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# City of London · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** City of London is a Local authority based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 175 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** City of London
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-134741` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 175
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £8.8m (median award: £2.0m) across 4 of 4 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (CITY OF LONDON LIMITED), nhs-ods (CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION), ons-geography (City of London), rsh-social-housing (City of London Corporation)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 7 bids (median of 2 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: 22 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 14 (64%), Route not published: 6 (27%), Limited / restricted: 1 (5%), Selective: 1 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 5 notices, last 24 months (23% of this period)
2. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 5 notices, last 24 months (23% of this period)
3. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 5 notices, last 24 months (23% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 4 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
5. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 3 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-NHS-RJ1):** 3 procedures
2. **[PHOENIX HOUSE](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-house-coh-01626869):** 3 procedures
3. **[Social Pantry Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/social-pantry-limited-coh-07654617):** 3 procedures
4. **[Brinson Staniland Partnership Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/brinson-staniland-partnership-ltd-coh-04377800):** 2 procedures
5. **[Made Architects Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/made-architects-ltd-coh-14061864):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Briggs & Forrester Special Projects Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/briggs-forrester-special-projects-ltd-coh-02546421):** £4.5m · [Guildhall - Chiller Replacement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/guildhall-chiller-replacement-ocds-h6vhtk-060d88)
2. **[Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/guy-s-and-st-thomas-nhs-foundation-trust-GB-NHS-RJ1):** £3.4m · [Pan London Homeless Substance Misuse Programme – Combined In Patient Detoxification Unit f](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pan-london-homeless-substance-misuse-programme-combined-in-patient-detoxification-unit-for-ocds-h6vhtk-04eb74)
3. **[Made Architects Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/made-architects-ltd-coh-14061864):** £599k · [GSMD Cyclical Works 2025 - 2030 Professional Services - Lead Consultant](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gsmd-cyclical-works-2025-2030-professional-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c273)
4. **[Brinson Staniland Partnership Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/brinson-staniland-partnership-ltd-coh-04377800):** £278k · [Cyclical Works 2025 - 2030 Professional Services - Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Consultants](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gsmd-cyclical-works-2025-2030-professional-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04c273)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 0
- **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 London intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-london-ons-e09000001#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-london-ons-e09000001
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt