Buyer profile · Local authority
Gateshead Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 18
- About one every 20 days
- Contracts awarded
- 64
- To 82 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £78.4m
- 47 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £132k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Gateshead Borough Council has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £160kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £300kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £5mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)29%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)6%
- Direct award (no competition)65%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Gateshead Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 29%
- Lower than 79% of local authorities
- Based on 62 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 47%
- Lower than 89% of local authorities
- Based on 85 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 30 awards
- Split into lots
- 22%
- Higher than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 65%
- Higher than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 62 procurements
- Cancelled
- 11%
- Higher than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 18 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Gateshead Borough Council: 31 days
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| 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 |
Gateshead Borough Council: 4
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 |
Gateshead Borough Council: 29%
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| 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 |
Gateshead Borough Council: 47%
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 Gateshead Borough 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewcastleGateshead Local Plan - Retail and Town Centre Study | Lambert Smith Hampton Group Limited | £47k | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Contract for Housing Chatbot Extension | Fuzzlab Limited | — | 1 Feb 2027 |