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Buyer profile · Local authority
Leicestershire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 24
- About one every 15 days
- Contracts awarded
- 51
- To 174 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £609m
- 36 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £95k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 6
- 10 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1mframework ceiling
- £567kframework ceiling
- £90kestimated
- £157mestimated
- £40mestimated
- £20mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £56mframework ceiling
- £3mestimated
- £99kestimated
- £20mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £10mestimated
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)49%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)7%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)43%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Leicestershire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 49%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 85%
- Higher than 86% of local authorities
- Based on 182 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 15 awards
- Split into lots
- 42%
- Higher than 91% of local authorities
- Based on 24 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 43%
- Higher than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 24 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 28 days
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 7
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 |
This buyer: 49%
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 85%
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 Leicestershire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parenting Support for Parents of Children with Suspected or Diagnosed ADHD | Heads Up Leicester | £120k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Hire of plant without operator | GAP Group Limited | £25k | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hire of plant without operator | Sunbelt Rentals Limited | £44k | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hire of plant without operator | Clee Hill Plant Limited | £8,710 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hire of plant without operator | Parker Hire Services | £1,951 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hire of plant without operator | JB Hire | £572 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| HVO fuel - Sept-Oct 2026 | Craggs Energy Limited | — | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Hire of Roadmender | N.D. Brown Limited | — | 31 Oct 2026 |
| CCTV Drainage Investigation Equipment | Radiodetection Limited | £34k | 18 Nov 2026 |
| Bridge Plate Bonding Schemes - Blaby & Soar Mills | Composites Construction UK | £70k | 1 Dec 2026 |