Buyer profile · Local authority

Moray Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
8
About one every 46 days
Contracts awarded
7
To 17 different suppliers
Value awarded
£48m
11 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£910k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
2 coming up

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

Open tenders

Moray Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Value not stated
  2. 18/1265 Open Space Maintenance Services

    ScotlandGrounds maintenance and landscaping, Architecture and engineering

    Upcoming

    £150kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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).

  1. Ace TaxisSME£19.8m
    2 contracts
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. Maynes Coaches LtdSME£18.7m
    2 contracts
  5. Spot on CabsSME£18.5m
    1 contract
  6. A2b CabsSME£9.16m
    2 contracts
  7. CRM facilitators elgin ltdSME£9.16m
    2 contracts
  8. Portknockie Contract HireSME£9.16m
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)91%
  • Direct award (no competition)9%
Based on 11 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Moray Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
36 days
Longer than 93% of local authorities
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
91%
Higher than 83% of local authorities
Based on 11 procurements
Won by small firms
77%
Higher than 74% of local authorities
Based on 22 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7.5
More than 79% of local authorities
Based on 8 awards
Split into lots
63%
Higher than 98% of local authorities
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Direct awards
9%
Lower than 75% of local authorities
Based on 11 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 58% of local authorities
Based on 8 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 321 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days3
20–25 days17
25–30 days140
30–35 days126
35–40 days25
40–45 days6
45–50 days3
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 280 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids5
2–4 bids71
4–6 bids95
6–8 bids53
8–10 bids26
10–12 bids12
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids1
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 408 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 373 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Moray 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 Moray Council end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
181119 Window and Door Replacement in Housing StockSidey Solutions Limited—23 Sept 2026
18/1287 Support for Unpaid Carers in MorayQuarriers—1 Jul 2026
18/1237 Community Services TransportMaynes Coaches Ltd, Ace Taxis, CRM facilitators elgin ltd and 2 more—10 Apr 2026
18/1183 DA01 Cooper Park ImprovementsPat Munro Construction Ltd—23 Mar 2026
School Transport ContractAce Taxis, Kineil Coaches Ltd, Deveron Coaches Limited and 9 more—2 Feb 2026
18/1123 Community Mental Health & Wellbeing Services for Children and Young People in MoraySamh—29 Jan 2026
181121 Elgin Town Hall Main ContractorTaylor and Fraser—10 Oct 2025