Buyer profile · Local authority
Manchester City Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 44
- About one every 8 days
- Contracts awarded
- 55
- To 121 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £59.6m
- 25 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £364k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £5.15mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £14.9mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £240kestimated
- Value not stated
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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)68%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)1%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Manchester City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 27 days
- Shorter than 88% of local authorities
- Based on 42 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 68%
- Higher than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 72 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 50%
- Lower than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 129 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5.5
- More than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 48 awards
- Split into lots
- 25%
- Higher than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 44 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Higher than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 72 procurements
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Lower than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 44 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Manchester City Council: 27 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 |
Manchester City Council: 5.5
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 |
Manchester City Council: 68%
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 |
Manchester City Council: 50%
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 Manchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council tax and business rates insolvency services | Greenhalgh Kerr Solicitors Limited | £100k | 31 Dec 2026 |