Buyer profile · Local authority

Halton Borough Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
5
About one every 73 days
Contracts awarded
56
To 48 different suppliers
Value awarded
£6.4m
26 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£80k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
10 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. Highway Surface Treatments Term Contract - Sprays/Surface Dressing/Slurry/Micro Asphalt

    North WestConstruction, Highways and street lighting

    Open24 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £4.4mestimated

Coming up

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

  1. Preliminary Market Engagement for Education Software Suite

    North WestIT services and software

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  2. Value not stated
  3. Value not stated
  4. Stadium Feasibility Study

    North WestArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  5. Value not stated
  6. Pre-Market Engagement LED Screen Mersey Gateway Bridge

    North WestIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 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.

  1. TUPE applies2%
    In 2 of 113 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. 2 contracts
  3. 3 contracts
  4. KDE LimitedSME£324k
    4 contracts
  5. 3 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 3 contracts
  8. 3 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)15%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)11%
  • Direct award (no competition)74%
Based on 62 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Halton Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 90% of local authorities
Based on 5 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
15%
Lower than 95% of local authorities
Based on 62 procurements
Won by small firms
53%
Lower than 85% of local authorities
Based on 57 winning suppliers
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 76% of local authorities
Based on 5 advertised tenders
Direct awards
74%
Higher than 97% of local authorities
Based on 62 procurements
Cancelled
20%
Higher than 94% of local authorities
Based on 5 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days4
20–25 days11
25–30 days120
30–35 days119
35–40 days19
40–45 days7
45–50 days1
50–55 days1
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%11
20–30%25
30–40%32
40–50%36
50–60%48
60–70%47
70–80%33
80–90%44
90–100%76
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%0
20–30%7
30–40%6
40–50%27
50–60%41
60–70%76
70–80%80
80–90%55
90–100%32

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Halton 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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Upgrade and Delivery of Agresso Cloud ServicesArribatec UK Ltd—30 Sept 2026
Provision of a Children's Rights and Advocacy ServiceThe National Youth Advocacy Service—30 Sept 2026
Chesnut Lodge Primary School Phase 4 Window ReplacementMerseyside Multi-Glazing Limited£59k1 Oct 2026
Refenestration & New External DoorsMerseyside Multi-Glazing Limited£592k6 Oct 2026
Magic Notes PilotBeam£25k17 Oct 2026
Grangeway Court, Runcorn Refurbishment and Alteration WorksEFT Construction Ltd£772k23 Oct 2026
Financial & Performance Benchmarking AnalysisCipfa Business Limited—30 Oct 2026
Provision of A Specialist Seating ServiceNEWLYN Healthcare—31 Oct 2026
Provision of SEND Disagreement Resolution and Mediation ServicesCollis Mediation Limited—30 Nov 2026
Provision of a Domestic Abuse Service for Children and FamiliesThe Children's Society (Services) Limited—30 Nov 2026

29 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards