Bedford Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Official UK PPONPLCV-4616-VTHL
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 14 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
190 awarded tenders, 214 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| School and Special Transport Open Framework | 5 Oct 2026 | 5d | £48,000,000 |
| Highway Grass Verge and Hedge Cutting, Rights of Way - Seasonal Vegetation cuts, Suds and Watercourse Maintenance | 28 Oct 2026 | 28d | £1,835,886 |
| Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027 | 28 Apr 2027 | 210d | £2,150,000 |
| Best Interest Assessors and Section 12 Assessors Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | 15 Jul 2028 | 654d | £1,684,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
85 Health and social work services25 procedures · 13%45 Construction work10 procedures · 5% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting7 procedures · 4%70 Real estate services5 procedures · 3%71 Architectural, construction, engineering5 procedures · 3%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet5 procedures · 3%98 Other community, social and personal services5 procedures · 3%34 Transport equipment and products4 procedures · 2% · 1 openHow they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 195 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 92% (180 notices)
- Framework 8% (15 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Direct award 48% (93 notices)
- Route not published 19% (37 notices)
- Open 18% (36 notices)
- Limited / restricted 12% (24 notices)
- Selective 3% (5 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 14 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 16 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 195 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 12 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 9 | 4.7% | 6 | 10 | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Beam Up Ltd | 3 | 1.6% | 3 | 3 | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Canoe Trail Ltd | 3 | 1.6% | 3 | 3 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Webcurl Limited | 3 | 1.6% | 3 | 3 | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Greenwich Leisure Limited | 2 | 1.1% | 2 | 4 | 8 Jun 2026 |
| THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GROUP LIMITED | 2 | 1.1% | 2 | 2 | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Chiltern Hire Centre Ltd | 2 | 1.1% | 2 | 2 | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Ross Removals | 2 | 1.1% | 2 | 2 | 11 Aug 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 190 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 214 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| The Supply of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Associated Services 2026-2041 | Connected Kerb Limited | — | — | £56,643,544 † |
| Carriageway Resurfacing and Associated Works 2025-2030 | Hanson Quarry Products Europe Ltd | — | — | £30,000,000 † |
| Rough Sleeping Prevention Services | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | — | 6 mo | £12,985,653 † |
| Interim Leisure Facilities Management Service | Greenwich Leisure Limited | — | — | £9,154,265 † |
| Interim Leisure Facilities Management Service | Greenwich Leisure Limited | — | — | £8,791,265 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 136 of 204 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Accommodation based support; Charis House | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 30 Sept 2026 | £38,803 |
| Court ordered supervised contact | Prospero Group Ltd | 1 Oct 2026 | £40,000 |
| Rough sleeping emergency night beds | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 1 Oct 2026 | £125,012 |
| The provision of rough sleeping prevention services | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 1 Oct 2026 | £129,857 |
| Rough Sleeping Prevention Services | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 1 Oct 2026 | £12,985,653 |
| Rough Sleeping Prevention Services | SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES | 1 Oct 2026 | £129,856 |
| Construction of Costa Coffee Drive-Thru at Fairhill | Brownhill Hayward Brown, Chartered Architects (BHB) | 1 Nov 2026 | £65,125 |
| Lifestyle Hub Services | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Foundation | 11 Nov 2026 | £87,623 |
| Residential Placement (Spot Off Framework) | SV Care Services Ltd | 14 Nov 2026 | £507,000 |
| Residential (Spot) Placement - Childrens Services | Positive Futures Support Care Limited | 5 Dec 2026 | £550,000 |
Soonest 10 of 31 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 251 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Average Speed Camera Maintenance 2026-7 | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| Constellia - NEPRO Innovation | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | — |
| De Minimis Agreements to the 68 Bus Route within Bedford Borough | Awarded / complete | 8 Sept 2026 | — |
| 3g Pitch Resurfacing WorksConstruction work for sports facilities | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | £330,000 |
| Corn Exchange Food and Drink for ResaleCatering supplies | Open | 19 Aug 2026 | £244,000 |
| Bedford Refuge for Women Fleeing Domestic Violence (2026 - 2029)Guidance services | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | £660,169 |
| CBC-2107-RFI-SK Alternative Education Framework re-commission (Request for Information)E-learning services | Planning | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Grounds Equipment Repair & MaintenanceFleet management | Open | 12 Aug 2026 | £1,400,000 |
| Rough Sleeping Prevention Services | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Bus Shelter UpgradesInstallation of street furniture | Open | 27 Jul 2026 | £240,000 |
| Bedford Borough Leisure Facilities ManagementSporting services | Planning | 21 Jul 2026 | — |
| Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2026Holiday centre services | Awarded / complete | 21 Jul 2026 | £0 |
| The Supply of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Associated Services 2026-2041Electric vehicles | Awarded / complete | 17 Jul 2026 | £56,643,544 |
| Borough Hall Network Switch ReplacementNetwork components | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Open Framework for Building Maintenance and Building ServicesBuilding services | Planned | 16 Jul 2026 | £0 |
| Grounds Equipment Repair & Maintenance ContractFleet management | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | £1,680,000 |
| Bedford Borough Council Temporary Accommodation Support ServiceSocial work and related services | Awarded / complete | 10 Jul 2026 | £1,375,000 |
| Open Framework for Emergency Accommodation and Nightly-Let Housing ProvisionAccommodation services | Open | 24 Jun 2026 | £50,000,000 |
| VMware VCF License RenewalLicense management software package | Awarded / complete | 5 Jun 2026 | — |
| Provision of Barristers' Services Framework 2026Legal advisory and information services | Awarded / complete | 29 May 2026 | £2,400,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£284m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 167 award records on 162 procedures (166 to a single canonical supplier, 1 multi-supplier). 120 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 3 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 136 of 204 published contracts carry a period end; 31 end within 18 months, 13 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (31 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
+7 further identifiers not listed here.
Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PLCV-4616-VTHL