Scoreboard
Police and fire services scoreboard
How police and fire services 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
- 31 days
- Typical buyer. All buyers: 30 days
- Bids per contract
- 4.8
- Typical buyer. All buyers: 5
- Advertised openly
- 23%
- Typical buyer. All buyers: 36%
- Won by small firms
- 54%
- 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.
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 0 |
| 25–30 days | 5 |
| 30–35 days | 7 |
| 35–40 days | 0 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Most time to bid
- 14 advertised tenders
- Scottish Police Authority32 days32 advertised tenders
- Metropolitan Police Service32 days29 advertised tenders
- 13 advertised tenders
- 11 advertised tenders
- 11 advertised tenders
Typical buyer: 31 days
Least time to bid
- 14 advertised tenders
- 11 advertised tenders
- 14 advertised tenders
- 11 advertised tenders
- 11 advertised tenders
- 21 advertised tenders
Typical buyer: 31 days
Bids per contract
Typical number of bids received for a competed contract. Across all UK notices: 5.
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 1 |
| 2–4 bids | 2 |
| 4–6 bids | 4 |
| 6–8 bids | 1 |
| 8–10 bids | 1 |
| 10–12 bids | 0 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 0 |
Most bids per contract
- 11 awards
- 18 awards
- 11 awards
- 25 awards
- 11 awards
Typical buyer: 4.8
Fewest bids per contract
- 11 awards
- 38 awards
- 13 awards
- 46 awards
- 12 awards
Typical buyer: 4.8
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%.
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 12 |
| 10–20% | 9 |
| 20–30% | 5 |
| 30–40% | 3 |
| 40–50% | 7 |
| 50–60% | 1 |
| 60–70% | 3 |
| 70–80% | 2 |
| 80–90% | 1 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
Most openly advertised
- 14 procurements
- 47 procurements
- 14 procurements
- 12 procurements
- 14 procurements
- 14 procurements
- 25 procurements
- 12 procurements
- 14 procurements
- 27 procurements
Typical buyer: 23%
Least openly advertised
- 15 procurements
- 11 procurements
- 53 procurements
- 45 procurements
- 26 procurements
- 24 procurements
- 64 procurements
- 137 procurements
- 25 procurements
- 25 procurements
Typical buyer: 23%
Won by small firms
Share of winning suppliers that the notices describe as small or medium-sized. Across all UK notices: 61%.
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 2 |
| 10–20% | 0 |
| 20–30% | 1 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 7 |
| 50–60% | 14 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 7 |
| 80–90% | 4 |
| 90–100% | 0 |
Most contracts to small firms
- 14 winning suppliers
- 30 winning suppliers
- 47 winning suppliers
- 15 winning suppliers
- 77 winning suppliers
- 30 winning suppliers
- 56 winning suppliers
- 33 winning suppliers
- 11 winning suppliers
- 20 winning suppliers
Typical buyer: 54%
Fewest contracts to small firms
- 21 winning suppliers
- 25 winning suppliers
- 35 winning suppliers
- 10 winning suppliers
- 15 winning suppliers
- 11 winning suppliers
- 29 winning suppliers
- 26 winning suppliers
- 28 winning suppliers
- 44 winning suppliers
Typical buyer: 54%