Buyer profile · Local authority

Stirling Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
10
About one every 37 days
Contracts awarded
7
To 50 different suppliers
Value awarded
£3.82m
4 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£929k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
0 coming up

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

Open tenders

Stirling Council has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 6 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.

  1. Stirling Carers CentreSME1 contract
    £1.68m awarded
  2. £1.3m awarded
  3. Lightways Contractors LimitedSME1 contract
    £300k awarded
  4. National Testing Services LimitedSME1 contract
    £280k awarded
  5. ACTS Scotland (CiC)SME1 contract
  6. Apex ScotlandSME1 contract
  7. Care Learning & DevelopmentSME1 contract
  8. Carr Gomm1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)92%
  • Direct award (no competition)8%
Based on 13 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

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

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 92% of local authorities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
92%
Higher than 87% of local authorities
Based on 13 procurements
Won by small firms
86%
Higher than 90% of local authorities
Based on 50 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
8
More than 81% of local authorities
Based on 11 awards
Split into lots
30%
Higher than 82% of local authorities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Direct awards
8%
Lower than 78% of local authorities
Based on 13 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 10 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
Show as a table
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
Show as a table
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 Stirling 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 Stirling Council end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Festive Lighting for Stirling City CentreLightways Contractors Limited—29 Oct 2026
Road CoringNational Testing Services Limited—29 Sept 2026
Professional Learning Services FrameworkForth Valley College, Child Central Training Limited, Dumfries and Galloway College and 15 more—26 Jun 2026
Advertising on Bus SheltersBauer Media Outdoor UK Ltd—26 May 2026
Carers CentreStirling Carers Centre—18 May 2026
Temporary Traffic Management Services FrameworkMarkon Limited, Central Traffic Management Ltd, Class One Traffic Management Ltd and 2 more—30 Apr 2026
Employability Flexible FrameworkCarr Gomm, Future Fit for Business, Inclusion Scotland and 20 more—10 Mar 2026
Residential Short Breaks (Children)Action for Children—13 Nov 2025
Independent Advocacy Services for AdultsForth Valley Advocacy—16 Oct 2025
Furniture Removal, Storage and Disposal, and Cleaning, including Specialist CleaningFlexi Clean Group Ltd—13 Oct 2025