Buyer profile · Local authority

Lancaster City Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
10
About one every 37 days
Contracts awarded
21
To 25 different suppliers
Value awarded
£2.13m
12 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£59k
Median value awarded
Open now
3
6 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. Hastings Road Development

    North WestConstruction

    Open24 days leftLow competitionSmall contract

    £1.02mestimated
  2. Green Ayre Skate Park

    North WestConstruction

    Open30 days leftLow competitionSmall contract

    £350kestimated
  3. Design and build of skatepark expansion & climbing wall

    North WestConstruction

    Open30 days leftLow competitionSmall contract

    £350kestimated

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 4 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. Social value questions1%
    In 1 of 73 notices

Who it buys from

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

  1. 2 contracts
  2. LCD Support Services LtdSME£307k
    1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. Global Link (Lancaster)SMENot stated
    2 contracts
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)40%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)14%
  • Direct award (no competition)46%
Based on 35 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

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

Time to bid
32 days
Longer than 74% of local authorities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
40%
Lower than 77% of local authorities
Based on 35 procurements
Won by small firms
88%
Higher than 89% of local authorities
Based on 26 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
2
Fewer than 91% of local authorities
Based on 8 awards
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 76% of local authorities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Direct awards
46%
Higher than 83% of local authorities
Based on 35 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 10 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
Bids per contract, 228 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids55
4–6 bids75
6–8 bids47
8–10 bids17
10–12 bids11
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids2
20+ bids10
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 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
MTH resurfacingP O'Mahoney (Groundworks) Limited—30 Sept 2026
Resettlement ServicesGlobal Link (Lancaster)—31 Oct 2026
Regent Park ResurfacingAbacus PLaygrounds limited—31 Oct 2026
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

5 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards