Buyer profile · Local authority
The Highland Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 22
- About one every 17 days
- Contracts awarded
- 23
- To 57 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £101m
- 28 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £1.06m
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 0 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- Value not stated
- £30mframework ceiling
- £3.6mestimated
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.
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)78%
- Direct award (no competition)22%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow The Highland Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 35 days
- Longer than 90% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 78%
- Higher than 74% of local authorities
- Based on 32 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 67%
- Lower than 50% of local authorities
- Based on 57 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 21 awards
- Split into lots
- 23%
- Higher than 73% of local authorities
- Based on 22 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 22%
- Lower than 53% of local authorities
- Based on 32 procurements
- Cancelled
- 9%
- Higher than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 22 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
The Highland Council: 35 days
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| 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 |
The Highland Council: 4
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 |
The Highland Council: 78%
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 |
The Highland Council: 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 Highland 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 Highland Council end in the next 90 days.