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Buyer profile · Local authority
Suffolk County Council tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Tenders published
- 17
- About one every 21 days
- Contracts awarded
- 67
- To 104 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £146m
- 58 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £169k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 4 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £775kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £167kestimated
- £70kestimated
- £3.7mestimated
- £4.4mestimated
- Value not stated
- £6.5mestimated
- £170kestimated
- Value not stated
- £227kestimated
- £6mestimated
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.
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)46%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)15%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)5%
- Direct award (no competition)34%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Suffolk County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 46%
- Lower than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 74 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 70%
- Higher than 59% of local authorities
- Based on 108 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 25.5
- More than 98% of local authorities
- Based on 46 awards
- Split into lots
- 6%
- Lower than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 34%
- Higher than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 74 procurements
- Cancelled
- 12%
- Higher than 83% of local authorities
- Based on 17 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Suffolk County Council: 28 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 |
Suffolk County Council: 25.5
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 |
Suffolk County Council: 46%
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 |
Suffolk County Council: 70%
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 Suffolk County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply of Recruitment and Executive Search Servies | Tile Hill Interim & Executive Limited | £167k | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Independent Complaints Investigators | RRC (Rrconsultancy) Ltd | £100k | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Village Hall Rain Garden Little Blakenham | Mixbrow Construction | — | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Consultancy Services Transport East | Grant Thornton UK LLP | — | 1 Feb 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| QIP719 0900 2026-08-05 Felixstowe - Piper's vale primary academy, Ipswich (6-seated vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD | Nice Travel Solutions Limited | £140k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Cloud Legal Case Management, Time Recording and associated services | Iken Business Ltd | £170k | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Scc0182va | MBKB Ltd | £90k | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Scc0175va | Multiverse Group Limited | £130k | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Iken Footpath 1 Boardwalk Replacement | Impact Landscaping (East Anglia) LIMITED | — | 8 Oct 2026 |
| National Supervised Toothbrushing Programme Delivery within Suffolk | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust | — | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Purdis Farm 3 Boardwalk Replacement | C D C Blowers Limited | — | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Scc0180va | Dynamic Training UK Limited | £28k | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Provision of Winter Forecasting Services | Metdesk Limited | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Scc0181ib | Dynamic Training UK Limited | £30k | 30 Sept 2026 |