Buyer profile · Local authority
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 19
- About one every 19 days
- Contracts awarded
- 29
- To 54 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £23.6m
- 20 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £113k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £279kestimated
- £2.16mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £580kestimated
- Value not stated
- £3mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £10estimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)58%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)13%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 27 days
- Shorter than 86% of local authorities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 58%
- Higher than 55% of local authorities
- Based on 38 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 60%
- Lower than 71% of local authorities
- Based on 57 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 7
- More than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 8 awards
- Split into lots
- 11%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Higher than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 38 procurements
- Cancelled
- 5%
- Higher than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 19 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 27 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 |
This buyer: 7
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 |
This buyer: 58%
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 |
This buyer: 60%
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 Tameside Metropolitan Borough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Recruitment Services | PMA | £900k | 16 Dec 2026 |
| Tameside Housing Development - Planning Assessment | Newmark Gerald Eve LLP | £73k | 31 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Scour Level 2 Inspections 2026 (56 Structures) | Sanderson Watts Associates Limited | — | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Ch0ice Based Lettings | Locata Housing Services | — | 25 Oct 2026 |
| 021237-Commissioned Short Breaks - Group Activity (3) | Learnactive NW Ltd | £169k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Commissioned Short Breaks - Group Activity (1) | Tameside Sports Trust | £154k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| 021236-Commissioned Short Breaks - Group Activity 2 | Learnactive NW Ltd | £169k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Leisure Services Procurement Legal Support | Browne Jacobson LLP | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Supply of Hand Tools, Materials & Consumables | HSS Hire Group Plc | £375k | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Gritter Vehicle Lease | Econ Engineering Ltd | £146k | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Bridge Assessments & Principal Bridge Inspections Scheme 2026/2027 | Waterman Infrastructure and Environment Ltd | — | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Children's Rights and Advocacy | Advocacy Focus | £120k | 8 Sept 2026 |