Buyer profile · Local authority
South Kesteven District Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 10
- About one every 37 days
- Contracts awarded
- 34
- To 33 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £23.8m
- 31 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £90k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 7 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £400kestimated
- £195kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £100kestimated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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)24%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)45%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow South Kesteven District Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 24%
- Lower than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 49 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 72%
- Higher than 64% of local authorities
- Based on 36 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most local authorities
- Based on 9 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Higher than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 49 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 10 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 29 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 |
This buyer: 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 |
This buyer: 24%
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 |
This buyer: 72%
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 Kesteven 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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Information Governance Officer | Penna Plc | £37k | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Leisure Improvement Works - South Kesteven | Northdown Property Services (NPS) Ltd | £196k | 20 Nov 2026 |
| SKDC-1629 Upgrade to Leisure Facilities on Behalf of South Kesteven District Council | Northdown Property Services (NPS) Ltd | £321k | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Project & Cost Management for Wellington Way New Build Scheme | Atkinsréalis UK Limited | £36k | 14 Dec 2026 |
| Car park repairs - wharf road all levels | Kilnbridge Structural Services Ltd | £267k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| SKDC1551 Moving On Service | Living Concepts Ltd | £60k | 31 Jan 2027 |
| SKDC-1534 Tender for Disabled Adaptations to a Residential Property for on behalf of South Kesteven District Council | Westone Housing Limited | £85k | 31 Jan 2027 |