Buyer profile · Local authority

London Borough of Southwark tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
24
About one every 15 days
Contracts awarded
39
To 47 different suppliers
Value awarded
£67.6m
53 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£170k
Median value awarded
Open now
2
3 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. Quality Auditing of Mechanical Services

    LondonArchitecture and engineering

    Open9 days left

    £1.3mestimated
  2. SC1 Internship Pilot

    LondonRecruitment and staffing

    OpenNew19 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £50kestimated

Coming up

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

  1. Burgess Park Sports Ground Football Leagues Market Engagement Questionnaire

    LondonLeisure, culture and events

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £1estimated
  2. Crisis and Resilience Fund Hub Delivery

    London

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £2.13mestimated
  3. Wyndham Estate Phase 2 Underground Mains

    LondonConstruction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £4.5mestimated
  4. ITSM Solution Preliminary Market Engagement

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £450kestimated
  5. Home to School Transport (Buses)

    LondonTransport

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsDynamic purchasing

    £13.2mframework ceiling
  6. Managed Service Desk

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £3mestimated
  7. MS Azure

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £3.5mestimated
  8. Development Partner for Keyworker Housing at Rotherhithe New Road and 25 Cherry Garden Street

    LondonArchitecture and engineering, Construction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1.5mestimated
  9. £4mestimated
  10. Merchant Acquiring

    LondonFinancial services and insurance

    Upcoming

    £2.8mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 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 questions3%
    In 2 of 62 notices
  2. TUPE applies2%
    In 1 of 62 notices

Who it buys from

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

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. Bede House AssociationSME£8.41m
    1 contract
  5. 2 contracts
  6. 2 contracts
  7. PedalUK LtdSME£120k
    2 contracts
  8. 2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)57%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)29%
  • Direct award (no competition)14%
Based on 63 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How London Borough of Southwark has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
27 days
Shorter than 85% of local authorities
Based on 19 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
57%
Lower than 54% of local authorities
Based on 63 procurements
Won by small firms
63%
Lower than 63% of local authorities
Based on 51 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 57% of local authorities
Based on 31 awards
Split into lots
17%
Higher than 58% of local authorities
Based on 24 advertised tenders
Direct awards
14%
Lower than 66% of local authorities
Based on 63 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 58% of local authorities
Based on 24 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 321 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days3
20–25 days17
25–30 days140
30–35 days126
35–40 days25
40–45 days6
45–50 days3
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 280 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids5
2–4 bids71
4–6 bids95
6–8 bids53
8–10 bids26
10–12 bids12
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids1
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 408 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 373 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 London Borough of Southwark.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
Support for the Digitisation of Traffic Management OrdersYellow Line Parking Ltd t/a AppyWay£163k30 Oct 2026
AI Guard RailsInsight Direct (UK) Ltd£50k30 Oct 2026
TMO Digitisation ProjectWSP UK Limited£109k31 Oct 2026

12 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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