Buyer profile · Local authority
South Hams District Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 5
- About one every 73 days
- Contracts awarded
- 8
- To 8 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £11.6m
- 9 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £189k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 3 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £150kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
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.
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)60%
- Direct award (no competition)40%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow South Hams District 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 5 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 60%
- Higher than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 10 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 95% of local authorities
- Based on 8 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 20%
- Higher than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 40%
- Higher than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 10 procurements
- Cancelled
- 40%
- Higher than 99% of local authorities
- Based on 5 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
South Hams District Council: 28 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 |
South Hams District Council: 60%
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 |
South Hams District Council: 38%
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 South Hams District 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 South Hams District Council end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of PPE | SMI Int Group Ltd | — | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Demolition of Rope Walk | Sam Gilpin Demolition Limited | — | 7 Jul 2026 |
| Leisure Centre Management Services | Parkwood Leisure Limited | £9.52m | 27 May 2026 |
| Car Park Maintenance Programme | Cormac Contracting Limited | — | 11 May 2026 |
| Kingsbridge Pumptrack | Forte Trailscapes Limited | — | 5 May 2026 |
| Dartmouth Park and Ride | Stagecoach Devon Limited | £596k | 3 Apr 2026 |
| South Hams Dredging | Van Oord UK Limited | — | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Woolwell, Totnes, Dartington and South Brent play area renewals | Kompan Limited | £189k | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Salcombe Harbour Moorings Barge | Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd | — | 11 Sept 2025 |