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# City of Glasgow College · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** City of Glasgow College is a Education based in Scotland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 31 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** City of Glasgow College
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** Scotland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-169314` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 31
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.9m (median award: £319k) across 4 of 4 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 3 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 8 (73%), Framework: 3 (27%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 7 (64%), Route not published: 3 (27%), Limited / restricted: 1 (9%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-restaurant-and-retail-trade-services-55000000) (CPV 55):** 4 notices, last 24 months (36% of this period)
2. **[Clothing, footwear, bags](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/clothing-footwear-luggage-articles-and-accessories-18000000) (CPV 18):** 2 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
3. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 2 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
4. **[Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33):** 1 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
5. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 1 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[RelyOn Glasgow](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/relyon-glasgow-coh-sc515700):** 2 procedures (8 awards)
2. **[Merged Education](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/merged-education-coh-sc790885):** 2 procedures (5 awards)
3. **[Qobolak for Commercial Services](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/qobolak-for-commercial-services-GB-FTS-76485):** 2 procedures (4 awards)
4. **[Wartsila Voyage UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wartsila-voyage-uk-limited-GB-FTS-55016):** 2 procedures
5. **[Clyde Marine Training](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/clyde-marine-training-coh-sc100124):** 1 procedures (4 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Elior UK plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/elior-uk-plc-coh-01106729):** £1.1m · [The Provision of a Diverse and Sustainable Catering Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-a-diverse-and-sustainable-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-064eab)
2. **[College Kits Direct LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/college-kits-direct-ltd-coh-06854627):** £340k · [Provision of Beauty Kits and Consumables](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-beauty-kits-and-consumables-ocds-h6vhtk-069613)
3. **[Collab Apparel Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/collab-apparel-ltd-coh-sc718975):** £297k · [Supply and Delivery of Sportswear for City of Glasgow College and Glasgow Clyde College](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-and-delivery-of-sportswear-for-city-of-glasgow-college-and-glasgow-clyde-college-ocds-h6vhtk-04fcfb)
4. **[Greater Things](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/greater-things-coh-15084769):** £208k · [The Supply and Delivery of  City No-Code Pilot Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-and-delivery-of-city-no-code-pilot-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-055ddc)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 4
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full City of Glasgow College intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt
