Buyer profile · Local authority

Glasgow City Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
15
About one every 24 days
Contracts awarded
10
To 66 different suppliers
Value awarded
£46.6m
15 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£946k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
1 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. £178mestimated

Coming up

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

  1. New Civils & Infrastructure Framework Agreeement

    ScotlandConstruction

    UpcomingNew17 lotsFramework

    £300mframework ceiling
  2. Service Desk and Service Management Solution

    ScotlandIT services and software

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  3. Glasgow Business Growth Programme- Phase 4 Framework

    ScotlandManagement consultancy, IT services and software

    Upcoming10 lotsFramework

    £1.9mframework ceiling
  4. Refurbishment and Operate Public Toilet Facilities in Glasgow

    ScotlandBuilding maintenance and repairs, Construction

    Upcoming

    £330kestimated
  5. Coach and Mini-Bus Hire Framework

    ScotlandTransport

    UpcomingFramework

    £3mframework ceiling
  6. Value not stated
  7. Provision of Speech and Language Therapy Support Services

    ScotlandTraining, Education services

    Upcoming

    £800kestimated
  8. Model for Climate Investment

    ScotlandEnergy and utilities

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  9. Value not stated
  10. Request for Information - Bulk Waste (Not inclusive of WUDS)

    ScotlandWaste and street cleansing, Construction

    Upcoming

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 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).

  1. We Are with YouSME£17.5m
    1 contract
  2. Lightways Contractors LimitedSME£11.8m
    1 contract
  3. Riverside Truck Rental LtdSME£7.61m
    1 contract
  4. Murray's InitiativeSME£2.51m
    1 contract
  5. GeezabreakSME£2.42m
    1 contract
  6. Samh£1.44m
    2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. Penumbra£0.01
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 22 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

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

Time to bid
32 days
Longer than 78% of local authorities
Based on 14 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 90% of local authorities
Based on 22 procurements
Won by small firms
56%
Lower than 78% of local authorities
Based on 62 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7.5
More than 78% of local authorities
Based on 16 awards
Split into lots
7%
Lower than 68% of local authorities
Based on 14 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 85% of local authorities
Based on 22 procurements
Cancelled
13%
Higher than 88% of local authorities
Based on 15 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
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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 Glasgow 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
Banking ServicesThe Royal Bank of Scotland£1.02m31 Dec 2026

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