £7mestimated
- £16mestimated
- £750kestimated
- £7.5mestimated
- £620kestimated
- £1.52mestimated
- £8mestimated
- £640kestimated
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)35%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)51%
- 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 74% of central government buyers
- Based on 53 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 35%
- Lower than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 203 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 74% of central government buyers
- Based on 181 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 38 awards
- Split into lots
- 5%
- Lower than 55% of central government buyers
- Based on 60 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 13%
- Lower than 84% of central government buyers
- Based on 203 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 60 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 | 5 |
| 25–30 days | 20 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 4 |
| 40–45 days | 3 |
| 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 | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 25 |
| 4–6 bids | 13 |
| 6–8 bids | 4 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 4 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 1 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
This buyer: 35%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 19 |
| 10–20% | 16 |
| 20–30% | 15 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 10 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 10 |
| 80–90% | 9 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
This buyer: 38%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 20 |
| 50–60% | 19 |
| 60–70% | 11 |
| 70–80% | 15 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
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.