Buyer profile · Local authority

Worcestershire County Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
11
About one every 33 days
Contracts awarded
23
To 35 different suppliers
Value awarded
£10.9m
17 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£204k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
10 coming up

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

Open tenders

  1. Target Hardening (Sanctuary Scheme)

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Open10 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £800kestimated

Coming up

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

  1. Gambling Related Harms

    West MidlandsResearch and development, Social and domiciliary care

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  2. £1.7mestimated
  3. COR26008 Minerals and Waste Plan - Preliminary Market Engagement

    West MidlandsArchitecture and engineering, Environmental services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    £1estimated
  4. Alternative Education Provision Framework

    West MidlandsTraining, Education services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsFramework

    Value not stated
  5. ASC26070 - Worcestershire Integrated Community Equipment Service - Preliminary Market Engagement

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  6. Neighbourhood Engagement Programme

    West MidlandsSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    Value not stated
  7. Transport Open Framework 2026

    West MidlandsTransport, Vehicles and fleet

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £500mframework ceiling
  8. PL0360 Shrub Hill Development Partner

    West MidlandsConstruction

    UpcomingFramework

    Value not stated
  9. Fleet Maintenance

    West MidlandsVehicles and fleet

    UpcomingSuitable for SMEs

    Value not stated
  10. Value not stated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 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)50%
  • Direct award (no competition)50%
Based on 26 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Worcestershire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
35 days
Longer than 90% of local authorities
Based on 11 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
50%
Lower than 65% of local authorities
Based on 26 procurements
Won by small firms
62%
Lower than 70% of local authorities
Based on 39 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7
More than 71% of local authorities
Based on 17 awards
Split into lots
36%
Higher than 88% of local authorities
Based on 11 advertised tenders
Direct awards
50%
Higher than 85% of local authorities
Based on 26 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 11 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days4
20–25 days11
25–30 days120
30–35 days119
35–40 days19
40–45 days7
45–50 days1
50–55 days1
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 228 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids55
4–6 bids75
6–8 bids47
8–10 bids17
10–12 bids11
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids2
20+ bids10
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%11
20–30%25
30–40%32
40–50%36
50–60%48
60–70%47
70–80%33
80–90%44
90–100%76
Won by small firms, 324 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%0
20–30%7
30–40%6
40–50%27
50–60%41
60–70%76
70–80%80
80–90%55
90–100%32

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Worcestershire County 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.

No contracts we hold from Worcestershire County Council end in the next 90 days.

13 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards