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South Lanarkshire Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
16
About one every 23 days
Contracts awarded
5
To 55 different suppliers
Value awarded
£809m
22 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£42.5m
Median value awarded
Open now
3
3 coming up

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

Open tenders

  1. Employability Services Procured Service Arrangement - Phase 4

    ScotlandTraining, Education services

    Open19 days left4 lots

    £4mestimated
  2. Adult Supported Living - Procured Service Arrangement (PSA) Phase 13

    ScotlandSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Open111 days left2 lots

    £225mestimated
  3. Early Learning and Childcare - South Lanarkshire Council Procured Service Arrangement

    ScotlandEducation services

    Open116 days left

    £144mestimated

Coming up

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

  1. Waste Management Solution – In Cab Devices

    ScotlandIT services and software

    UpcomingNew

    £555kestimated
  2. Kitchen Canopy Cleaning

    ScotlandCleaning

    Upcoming

    £584kestimated
  3. Recycling and Reuse of Materials from East Kilbride Centre West Demolition

    ScotlandWaste and street cleansing

    Upcoming

    Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Social and domiciliary care4
  2. Education services4
  3. Training3
  4. Healthcare services3
  5. Waste and street cleansing2
  6. Cleaning2

Who it buys from

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

  1. Merged EducationSME£128m
    2 contracts
  2. First Aid Training CooperativeSME£128m
    1 contract
  3. New College LanarkshireSME£85m
    2 contracts
  4. City of Glasgow College£85m
    1 contract
  5. Eòlas Outdoor Learning CICSME£85m
    1 contract
  6. HeadStrong (Scotland) LimitedSME£85m
    1 contract
  7. Impact ArtsSME£85m
    1 contract
  8. Parker Enterprise Company LtdSME£44.1m
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)87%
  • Direct award (no competition)13%
Based on 15 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How South Lanarkshire Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
44 days
Longer than 99% of local authorities
Based on 15 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
87%
Higher than 82% of local authorities
Based on 15 procurements
Won by small firms
82%
Higher than 84% of local authorities
Based on 57 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7
More than 73% of local authorities
Based on 7 awards
Split into lots
53%
Higher than 98% of local authorities
Based on 15 advertised tenders
Direct awards
13%
Lower than 70% of local authorities
Based on 15 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 16 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 319 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days2
20–25 days17
25–30 days135
30–35 days132
35–40 days27
40–45 days2
45–50 days2
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Lanarkshire 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 Lanarkshire Council end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Employability Services Procured Service Arrangement - Phase 2Next Generation Training Limited, Parker Enterprise Company Ltd, Qualitas International and 7 more—2 Nov 2026
Negotiated Contract for the Provision of Scientific Testing Services (including chemical analytical, bacteriological examination)Edinburgh Scientific Services—7 Aug 2026
The Hire and Maintenance of Industrial Power WashersRhinowash Ltd—6 Jul 2026
Employability Services Procured Service ArrangementENABLE Scotland, South Lanarkshire College, New College Lanarkshire and 24 more—22 May 2026
Support for First Stop Emergency Access AccommodationRight There—30 Apr 2026
Educational Services Procured Services Arrangement (PSA)New College Lanarkshire, Rainbow Educational resources Ltd, Merged Education and 24 more—4 Mar 2026