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Tenders published
5
About one every 73 days
Contracts awarded
5
To 33 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.05m
14 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£90k
Median value awarded
Open now
2
0 coming up

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

Open tenders

  1. Leadership and Management Programme WGSBs

    UK-wideTraining, Education services

    Closing soon3 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £330kestimated
  2. QW Planned and Reactive Facilities Management Services

    WalesBuilding maintenance and repairs

    Open17 days leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £133kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 4 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Training2
  2. Education services2
  3. Security1
  4. Research and development1
  5. Facilities management1
  6. Building maintenance and repairs1

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. Angel RalchevSME£90k
    1 contract
  2. Gwilym PowellSME£90k
    1 contract
  3. Huw MorganSME£90k
    1 contract
  4. Jenna WhiteheadSME£90k
    1 contract
  5. Katy Wilmer EducationSME£90k
    1 contract
  6. Neil HughesSME£90k
    1 contract
  7. Nia Jones - Tourism SpecialistSME£90k
    1 contract
  8. Alphaplus Consultancy Limited£35k
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 5 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Qualifications Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
25 days
Shorter than 88% of other public bodies
Based on 5 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 76% of other public bodies
Based on 5 procurements
Won by small firms
91%
Higher than 93% of other public bodies
Based on 34 winning suppliers
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 72% of other public bodies
Based on 5 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 65% of other public bodies
Based on 5 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most other public bodies
Based on 5 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 146 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days7
20–25 days12
25–30 days42
30–35 days56
35–40 days17
40–45 days8
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

Each column is a group of other public bodies with similar figures. The coloured column holds Qualifications Wales.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 Qualifications Wales end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
QW Keyholding and SecuritySGD Guarding Ltd£61k13 Jul 2026
QW Research Advisory GroupCardiff University, Alphaplus Consultancy Limited, Andrew Boyle and 3 more—1 May 2026
Subject Expert Services for Monitoring National QualificationsNicky Hagendyk Consultancy, Kampakis and Co Ltd, Suzanne Roberts and 13 more—24 Feb 2026
QW Qualifications Reviewers for Travel, Tourism, Hospitality and Catering QualificationsAngel Ralchev, Jenna Whitehead, Huw Morgan and 7 more—31 Jan 2026
QW Development of Guidance on Quality Assurance processes for Qualification AssessmentsAlphaplus Consultancy Limited—20 Nov 2025
QW Research: Stakeholder Confidence SurveyBeaufort Research—16 Oct 2025