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# Dover District Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-district-council-ons-e07000108). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Dover District Council is a Local authority based in South East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 69 published procedures, with 2 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Dover District Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** South East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PWJX-1894-TZPX` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 2
- **Total Published Procedures:** 69
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £9.3m (median award: £70k) across 24 of 24 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL), ons-geography (Dover), rsh-social-housing (Dover District Council), nhs-ods (DOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-district-council-ons-e07000108

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 7 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 33% below the published estimate (median of 3 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 52 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 30 (58%), Limited / restricted: 17 (33%), Route not published: 4 (8%), Direct award: 1 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 9 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
2. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 4 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
3. **[Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90):** 4 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
4. **[Food, drink, tobacco](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/food-beverages-tobacco-and-related-products-15000000) (CPV 15):** 3 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 3 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Martello Building Consultancy](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/martello-building-consultancy-coh-07797106):** 3 procedures
2. **[HallMark Meat Hygiene Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hallmark-meat-hygiene-ltd-coh-04415388):** 3 procedures
3. **[OVENDEN ALLWORKS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ovenden-allworks-limited-coh-08052607):** 2 procedures
4. **[Hipperson Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hipperson-ltd-coh-03104111):** 2 procedures
5. **[Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/carlsberg-marston-s-brewing-company-coh-00078439):** 1 procedures (2 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Sports & Leisure Management Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sports-leisure-management-ltd-coh-02204085):** £7.2m · [Leisure Management Contract for Tides Leisure Centre](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/leisure-management-contract-for-tides-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed0e) · Awarded: 6 Oct 2025
2. **[Netcall Technology Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/netcall-technology-limited-coh-02831215):** £368k · [Supply, Implementation of a Customer Relationship Management Solution](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-implementation-of-a-customer-relationship-management-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-04d4c4)
3. **[Hipperson Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hipperson-ltd-coh-03104111):** £223k · [Repairs to Victorian Bridges Russel Gardens, Dover](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/repairs-to-victorian-bridges-russel-gardens-dover-ocds-h6vhtk-065b94)
4. **[IDOX SOFTWARE LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/idox-software-ltd-coh-02933889):** £170k · [Delivery and Support of the Idox Cloud Public Protection Solution](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-and-support-of-the-idox-cloud-public-protection-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-06d7d7)
5. **[HAGS SMP Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hags-smp-ltd-coh-00908021):** £151k · [Kearsney Abbey Play Project](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/kearsney-abbey-play-project-ocds-h6vhtk-05a93e)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 6
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 14
- **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 Dover District Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-district-council-ons-e07000108#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dover-district-council-ons-e07000108
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt