Buyer profile · Local authority
Gloucestershire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 52
- About one every 7 days
- Contracts awarded
- 52
- To 103 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £93.4m
- 33 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £215k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 5
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.7mestimated
- £370kframework ceiling
- £9mframework ceiling
- £9mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.22mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1.6mframework ceiling
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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)62%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)6%
- Direct award (no competition)32%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Gloucestershire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 26 days
- Shorter than 91% of local authorities
- Based on 46 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 62%
- Higher than 54% of local authorities
- Based on 94 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 59%
- Lower than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 119 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 6
- More than 61% of local authorities
- Based on 51 awards
- Split into lots
- 23%
- Higher than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 52 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 32%
- Higher than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 94 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Lower than 51% of local authorities
- Based on 52 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 26 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 3 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 140 |
| 30–35 days | 126 |
| 35–40 days | 25 |
| 40–45 days | 6 |
| 45–50 days | 3 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 6
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 71 |
| 4–6 bids | 95 |
| 6–8 bids | 53 |
| 8–10 bids | 26 |
| 10–12 bids | 12 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 1 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
This buyer: 62%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 16 |
| 10–20% | 22 |
| 20–30% | 35 |
| 30–40% | 42 |
| 40–50% | 39 |
| 50–60% | 47 |
| 60–70% | 64 |
| 70–80% | 33 |
| 80–90% | 37 |
| 90–100% | 73 |
This buyer: 59%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 5 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 19 |
| 50–60% | 69 |
| 60–70% | 90 |
| 70–80% | 102 |
| 80–90% | 50 |
| 90–100% | 23 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Gloucestershire County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass IoT Road Intelligence Platform | Compass Iot Limited | £24k | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Gloucester City Centre Cycle Spine - London Road & Black Dog Way | Montel Civil Engineering Limited | £1.87m | 19 Oct 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Support & Engagement | Gloucestershire Care Providers Association Limited | £416k | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Provision of an Oral Health Workforce Education Programme | At Home Dental | — | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment (RSDAT) - Community Detox | Emerging Futures | — | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Pensions Administration Services | XPS Pensions Group plc | £374k | 14 Sept 2026 |
| CODE Clobba Licensing | British Telecommunications plc, Softwareone UK Limited | — | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Gloucestershire Adult Skills Programme 2026- 2027 | Primed Talent Limited, Step Ahead Social Enterprise Community Interest Company, Breakthrough Social Enterprise Limited and 5 more | — | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Mobile Device Handsets | Digital Devices Limited | — | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Dell Hardware | Dell Corporation Ltd | — | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Tenable Licenses | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | — | 1 Aug 2026 |
| E-visit Software | Quality Education Solutions Ltd | — | 1 Aug 2026 |