Buyer profile · Local authority
Norfolk County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 30
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 122
- To 243 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £419m
- 87 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £116k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 5 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Value not stated
- £12.7mestimated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £18.6mestimated
- Value not stated
- £2.1mframework ceiling
- £3.38mframework ceiling
- £1.2mestimated
- Value not stated
- £4.2mestimated
- £120mframework ceiling
- £62.8mframework ceiling
- £32mestimated
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)72%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)20%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Norfolk County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 86% of local authorities
- Based on 28 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 72%
- Higher than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 60%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 287 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 75 awards
- Split into lots
- 43%
- Higher than 95% of local authorities
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 20%
- Lower than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Cancelled
- 7%
- Higher than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 30 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Norfolk County Council: 34 days
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| 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 |
Norfolk County Council: 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 |
Norfolk County Council: 72%
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 |
Norfolk County Council: 60%
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 Norfolk County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Services 82 and 83 Thetford town circular frequency increase to 20 minutes | Coach Services Ltd | £150k | 14 Dec 2026 |
| Out of County Supported Living Placement (Mavam Group Limited) S520447 | Mavam Group Limited | £100k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Digital mobile phone advertising for Adult Social Services, Public Health and Children's Services (Foster East) campaigns - S537112 | Fonemedia Ltd | £40k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Service 33 King's Lynn - Docking - Hunstanton | Coastal Red Ltd T/A Lynx | £52k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Design Manufacture and Installation of Museum Standard Display Cases for the Boudica Gallery at Norwich Castle Museum | Click Netherfield Limited | — | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Fuels | YOUR NRG LTD - Previously OIL NRG LTD | £400k | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Crisis Fund Utilities Vouchers | Evouchers Ltd | £1.5m | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Redesign and Build the Geology Gallery at Cromer Museum | Design Map London Limited | £150k | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Future Infrastructure Programme | Specialist Computer Centres Plc, CDW Limited | — | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Caring for Better Outcomes - West Norfolk | The Care Company UK Ltd | — | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Traffic Signals and Intelligent Transport Systems | Yunex Limited | £31m | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Supervised Toothbrushing Programme | Community Dental Services | £482k | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Norwich and Brundall to Loddon Hobart High | A2B Taxis Norwich Ltd | — | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Passenger Transport DPS awards - July 2026 to September 2026 | https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/43424/Passenger-Transport-Contracts | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation provision - Highwater House | ST Martins Housing Trust | £10.4m | 29 Sept 2026 |