Buyer profile · Local or regional public body
Transport for Greater Manchester tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 12
- About one every 30 days
- Contracts awarded
- 48
- To 44 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £70.4m
- 38 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £153k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £1mestimated
- £3.9mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £6mestimated
- £75mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £2.5mframework ceiling
- £1.5mframework ceiling
- £5mestimated
- £2mestimated
- Value not stated
- £200kestimated
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)20%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)58%
- Direct award (no competition)20%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Transport for Greater Manchester has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 39 days
- Longer than 97% of local authorities
- Based on 10 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 20%
- Lower than 88% of local authorities
- Based on 86 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 68%
- Higher than 51% of local authorities
- Based on 59 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 6
- More than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 13 awards
- Split into lots
- 8%
- Lower than 65% of local authorities
- Based on 12 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 20%
- Lower than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 86 procurements
- Cancelled
- 8%
- Higher than 67% of local authorities
- Based on 12 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 39 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 7 |
| 20–25 days | 12 |
| 25–30 days | 42 |
| 30–35 days | 56 |
| 35–40 days | 17 |
| 40–45 days | 8 |
| 45–50 days | 1 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 6
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 7 |
| 2–4 bids | 37 |
| 4–6 bids | 36 |
| 6–8 bids | 22 |
| 8–10 bids | 22 |
| 10–12 bids | 9 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 4 |
| 18–20 bids | 2 |
| 20+ bids | 8 |
This buyer: 20%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
This buyer: 68%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Transport for Greater Manchester.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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| UX Designer Resource | Rullion Limited | £156k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| TfGM Internal alterations at Piccadilly Place (Basement) | Schofield and Sons Ltd | £136k | 24 Dec 2026 |
| 36. Business Analyst Requirement | Sthree Partnership LLP | £156k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| 57. Readiness Analyst Resource | Rullion Limited | £140k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| 59. Project Planner Resource | Rullion Limited | £165k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Business Analyst Resource | Rullion Limited | £211k | 31 Jan 2027 |