Buyer profile · Education

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
4
About one every 91 days
Contracts awarded
5
To 6 different suppliers
Value awarded
£421k
5 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£46k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
3 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

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

  1. Adlib AudioSME£206k
    1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. Concept Fire & Security Solutions LtdSME£29k
    1 contract
  6. Xledger LimitedSMENot stated
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)80%
  • Direct award (no competition)20%
Based on 5 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
80%
Higher than 60% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 5 procurements
Won by small firms
83%
Higher than 89% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 6 winning suppliers
Direct awards
20%
Lower than 54% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 5 procurements

Compared with other schools, colleges and universities

Advertised openly, 135 schools, colleges and universities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%20
10–20%12
20–30%10
30–40%8
40–50%8
50–60%3
60–70%8
70–80%11
80–90%11
90–100%44
Won by small firms, 122 schools, colleges and universities
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RangeBuyers
0–10%1
10–20%5
20–30%6
30–40%10
40–50%24
50–60%31
60–70%19
70–80%9
80–90%11
90–100%6

Each column is a group of schools, colleges and universities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Supply of LED production lightingAdlib Audio£206k31 Oct 2026
Provision of Audience Seating & Temporary Portable StagingAudience Systems Limited£46k31 Oct 2026
Provision of Audience Seating & Temporary Portable StagingStage Electrics Partnership Ltd t/A Stage Electrics£34k31 Oct 2026

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