Buyer profile · Local authority
Reading Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 17
- About one every 21 days
- Contracts awarded
- 31
- To 72 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £242m
- 20 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £1.39m
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £567kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £4mestimated
- £3.7mestimated
- £22mestimated
- Value not stated
- £14.7mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £50kestimated
- £1.16mestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)52%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)41%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Reading Borough 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 17 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 52%
- Lower than 51% of local authorities
- Based on 46 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 74%
- Higher than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 77 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7.5
- More than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 24 awards
- Split into lots
- 18%
- Higher than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 41%
- Higher than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 46 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 17 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Reading Borough Council: 34 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 |
Reading Borough Council: 7.5
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 |
Reading Borough Council: 52%
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 |
Reading Borough Council: 74%
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 Reading 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.
No contracts we hold from Reading Borough Council end in the next 90 days.