Buyer profile · Local authority
London Borough of Tower Hamlets tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Tower Hamlets
- Tenders published
- 37
- About one every 10 days
- Contracts awarded
- 42
- To 44 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £324m
- 17 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £920k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £9mestimated
- £6.7mestimated
- £1.36mestimated
- £3mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £12mestimated
- £37mestimated
- £5.82mestimated
- £300mestimated
- £1.16mestimated
- £3.8mestimated
- £2.25mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £5mestimated
- £7mestimated
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)78%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Direct award (no competition)20%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow London Borough of Tower Hamlets has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 35 days
- Longer than 87% of local authorities
- Based on 35 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 78%
- Higher than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 55 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Higher than 51% of local authorities
- Based on 49 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 38 awards
- Split into lots
- 16%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 37 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 20%
- Lower than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 55 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 37 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 35 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 135 |
| 30–35 days | 132 |
| 35–40 days | 27 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 2 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 3
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 78 |
| 4–6 bids | 89 |
| 6–8 bids | 57 |
| 8–10 bids | 18 |
| 10–12 bids | 16 |
| 12–14 bids | 8 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
This buyer: 78%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 21 |
| 10–20% | 29 |
| 20–30% | 44 |
| 30–40% | 46 |
| 40–50% | 47 |
| 50–60% | 52 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 27 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 63 |
This buyer: 67%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 6 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 25 |
| 50–60% | 70 |
| 60–70% | 109 |
| 70–80% | 88 |
| 80–90% | 54 |
| 90–100% | 27 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds London Borough of Tower Hamlets.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.
No contracts we hold from London Borough of Tower Hamlets end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAR6184 Whitechapel Leisure Centre & Residential Scheme | Gleeds LLP | £272k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| HAC6124 Integrated Statutory Advocacy Service | The Advocacy People | £1.55m | 27 Oct 2026 |
| CS6100 Voluntary and Community Sector Coordinator Services | Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service Ltd | £204k | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Whitechapel Leisure Centre & Residential Scheme | AECOM Limited | £1.79m | 16 Oct 2026 |
| HAR6073: Caxton Grove Main Works Tender | Formation Design & Build Limited | £17m | 5 Oct 2026 |
| HAC5983: Culturally Sensitive Substance Misuse Recovery Service | Osmani Trust Ltd, Bangladeshi Drugs Project | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| CS6028 Overnight and Related Short Breaks Respite | The Qalb Short Break Services Limited | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| CS6098 - Children in Care PEP and Attendance Monitoring | Welfare Call (Lac) Ltd | £140k | 17 Sept 2026 |
| HAR6080 Gateways to Whitechapel Market | Office S&M Architects Limited | £200k | 28 Aug 2026 |
| CS6089 Specialist Youth Services - SEND Provision | The Tower Project | £267k | 26 Aug 2026 |