Buyer profile · Local authority
Worcestershire County Council tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 17
- About one every 21 days
- Contracts awarded
- 55
- To 58 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £19.6m
- 50 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £94k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 3
- 1 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £14.5mframework ceiling
- £350kestimated
- £1.7mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £1estimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £500mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £600kestimated
- £8.4mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 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)27%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)18%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)4%
- Direct award (no competition)51%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Worcestershire County Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 36 days
- Longer than 94% of local authorities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 27%
- Lower than 82% of local authorities
- Based on 49 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 63%
- Lower than 64% of local authorities
- Based on 80 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5.5
- More than 58% of local authorities
- Based on 22 awards
- Split into lots
- 35%
- Higher than 87% of local authorities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 51%
- Higher than 84% of local authorities
- Based on 49 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- Lower than 60% of local authorities
- Based on 17 tenders
Compared with other local authorities
This buyer: 36 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 1 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 17 |
| 25–30 days | 135 |
| 30–35 days | 132 |
| 35–40 days | 27 |
| 40–45 days | 2 |
| 45–50 days | 2 |
| 50–55 days | 1 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 5.5
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 4 |
| 2–4 bids | 78 |
| 4–6 bids | 89 |
| 6–8 bids | 57 |
| 8–10 bids | 18 |
| 10–12 bids | 16 |
| 12–14 bids | 8 |
| 14–16 bids | 3 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 9 |
This buyer: 27%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 21 |
| 10–20% | 29 |
| 20–30% | 44 |
| 30–40% | 46 |
| 40–50% | 47 |
| 50–60% | 52 |
| 60–70% | 45 |
| 70–80% | 27 |
| 80–90% | 44 |
| 90–100% | 63 |
This buyer: 63%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 0 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 6 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 25 |
| 50–60% | 70 |
| 60–70% | 109 |
| 70–80% | 88 |
| 80–90% | 54 |
| 90–100% | 27 |
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.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post 16 Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) Support | Beyondbarrierspathways CIC | £30k | 31 Dec 2026 |