Buyer profile · Central government

Trinity House tenders and contracts

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Official name on notices: THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND

Tenders published
5
About one every 73 days
Contracts awarded
49
To 36 different suppliers
Value awarded
£197m
43 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£50k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
2 contracts end in 90 days

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

Open tenders

  1. CM19 - T0536 Bi GLA Marine Lantern Framework

    UK-wide

    Open9 days leftLow competitionSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £2.13mframework ceiling

Coming up

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

  1. CM70 - Trinity House Hydrographic and Bathymetric-Topographic Surveys

    UK-wideLaboratory and scientific equipment, Architecture and engineering

    UpcomingLow competitionFramework

    £375kframework ceiling
  2. Vessel Management System

    UK-wide

    UpcomingLow competitionSmall contract

    Value not stated
  3. Bi-GLA Marine Lantern Framework Agreement

    UK-wide

    UpcomingLow competitionFramework

    £2.13mframework ceiling
  4. CM55 - Vina Beacon

    LondonConstruction

    UpcomingLow competitionSmall contract

    £250kestimated
  5. CM60 - Maximo Upgrades

    UK-wideIT services and software

    UpcomingLow competition

    £542kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 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).

  1. 1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. AscoSME£670k
    9 contracts
  4. Frank Armitt & Sons LtdSME£266k
    4 contracts
  5. Lindsay Blee & Co LtdSME£250k
    4 contracts
  6. 3 contracts
  7. 1 contract
  8. Hydrosphere UK LimitedSME£61k
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)20%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)52%
  • Direct award (no competition)28%
Based on 54 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Trinity House has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
20%
Lower than 68% of central government buyers
Based on 54 procurements
Won by small firms
73%
Higher than 77% of central government buyers
Based on 49 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
1.5
Fewer than 95% of central government buyers
Based on 8 awards
Split into lots
0%
Lower than 65% of central government buyers
Based on 5 advertised tenders
Direct awards
28%
Lower than 70% of central government buyers
Based on 54 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most central government buyers
Based on 5 tenders

Compared with other central government buyers

Bids per contract, 56 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids25
4–6 bids13
6–8 bids4
8–10 bids4
10–12 bids4
12–14 bids0
14–16 bids0
16–18 bids1
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1
Advertised openly, 120 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–10%19
10–20%16
20–30%15
30–40%14
40–50%8
50–60%10
60–70%7
70–80%10
80–90%9
90–100%12
Won by small firms, 112 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%3
10–20%5
20–30%11
30–40%13
40–50%20
50–60%19
60–70%11
70–80%15
80–90%12
90–100%3

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Trinity House.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
PO 190837 Compressor SupplyServair Limited£31k6 Oct 2026
STA1540 Engineering work on THV GalateaPalfinger Marine Europe BV€44k30 Oct 2026

7 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

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