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Mid Suffolk District Council tenders and contracts

East of EnglandIpswich

Tenders published
3
About one every 122 days
Contracts awarded
14
To 13 different suppliers
Value awarded
£822k
8 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£75k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
0 coming up

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

Open tenders

Mid Suffolk District Council has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 1 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Vehicles and fleet3
  2. Energy and utilities3
  3. IT services and software2
  4. Architecture and engineering2
  5. Waste and street cleansing1
  6. Training1

Who it buys from

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

  1. Placecube Limited£320k
    1 contract
  2. Wilks Head & Eve LLPSME£140k
    1 contract
  3. Barefoot & Gilles£122k
    1 contract
  4. Whitespace Work Software LimitedSME£95k
    1 contract
  5. Triplex Industrial Contractors LimitedSME£54k
    1 contract
  6. Johns Slater and HawardSME£34k
    1 contract
  7. IlascoSME£28k
    1 contract
  8. Lookers Motor Group Limited£28k
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)19%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)13%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)13%
  • Direct award (no competition)56%
Based on 16 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Mid Suffolk District Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
19%
Lower than 89% of local authorities
Based on 16 procurements
Won by small firms
79%
Higher than 78% of local authorities
Based on 14 winning suppliers
Direct awards
56%
Higher than 90% of local authorities
Based on 16 procurements

Compared with other local authorities

Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Mid Suffolk District 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.

No contracts we hold from Mid Suffolk District Council end in the next 90 days.

1 more contract ends in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
iHASCO Learning Management System and Compliance Training SubscriptionIlasco—28 Sept 2026
Digital Place Website PlatformPlacecube Limited£320k20 Aug 2026
Purchase of Ford Transit x 3Lookers Motor Group Limited£177k4 Aug 2026
Litter Picking - A14Triplex Industrial Contractors Limited—3 Aug 2026
Consultant and Architectural ServicesKLH Architects Limited£26k21 Jul 2026
Purchase of Used Refuse Collection VehicleEndurance Vehicle Solutions Limited£185k20 Jul 2026
Purchase of EV VanLookers Motor Group Limited—10 Apr 2026
Supply of Metal Wheeled BinsStorm Environmental Limited£270k28 Feb 2026
Valuation of Council AssetsWilks Head & Eve LLP—1 Feb 2026
Plastic Wheeled BinsSSI Schaefer Plastics UK Ltd£420k28 Jan 2026