Scoreboard

Housing providers scoreboard

How housing providers have bought over the last 12 months: how long they give suppliers to bid, how many bids they get, how often they advertise openly and how much goes to small firms.

Time to bid
30 days
Typical buyer. All buyers: 30 days
Bids per contract
6.5
Typical buyer. All buyers: 5
Advertised openly
35%
Typical buyer. All buyers: 36%
Won by small firms
69%
Typical buyer. All buyers: 59%

"Typical" is the middle buyer. Only buyers with at least 10 notices behind a figure are counted. How we score

Time to bid

Typical days between the tender notice and the deadline. Across all UK notices: 30 days.

How 17 housing providers spread
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days2
25–30 days8
30–35 days6
35–40 days1
40–45 days0
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0

Most time to bid

  1. 17 advertised tenders
  2. 17 advertised tenders
  3. 10 advertised tenders
  4. 12 advertised tenders
  5. 10 advertised tenders
  6. 11 advertised tenders
  7. 12 advertised tenders
  8. 11 advertised tenders

Typical buyer: 30 days

Least time to bid

  1. 10 advertised tenders
  2. 10 advertised tenders
  3. 43 advertised tenders
  4. 13 advertised tenders
  5. 13 advertised tenders
  6. 14 advertised tenders
  7. 10 advertised tenders
  8. 10 advertised tenders

Typical buyer: 30 days

Bids per contract

Typical number of bids received for a competed contract. Across all UK notices: 5.

How 26 housing providers spread
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids1
2–4 bids3
4–6 bids7
6–8 bids4
8–10 bids3
10–12 bids5
12–14 bids1
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids0
20+ bids1

Advertised openly

Share of procurements open to any supplier, rather than a framework call-off, invited quotes or a direct award. Across all UK notices: 36%.

How 76 housing providers spread
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RangeBuyers
0–10%12
10–20%9
20–30%11
30–40%10
40–50%8
50–60%6
60–70%3
70–80%1
80–90%3
90–100%13

Most openly advertised

  1. 16 procurements
  2. 13 procurements
  3. 13 procurements
  4. 11 procurements
  5. 11 procurements
  6. 10 procurements
  7. 51 procurements
  8. 32 procurements
  9. 16 procurements
  10. 11 procurements

Typical buyer: 35%

Least openly advertised

  1. 19 procurements
  2. 14 procurements
  3. 20 procurements
  4. 18 procurements
  5. 68 procurements
  6. 14 procurements
  7. 97 procurements
  8. 81 procurements
  9. 61 procurements
  10. 84 procurements

Typical buyer: 35%

Won by small firms

Share of winning suppliers that the notices describe as small or medium-sized. Across all UK notices: 61%.

How 75 housing providers spread
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RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%2
20–30%2
30–40%6
40–50%3
50–60%8
60–70%17
70–80%17
80–90%12
90–100%8

Most contracts to small firms

  1. 20 winning suppliers
  2. 16 winning suppliers
  3. 19 winning suppliers
  4. 34 winning suppliers
  5. 30 winning suppliers
  6. 11 winning suppliers
  7. 21 winning suppliers
  8. 10 winning suppliers
  9. 29 winning suppliers
  10. 32 winning suppliers

Typical buyer: 69%

Fewest contracts to small firms

  1. 10 winning suppliers
  2. 50 winning suppliers
  3. 24 winning suppliers
  4. 23 winning suppliers
  5. 12 winning suppliers
  6. 11 winning suppliers
  7. 56 winning suppliers
  8. 16 winning suppliers
  9. 26 winning suppliers
  10. 123 winning suppliers

Typical buyer: 69%