Buyer profile · Local authority
The City of Edinburgh Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 19
- About one every 19 days
- Contracts awarded
- 27
- To 61 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £154m
- 22 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £623k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 10 coming up
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.
- £400kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £2.75mestimated
- £2.16mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
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)64%
- Direct award (no competition)36%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow The City of Edinburgh Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 85% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 64%
- Higher than 62% of local authorities
- Based on 44 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Lower than 50% of local authorities
- Based on 63 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 20 awards
- Split into lots
- 47%
- Higher than 96% of local authorities
- Based on 19 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 36%
- Higher than 66% of local authorities
- Based on 44 procurements
- Cancelled
- 11%
- Higher than 80% of local authorities
- Based on 19 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 34 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: 3
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: 64%
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: 67%
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 The City of Edinburgh 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 The City of Edinburgh Council end in the next 90 days.