Buyer profile · Local authority
Southend-on-Sea City Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 18
- About one every 20 days
- Contracts awarded
- 99
- To 99 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £22.4m
- 90 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £56k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 12 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £847kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £296mframework ceiling
- £19kestimated
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.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
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)44%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)7%
- Direct award (no competition)47%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Southend-on-Sea City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 44%
- Lower than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 57 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 76%
- Higher than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 127 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7.5
- More than 78% of local authorities
- Based on 24 awards
- Split into lots
- 12%
- Lower than 57% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 47%
- Higher than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 57 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 18 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Southend-on-Sea City Council: 31 days
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| 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 |
Southend-on-Sea City Council: 7.5
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| 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 |
Southend-on-Sea City Council: 44%
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| 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 |
Southend-on-Sea City Council: 76%
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| 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 Southend-on-Sea City 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.