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Buyer profile · Local authority
Suffolk County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 13
- About one every 28 days
- Contracts awarded
- 25
- To 53 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £131m
- 40 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £183k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 29 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £120kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £6.5mestimated
- £170kestimated
- £400kestimated
- Value not stated
- £227kestimated
- £6mestimated
- £14.3mestimated
- Value not stated
- £1.5mestimated
- £4.57mestimated
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)52%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)3%
- Direct award (no competition)42%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Suffolk County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 32 days
- Longer than 70% of local authorities
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 52%
- Lower than 64% of local authorities
- Based on 33 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 64%
- Lower than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 53 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 36
- More than 99% of local authorities
- Based on 28 awards
- Split into lots
- 8%
- Lower than 69% of local authorities
- Based on 13 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 42%
- Higher than 79% of local authorities
- Based on 33 procurements
- Cancelled
- 23%
- Higher than 98% of local authorities
- Based on 13 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
Suffolk County Council: 32 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 4 |
| 20–25 days | 11 |
| 25–30 days | 120 |
| 30–35 days | 119 |
| 35–40 days | 19 |
| 40–45 days | 7 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Suffolk County Council: 36
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 55 |
| 4–6 bids | 75 |
| 6–8 bids | 47 |
| 8–10 bids | 17 |
| 10–12 bids | 11 |
| 12–14 bids | 2 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 10 |
Suffolk County Council: 52%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Suffolk County Council: 64%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 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.