Buyer profile · Local authority
London Borough of Tower Hamlets tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: Tower Hamlets
- Tenders published
- 42
- About one every 9 days
- Contracts awarded
- 40
- To 42 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £321m
- 17 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £718k
- 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
- £204kestimated
- £15.8mestimated
- £668kestimated
- £4.19mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £37mestimated
- £5.82mestimated
- £300mestimated
- £1.16mestimated
- £3.8mestimated
- £9mestimated
- £2.25mestimated
- £2.48mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £5mestimated
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)83%
- Direct award (no competition)17%
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 40 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 83%
- Higher than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 58 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 61%
- Lower than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 46 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 77% of local authorities
- Based on 36 awards
- Split into lots
- 19%
- Higher than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 42 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 17%
- Lower than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 58 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Lower than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 42 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 35 days
Show as a table
| 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 |
This buyer: 3
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 |
This buyer: 83%
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 |
This buyer: 61%
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| CS6086 Specialist Youth Services - LGBTQ Plus | Step Forward (Tower Hamlets) | £120k | 26 Aug 2026 |
| CS6089 Specialist Youth Services - SEND Provision | The Tower Project | £267k | 26 Aug 2026 |
| CS6085 Young Tower Hamlets Universal Youth Ward-Based Service | Osmani Trust Ltd, Sporting Foundation, Poplar HARCA | — | 19 Aug 2026 |
| HAC6141 Stop Smoking London Integrated Digital Smoking Cessation Service Pilot | 23 Limited | £736k | 12 Aug 2026 |
| CO6128 LEVI Fast and Rapid Charger Project for London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Barking and Dagenham | Totalenergies Charging Solutions UK | £75m | 11 Aug 2026 |
| CO6190 - Fabrication of Whitechapel of Market Stalls | Mark Bailey Associates Ltd | £1.8m | 7 Aug 2026 |
| HAR6124: General Build MTC | B.& M.mchugh Limited | £8m | 29 Jul 2026 |
| HAR6019 St Georges New Build | Guildmore Ltd. | £60m | 29 Jul 2026 |