Buyer profile · Local authority
Hertfordshire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 19
- About one every 19 days
- Contracts awarded
- 53
- To 112 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £280m
- 21 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £381k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 5
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.37mestimated
- £119mestimated
- £44.1mestimated
- £20.8mframework ceiling
- £35.9mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £500mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £46.4mframework ceiling
- £434kestimated
- £24mestimated
- £6mframework ceiling
- £14mframework ceiling
- £2.8mestimated
- £42mestimated
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.
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.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)48%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)18%
- Direct award (no competition)32%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Hertfordshire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 35 days
- Longer than 88% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 48%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 59%
- Lower than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 120 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 6
- More than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 40 awards
- Split into lots
- 58%
- Higher than 99% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 32%
- Higher than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Cancelled
- 5%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 19 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Hertfordshire County Council: 35 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 4 |
| 20–25 days | 11 |
| 25–30 days | 120 |
| 30–35 days | 119 |
| 35–40 days | 19 |
| 40–45 days | 7 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Hertfordshire County Council: 6
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 55 |
| 4–6 bids | 75 |
| 6–8 bids | 47 |
| 8–10 bids | 17 |
| 10–12 bids | 11 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 10 |
Hertfordshire County Council: 48%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Hertfordshire County Council: 59%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 Hertfordshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCC 05/2026 Pursley Farmhouse, Shenley - Repairs & Decorations | Ruggles & Jeffery Limited | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| HCC 06/2026 St Catherine's Primary School, Hoddesdon - Resurfacing Works | East Herts Surfacing Ltd | — | 14 Oct 2026 |
| HCC2617573 Saffron Green Grazing Infrastructure | Farm & Country Supplies Limited | — | 31 Oct 2026 |
| Hcc 06/26 provision of scanner condition assessments 2026 | XAIS-PTS Limited | — | 27 Nov 2026 |