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The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
65
About one every 6 days
Contracts awarded
254
To 244 different suppliers
Value awarded
£189m
77 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£100k
Median value awarded
Open now
3
21 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. Barbican Renewal Programme - Luminaires

    London

    Closing soon13 hours leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £1.1mestimated
  2. Health Access Worker Service

    LondonHealthcare services

    Open14 days leftSmall contract

    £64kestimated
  3. Barbican Renewal Programme - Metalwork including feature stairs

    LondonConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    Open27 days leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £5.5mestimated

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Barbican Renewal Programme - Joinery and Fit out

    LondonConstruction, Building maintenance and repairs

    UpcomingExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £6.5mestimated
  2. PME - Peer Mentoring Services

    LondonSocial and domiciliary care

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1.9mestimated
  3. eDiscovery Software

    LondonIT services and software, Telecoms and networks

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £240kestimated
  4. Programme Sapphire: Finance OCM and Workforce Transformation

    LondonManagement consultancy, IT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  5. Preliminary Market Engagement - Middlesex Street Estate CCTV Upgrade

    LondonConstruction, Electrical

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £460kestimated
  6. prj_1235 - Health Access Worker service

    LondonSocial and domiciliary care

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £40kestimated
  7. Real Estate Valuation & Development Software Solution

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  8. Report Fraud ITSM Replacement

    LondonIT services and software

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £240kestimated
  9. Tactical Firearms Training Facility Contractor

    LondonConstruction

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £17.7mestimated
  10. Homecare, Rapid Response and Reablement Services

    LondonSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £4.88mestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 12 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.

  1. CQC registration0%
    In 1 of 300 notices
  2. Site visit0%
    In 1 of 300 notices

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. Team Projects LimitedSME£2.1m
    2 contracts
  3. Raskl LimitedSME£215k
    3 contracts
  4. Cultiv8SME£200k
    3 contracts
  5. 3 contracts
  6. 3 contracts
  7. 3 contracts
  8. 3 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)20%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)1%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)34%
  • Direct award (no competition)45%
Based on 363 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
28 days
Shorter than 70% of other public bodies
Based on 46 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
20%
Lower than 76% of other public bodies
Based on 363 procurements
Won by small firms
49%
Lower than 62% of other public bodies
Based on 277 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
6
More than 52% of other public bodies
Based on 49 awards
Split into lots
5%
Lower than 72% of other public bodies
Based on 65 advertised tenders
Direct awards
45%
Higher than 74% of other public bodies
Based on 363 procurements
Cancelled
3%
Higher than 65% of other public bodies
Based on 65 tenders

Compared with other other public bodies

Time to bid, 146 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days1
5–10 days0
10–15 days1
15–20 days7
20–25 days12
25–30 days42
30–35 days56
35–40 days17
40–45 days8
45–50 days1
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 155 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids7
2–4 bids37
4–6 bids36
6–8 bids22
8–10 bids22
10–12 bids9
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids4
18–20 bids2
20+ bids8
Advertised openly, 320 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%36
10–20%34
20–30%25
30–40%14
40–50%18
50–60%23
60–70%28
70–80%17
80–90%29
90–100%96
Won by small firms, 303 other public bodies
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RangeBuyers
0–10%6
10–20%14
20–30%25
30–40%27
40–50%44
50–60%49
60–70%45
70–80%39
80–90%29
90–100%25

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Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Design and build Lord Mayor’s Show floatEmergency Exit Arts Ltd—14 Nov 2026
Window Repairs at 391 Cromwell TowerP A Finlay & Co Ltd£99k27 Nov 2026
Consultation report for Fenchurch St HSP consultationCommonplace Digital Ltd£99k30 Nov 2026
To undertake the second phase highway modelling work, including the development of the future base model required for project completion.Norman Rourke Pryme Limited—30 Nov 2026
Provision of Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Engineering Services for RIBA Stages 0–3Frankham Consultancy Group Limited—1 Dec 2026
Creation of Vision for Smithfield Emerging QuarterCentral Futures Ltd£50k1 Dec 2026
Research and development of up to twelve contemporary music projectsA Throw of Dice Touring Limited—1 Dec 2026
Salisbury Square Development (SSD) - Security ScannersScan-X Security Limited£135k11 Dec 2026
M&E Design for Electrical Heating and Domestic Hot Water services to Great Arthur House.David Miles & Partners Limited—17 Dec 2026
2026 CLS TES SubscriptionTes Global LTD—29 Dec 2026
Project Management Services (Defects)Buro Four Project Services Limited—31 Dec 2026
Fees for the design and implementation of a wayfinding projectCSK Architects Limited£38k31 Dec 2026
Powered Evacuation EquipmentClydeside Surveys Ltd—31 Dec 2026
Comprehensive fire engineering and fire safety services for Phase 2C of the Golden Lane EstateBB7 Consulting Limited—31 Dec 2026
Annual purchase order for JamJar for 2026JamJar Creative Ltd—31 Dec 2026
Automated Energy Consumption MonitoringOptimal Monitoring Ltd—31 Dec 2026
ITIL - ITIL 4 Foundation - 9 Delegates - TrainingQA Limited—31 Dec 2026
Burnham Beeches - Car Park Retaining WallIbbco Civil Engineering Ltd—31 Dec 2026
Billingsgate LBTH Negotiations & Heads of Terms for Collaboration agreementDeloitte LLP—31 Dec 2026
Multidisciplinary Consultant Services in relation to Electrical Upgrade Programme (Communal Landlord Supplies)David Miles & Partners Limited—19 Jan 2027

60 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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