Buyer profile · Local authority

Slough Borough Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
13
About one every 28 days
Contracts awarded
12
To 30 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.14m
3 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£151k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
2 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Slough Borough Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Preliminary Market Engagement - Granville Flood Alleviation Scheme

    South EastConstruction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  2. Repairs Maintenance Planned and Major Works

    South EastConstruction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £240mestimated
  3. Multi-Disc Teams

    South EastArchitecture and engineering

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  4. Shared Lives

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  5. Pathway 2

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  6. Community Based Reablement at Home Service

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  7. Home First - Pathway 1 Discharge

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  8. Residential Respite (Short Breaks Service) for Adults with a Learning Disability aged 18-65 Years

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  9. New Slough Car Club Network

    South EastTransport

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  10. Day Activities Framework for Adults

    South EastSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsFramework

    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.

Who it buys from

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

  1. 1 contract
  2. Help and CareSME£895k
    1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 2 contracts
  5. 1 contract
  6. 2 contracts
  7. 2 contracts
  8. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)85%
  • Direct award (no competition)15%
Based on 20 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Slough Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
28 days
Shorter than 75% of local authorities
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
85%
Higher than 74% of local authorities
Based on 20 procurements
Won by small firms
35%
Lower than 96% of local authorities
Based on 31 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
3
Fewer than 78% of local authorities
Based on 7 awards
Split into lots
31%
Higher than 82% of local authorities
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Direct awards
15%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 20 procurements
Cancelled
15%
Higher than 89% of local authorities
Based on 13 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days4
20–25 days11
25–30 days120
30–35 days119
35–40 days19
40–45 days7
45–50 days1
50–55 days1
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 228 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids55
4–6 bids75
6–8 bids47
8–10 bids17
10–12 bids11
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids2
20+ bids10
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%11
20–30%25
30–40%32
40–50%36
50–60%48
60–70%47
70–80%33
80–90%44
90–100%76
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%0
20–30%7
30–40%6
40–50%27
50–60%41
60–70%76
70–80%80
80–90%55
90–100%32

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Slough 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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Provision of Transformation Services - Consultancy for RegenerationPopulate Consulting Ltd—30 Sept 2026
Slough Borough Council Economic Growth Strategy 2026-2040Inner Circle Consulting Limited—1 Dec 2026

1 more contract ends in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards