Buyer profile · Local authority
Lancashire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 32
- About one every 11 days
- Contracts awarded
- 70
- To 88 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £137m
- 56 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £470k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 6
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £400kestimated
- £2.8mestimated
- £2.39mframework ceiling
- £39.7mestimated
- £2mestimated
- £5mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
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- £1mframework ceiling
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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, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)51%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)11%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)27%
- Direct award (no competition)11%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Lancashire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 51%
- Lower than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 71 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 66%
- Lower than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 99 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 39 awards
- Split into lots
- 28%
- Higher than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 32 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 11%
- Lower than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 71 procurements
- Cancelled
- 9%
- Higher than 75% of local authorities
- Based on 32 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Lancashire County Council: 29 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 135 |
| 30–35 days | 132 |
| 35–40 days | 27 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 2 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Lancashire County Council: 4
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 78 |
| 4–6 bids | 89 |
| 6–8 bids | 57 |
| 8–10 bids | 18 |
| 10–12 bids | 16 |
| 12–14 bids | 8 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
Lancashire County Council: 51%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Lancashire County Council: 66%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 Lancashire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penwortham Bypass Year 6 - Bat and Barn Owl Monitoring Surveys | Pennine Ecological | £47k | 9 Dec 2026 |
| LPS CAS - Resurfacing of Carriageways and Associated Works in Nelson, Lancashire | Multipave (NW) Limited | £1.06m | 28 Dec 2026 |