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Lancaster City Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
19
About one every 19 days
Contracts awarded
42
To 45 different suppliers
Value awarded
£2.78m
20 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£61k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
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. Re Roofing of Council Owned Properties 2026/27 Program

    North WestConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    Open21 days leftLow competitionSmall contract

    £540kestimated

Coming up

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

  1. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge Point Hub at Auction Mart Car Park

    North WestConstruction, Electrical

    UpcomingLow competitionSmall contract

    Value not stated
  2. Skerton School and Mainway Regeneration - Preliminary Market Engagement

    North WestConstruction, Financial services and insurance

    UpcomingLow competition

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Construction19
  2. Architecture and engineering12
  3. Vehicles and fleet7
  4. Electrical5
  5. Building maintenance and repairs4
  6. Research and development3

What its tenders ask for

Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.

  1. Social value questions2%
    In 1 of 65 notices

Who it buys from

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

  1. Dennis Eagle Limited£1.17m
    2 contracts
  2. Clarkson Electrical Solutions LtdSME£900k
    1 contract
  3. LCD Support Services LtdSME£307k
    1 contract
  4. Reesink UK LtdSME£199k
    1 contract
  5. National Parking Platform LimitedSME£162k
    1 contract
  6. MOTUS Group (UK) Limited£152k
    1 contract
  7. Motus GroupUK Limited£106k
    1 contract
  8. The James Mercer Group LtdSMENot stated
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)37%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
  • Direct award (no competition)50%
Based on 68 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Lancaster City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
31 days
Longer than 64% of local authorities
Based on 18 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
37%
Lower than 69% of local authorities
Based on 68 procurements
Won by small firms
70%
Higher than 58% of local authorities
Based on 47 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 93% of local authorities
Based on 9 awards
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 78% of local authorities
Based on 19 advertised tenders
Direct awards
50%
Higher than 82% of local authorities
Based on 68 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 19 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 319 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days2
20–25 days17
25–30 days135
30–35 days132
35–40 days27
40–45 days2
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Lancaster City 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
Beach CleanerOverton UK Limited£58k18 Nov 2026
DN786997 Contract for services (RMS specialist)Accellero Recruitment Consultancy Limited£103k19 Dec 2026
Workshop RampTotalkare limited—24 Dec 2026
Bin Lift WeighersDennis Eagle Limited—31 Jan 2027

6 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Supported Housing ConsultantService Care Solutions Limited—12 Oct 2026
Replacement Smoke Alarms 2026Clarkson Electrical Solutions Ltd—7 Oct 2026
Electricity SupplierOctopus Energy Limited£3.4m6 Oct 2026
Centenary House Building Surveyor Quotations(ACS) Blackburn—7 Sept 2026
Waste Collection In-Cab Management SystemWhitespace Work Software Limited—3 Sept 2026
Engineer RecruitmentWaterman Aspen Limited—2 Sept 2026
NNP Parking Pay and DisplayNational Parking Platform Limited—24 Aug 2026
Resettlement Services 2026Global Link (Lancaster)—21 Aug 2026
Environmental Protection Officer RecruitmentVivid Resourcing—13 Aug 2026
Regent Park ResurfacingAbacus PLaygrounds limited—24 Jul 2026