Buyer profile · Local authority
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 45
- To 43 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.04m
- 29 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £81k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £100kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1mestimated
- £450kestimated
- £318kestimated
- £252kestimated
- £800kestimated
- £5.2mestimated
- £144kestimated
- £720kestimated
- £52kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 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)37%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)51%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 37%
- Lower than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 59 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 68%
- Lower than 51% of local authorities
- Based on 47 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 9 awards
- Split into lots
- 13%
- Lower than 52% of local authorities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 51%
- Higher than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 59 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 16 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 31 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: 7
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: 37%
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: 68%
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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising Consultant for St George's Guildhall and Creative Hub Project | Cause4 Ltd | — | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Contract Planning Officer | Carrington West Limited | — | 22 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunstanton Coastal Defence - Structural Stability Monitoring | Premier Surveys Limited | — | 9 Sept 2026 |
| Planned maintenance programme for all car parking pay and display solutions | Metric Group | — | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Refurbishment and re-modelling work to Custom House, King's Lynn | King and Company Norfolk Ltd | — | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Hunstanton Coastal Defence Outline Business Case and Outline Design | Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited (BBCE) | — | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Open Space Audit | Knight Kavanagh and Page | — | 13 Jul 2026 |
| The Mart FairGround Crossing Patrol CSAS Guards | Excaliber Security Services Ltd | — | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Payment Service Provider Fees for 'Metric' Car Parking Machines | Metric Group | £300k | 6 Jul 2026 |
| CCTV Control Room Consoles | Thinking Space Systems Limited | — | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Service to support asylum seekers and reguees | Hanseatic Union | — | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Various Resurfacing works in King's Lynn | Supreme Surfacing Ltd. | — | 24 Jun 2026 |