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Torridge District Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
2
In the last 12 months
Contracts awarded
35
To 32 different suppliers
Value awarded
£12.9m
35 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£60k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
4 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

Torridge District Council has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 2 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

  1. Construction10
  2. Social and domiciliary care6
  3. Property and estates3
  4. IT services and software3
  5. Healthcare services3
  6. Architecture and engineering3

Who it buys from

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

  1. Pearce Construction (Barnstaple) LimitedSME£4.4m
    1 contract
  2. Westcountry Maintenance ServicesSME£3.88m
    1 contract
  3. MB Energy Limited£1.34m
    1 contract
  4. Encompass Southwest£764k
    3 contracts
  5. Arque LtdSME£449k
    1 contract
  6. Navigate£318k
    1 contract
  7. Nick Sampson - Mechanical Engineering Services LimitedSME£160k
    2 contracts
  8. Livewest Homes Limited£156k
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)6%
  • Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)42%
  • Direct award (no competition)48%
Based on 33 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Torridge District Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
6%
Lower than 97% of local authorities
Based on 33 procurements
Won by small firms
64%
Lower than 62% of local authorities
Based on 36 winning suppliers
Direct awards
48%
Higher than 82% of local authorities
Based on 33 procurements

Compared with other local authorities

Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Torridge District 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.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Holsworthy Manor Offices ModernisationArque Ltd£449k13 Nov 2026
Alterations and Refurbishment of Bideford Town Hall & Former LibraryWestcountry Maintenance Services£3.88m30 Nov 2026
Leisure Facilities Building & MEP Condition SurveysHulley and Kirkwood Consulting Engineers Limited£64k11 Dec 2026
Cemetery SoftwarePlotbox£34k27 Jan 2027

11 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Cleave Wood Junctions FormationN.J. Luckett Limited—11 Nov 2026
Westward Ho! Village Green Play Area Ship Replacement & Surfacing WorksT K Play LTD—15 Oct 2026
Supply of Diesel and Ad Blue for the Operational Services Vehicle FleetMB Energy Limited£1.34m9 Oct 2026
Dell Core Network Switch ReplacementNexus Open Systems Limited—7 Oct 2026
Hatchmoor Development, Gt TorringtonClassic Builders (South West) Limited, Pearce Construction (Barnstaple) Limited—24 Sept 2026
Bideford Public Artwork ProjectA.j. Wells & Sons Limited—4 Sept 2026
Leisure Facilities Building & MEP Condition SurveysHulley and Kirkwood Consulting Engineers Limited—3 Sept 2026
New 3 Phase Connection for Town Hall and LibraryNational Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales)—25 Aug 2026
E-Learning SoftwareLearning Pool Limited—27 Jul 2026
Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)FPS Environmental Ltd—9 Jul 2026