Buyer profile · Local authority
London Borough of Southwark tenders and contracts
- 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
- £1.3mestimated
- £50kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1estimated
- £2.13mestimated
- £4.5mestimated
- £450kestimated
- £13.2mframework ceiling
- £3mestimated
- £3.5mestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- £4mestimated
- £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.
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)57%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)29%
- Direct award (no competition)14%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow 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
London Borough of Southwark: 27 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 |
London Borough of Southwark: 4
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| 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 |
London Borough of Southwark: 57%
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| 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 |
London Borough of Southwark: 63%
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| 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 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for the Digitisation of Traffic Management Orders | Yellow Line Parking Ltd t/a AppyWay | £163k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| AI Guard Rails | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | £50k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| TMO Digitisation Project | WSP UK Limited | £109k | 31 Oct 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home to School Transport (Buses) | HATS Group Ltd | £7m | 24 Aug 2026 |
| AI Guard Rails | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | — | 21 Jul 2026 |
| LBS Social Inclusion Supported Housing Tender | Turning Point (Services) Ltd, Peabody Trust, Southside Partnership and 1 more | — | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Tustin Estate Phase 2 Independent Tenant and Leaseholder Advisers | Newman Francis Limited | — | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Southwark Local Access Partnership (LAP) - Evaluation | Locality | — | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Brunswick Park MUGA | Marcus Reader | — | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Lucas Garden playground | Playcubed Limited | — | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Agreement for the provision of cycle training (community) services | upCYCLE LDN | — | 2 Jun 2026 |
| Highway Services contract – asset management software for 2026 27 | Causeway Technologies Limited | — | 29 May 2026 |
| Security support | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | — | 6 May 2026 |