Buyer profile · Local authority
Oxfordshire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 101
- To 86 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £16.5m
- 82 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £98k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 14 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £14mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £38mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £750kestimated
- £25mestimated
- £4.9mestimated
- £50kestimated
- £120kestimated
- Value not stated
- £400mframework ceiling
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)15%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)54%
- Direct award (no competition)30%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Oxfordshire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 12 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 15%
- Lower than 92% of local authorities
- Based on 127 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 66%
- Lower than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 111 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 8
- More than 81% of local authorities
- Based on 38 awards
- Split into lots
- 6%
- Lower than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 30%
- Higher than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 127 procurements
- Cancelled
- 13%
- Higher than 84% of local authorities
- Based on 16 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Oxfordshire County Council: 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 |
Oxfordshire County Council: 8
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 |
Oxfordshire County Council: 15%
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 |
Oxfordshire County Council: 66%
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 Oxfordshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banbury Swan Close | Amey OW Ltd | £70k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Installation of new windows and doors at Thame fire station | Newbury Commercial Glazing Limited | £41k | 4 Dec 2026 |
| Water Pipework Replacement at Fringford School | CME Heating Limited | £50k | 11 Dec 2026 |
| Boiler and Pipework Replacement Works | CME Heating Limited | £301k | 11 Dec 2026 |
| Upavon Way place shaping study | WSP UK Limited | £35k | 17 Dec 2026 |
| Remedial Repairs and Partial Re-Roofing at Clifton Hampden | Bailey MK Limited | £316k | 18 Dec 2026 |
| Abingdon Fire Station ASHP | SMS Energy Services Ltd | £230k | 19 Dec 2026 |
| Lark Hill to Crab Hill Feasibility Study | Urban Movement Ltd | £19k | 28 Dec 2026 |
| Langford Village Primary School Boiler Replacement | CME Heating Limited | £78k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Longworth Primary Boiler Replacement | Mechanical Installation Heating Services (Glos) Limited | £107k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Chilton School Boiler Replacement | CME Heating Limited | £110k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Principal Designer for A34 Harwell Layby Scheme | WSP UK Limited | £40k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Furniture for Midland House | Combined Office Interiors Limited | £62k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Station Broadway, Didcot | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | £154k | 7 Jan 2027 |