Buyer profile · Local authority
Liverpool City Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 31
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 85
- To 106 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £295m
- 73 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £155k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 5 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.75mestimated
- £32mframework ceiling
- £5.36mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2.5mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £400kestimated
- Value not stated
- £480kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £10mframework ceiling
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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)43%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)11%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)14%
- Direct award (no competition)31%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Liverpool City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 43%
- Lower than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 97 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 72%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 124 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 42 awards
- Split into lots
- 39%
- Higher than 92% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 31%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 97 procurements
- Cancelled
- 10%
- Higher than 77% of local authorities
- Based on 31 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Liverpool City Council: 31 days
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| 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 |
Liverpool City Council: 4
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 |
Liverpool City Council: 43%
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 |
Liverpool City Council: 72%
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 Liverpool 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneration Project Creative Concept Work | Apple Corps Limited | £462k | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Immersive Liverpool Project | In Partnership With Limited | £90k | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Redbridge and Bankview School Asbestos Remediation Services - Redbridge and Bankview School Asbestos Remediation Services | John Beech Limited | £3.84m | 11 Dec 2026 |
| DN801698 Further Competition under ICT Hardware and Professional Services Framework; DN776588: ICT Devices for ASC Staff_26 | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | £155k | 23 Dec 2026 |
| ICT Devices for ASC Staff_26 | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | £155k | 24 Dec 2026 |