Buyer profile · Central government
Ministry of Justice tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 20
- About one every 18 days
- Contracts awarded
- 276
- To 283 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.56bn
- 214 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £45k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 12 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1.84mframework ceiling
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £1.57mestimated
- £1.8mestimated
- £252kestimated
- Value not stated
- £333kestimated
- £46.2mestimated
- £26mframework ceiling
- £950kestimated
- £1.61mestimated
- £1.8mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 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)24%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)16%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)31%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Ministry of Justice has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 79% of central government buyers
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 24%
- Lower than 56% of central government buyers
- Based on 282 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 63%
- Higher than 74% of central government buyers
- Based on 355 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 44 awards
- Split into lots
- 10%
- Higher than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 20 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Lower than 60% of central government buyers
- Based on 282 procurements
- Cancelled
- 5%
- Higher than 72% of central government buyers
- Based on 20 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Ministry of Justice.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.