Buyer profile · Central government
Translink tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 26
- About one every 14 days
- Contracts awarded
- 35
- To 51 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £263m
- 14 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £361k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 10 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £298kestimated
- £5mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £15mframework ceiling
- £167mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- £30mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- £3.5mframework ceiling
- £5mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
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.
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)100%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Translink has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 63% of central government buyers
- Based on 24 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 100%
- Higher than 91% of central government buyers
- Based on 46 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 48%
- Lower than 53% of central government buyers
- Based on 54 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- More than 59% of central government buyers
- Based on 36 awards
- Split into lots
- 15%
- Higher than 68% of central government buyers
- Based on 26 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 0%
- Lower than 85% of central government buyers
- Based on 46 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 26 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Translink: 29 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 6 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 32 |
| 35–40 days | 8 |
| 40–45 days | 5 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Translink: 5
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 3 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 27 |
| 6–8 bids | 6 |
| 8–10 bids | 6 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 1 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 3 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Translink: 100%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 33 |
| 10–20% | 24 |
| 20–30% | 21 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 11 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 10 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
Translink: 48%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 18 |
| 40–50% | 33 |
| 50–60% | 27 |
| 60–70% | 22 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 5 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Translink.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 Translink end in the next 90 days.