Buyer profile · Local authority
West Yorkshire Combined Authority tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 18
- About one every 20 days
- Contracts awarded
- 23
- To 26 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £60.2m
- 11 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £733k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £14.4mestimated
- £6.76mestimated
- £250kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £2mestimated
- £1.25mestimated
- £300kestimated
- £1.4mestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1estimated
- £166kestimated
- £1mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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.
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)69%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)2%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)12%
- Direct award (no competition)17%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow West Yorkshire Combined Authority has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Shorter than 56% of local authorities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 69%
- Higher than 64% of local authorities
- Based on 42 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 41%
- Lower than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 32 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 11
- More than 92% of local authorities
- Based on 43 awards
- Split into lots
- 22%
- Higher than 72% of local authorities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 17%
- Lower than 63% of local authorities
- Based on 42 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 18 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 29 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 3 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 140 |
| 30–35 days | 126 |
| 35–40 days | 25 |
| 40–45 days | 6 |
| 45–50 days | 3 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 11
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 71 |
| 4–6 bids | 95 |
| 6–8 bids | 53 |
| 8–10 bids | 26 |
| 10–12 bids | 12 |
| 12–14 bids | 4 |
| 14–16 bids | 4 |
| 16–18 bids | 1 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
This buyer: 69%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 16 |
| 10–20% | 22 |
| 20–30% | 35 |
| 30–40% | 42 |
| 40–50% | 39 |
| 50–60% | 47 |
| 60–70% | 64 |
| 70–80% | 33 |
| 80–90% | 37 |
| 90–100% | 73 |
This buyer: 41%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 1 |
| 20–30% | 5 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 19 |
| 50–60% | 69 |
| 60–70% | 90 |
| 70–80% | 102 |
| 80–90% | 50 |
| 90–100% | 23 |
Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds West Yorkshire Combined Authority.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market research into illegal e-bikes | DJS Research Ltd | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Fail to Look Campaign | Story Catchers | — | 31 Oct 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility Design Reference Group | Advonet | £387k | 15 Sept 2026 |
| The Supply, Installation & Monitoring of Temporary Alarms for West Yorkshire Police | Kings Security Systems Limited | £733k | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier B | The Go-Ahead Group Limited, Tower Transit Operations Ltd, E. Stott & Sons Limited and 2 more | — | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Bus Franchising Round 1 Tier C | The Go-Ahead Group Limited, E. Stott & Sons Limited, Hunters Coaches Limited and 1 more | — | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Electrification Works at Bradford Depot | First West Yorkshire Limited | £16.6m | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Electrification Works at Huddersfield Depot | First West Yorkshire Limited | £10.6m | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Bus Franchising Round 1 - Tier A | First West Yorkshire Limited, Transdev Blazefield Limited | — | 19 Aug 2026 |
| West Yorkshire Energy Fund - Strategic Outline Case Support | Carbon Trust Advisory | — | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Home Energy Collective Buying Scheme - Phase 2 | Ichoosr Limited | £258k | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Provision of Highway Congestion Data | Alchera Technologies | £188k | 2 Jul 2026 |