Buyer profile · Local authority

South Lanarkshire Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
13
About one every 28 days
Contracts awarded
2
To 28 different suppliers
Value awarded
£808m
20 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

    Open65 days left4 lots

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

    ScotlandSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Open157 days left2 lots

    £225mestimated
  3. £144mestimated

Coming up

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

  1. The Provision of Specialist Cleaning and Clearance Services

    ScotlandCleaning, Waste and street cleansing

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  2. Kitchen Canopy Cleaning

    ScotlandCleaning

    Upcoming

    £584kestimated
  3. Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 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. Merged EducationSME£128m
    2 contracts
  2. First Aid Training CooperativeSME£128m
    1 contract
  3. New College LanarkshireSME£85m
    2 contracts
  4. 1 contract
  5. Eòlas Outdoor Learning CICSME£85m
    1 contract
  6. HeadStrong (Scotland) LimitedSME£85m
    1 contract
  7. Impact ArtsSME£85m
    1 contract
  8. Love Outdoor LearningSME£85m
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)100%
Based on 13 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 98% of local authorities
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
100%
Higher than 88% of local authorities
Based on 13 procurements
Won by small firms
93%
Higher than 94% of local authorities
Based on 28 winning suppliers
Split into lots
54%
Higher than 98% of local authorities
Based on 13 advertised tenders
Direct awards
0%
Lower than 83% of local authorities
Based on 13 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 13 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
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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
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
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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
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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 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
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