Buyer profile · Local authority
Sheffield City Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 72
- About one every 5 days
- Contracts awarded
- 135
- To 147 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £41m
- 72 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £114k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 9
- 13 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £60kestimated
- £140mestimated
- £9mestimated
- £70kestimated
- £1.63mestimated
- Value not stated
- £8.53mestimated
- £2.5mestimated
- £90kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £28mestimated
- Value not stated
- £30mestimated
- £3mestimated
- £5.8mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1.7mestimated
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.
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)50%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)8%
- Direct award (no competition)41%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Sheffield City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 71 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 50%
- Lower than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 167 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 53%
- Lower than 83% of local authorities
- Based on 166 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 6.5
- More than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 58 awards
- Split into lots
- 7%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 71 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 41%
- Higher than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 167 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 72 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Sheffield City Council: 29 days
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| 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 |
Sheffield City Council: 6.5
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 |
Sheffield City Council: 50%
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 |
Sheffield City Council: 53%
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 Sheffield City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Payroll Manager | Portfolio Payroll Limited | — | 15 Dec 2026 |
| Housing Consultants (NEC technical support) | Gravitas Recruitment Group Limited | £26k | 18 Dec 2026 |
| Housing Consultants (NEC technical support) | Gravitas Recruitment Group Limited | £25k | 18 Dec 2026 |
| CT17-Finance Reporting System - Qtier | Qtier Software Limited | £30k | 19 Dec 2026 |
| AD Children and Families Residential | Faerfield Limited | — | 23 Dec 2026 |
| AD Neighbourhoods | Campbell Tickell Limited | — | 23 Dec 2026 |
| Fixed term temporary contracts recruitment - HR Service | Michael Page Recruitment Group Limited | — | 24 Dec 2026 |
| Sheffield demolition contract – emergency and planned works (26-30) | PPS Metal Recycling Ltd | £3.51m | 4 Jan 2027 |
| Head of Organisational Development | Tile Hill Interim & Executive Limited | — | 4 Jan 2027 |
| Service Manager Repairs & Maintenance | Michael Page International Recruitment Limited | — | 8 Jan 2027 |
| Sharegate migration and governance tool | Specialist Computer Centres Plc | £4,967 | 19 Jan 2027 |
| Process parking Penalty Charge Notice resilience contract | Marston (Holdings) Limited | £21k | 19 Jan 2027 |
| CT17 - Office 365 Back up system | CDW | £134k | 28 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Histopathology Services | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | — | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Body Worn Cameras | Pinnacle Response Ltd | — | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Heat Network Development Partner for the Sheffield AZP Opportunity Area | E.ON UK Limited | £1m | 29 Oct 2026 |
| AccessAble - Detailed Access Guides | Disabled Enabled Limited | — | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Woolley wood school air source heat pump replacement | Denton Nickels UK Ltd | — | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft Unified Support | Microsoft Limited | £778k | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Microsoft Enterprise Agreement licenses | Phoenix Software Limited | £16.9m | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Hom low rise bin store ceiling repairs | EQUANS Regeneration Limited | £560k | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Housing Consultants (NEC technical support) | Gravitas Recruitment Group Limited | — | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Interim AD Transformation | Gatenbysanderson Limited | — | 13 Oct 2026 |