Buyer profile · Local authority
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 31
- About one every 12 days
- Contracts awarded
- 21
- To 29 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £639k
- 4 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £163k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £130kestimated
- £6mframework ceiling
- £240kestimated
- £432kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2mestimated
- £20mframework ceiling
- £4.8mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £4.4mestimated
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)62%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)36%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 30 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 62%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 50 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 81%
- Higher than 83% of local authorities
- Based on 32 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 15 awards
- Split into lots
- 16%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 31 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 36%
- Higher than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 50 procurements
- Cancelled
- 10%
- Higher than 76% of local authorities
- Based on 31 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 28 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 |
This buyer: 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 |
This buyer: 62%
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 |
This buyer: 81%
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 Oldham Metropolitan Borough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climbing Tower with Integrated High Ropes Course At Castleshaw Centre, Delph, Oldham | High-Low Ropes Course Consulting Ltd | £116k | 18 Dec 2026 |
| Heat Network SOC and ZBC | Buro Happold | £65k | 31 Dec 2026 |