Dumfries and Galloway Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Dumfries·Central purchasing body on 20 of 55 notices
Find a Tender organisation id1510Websitedumgal.gov.uk ↗
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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 40 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.
71 awarded tenders, 328 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Supply and Distribution of Milk | 14 Oct 2026 | 14d | £759,835 |
| Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services | 19 Oct 2026 | 19d | — |
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
45 Construction work17 procedures · 31%50 Repair and maintenance services16 procedures · 29%85 Health and social work services15 procedures · 27% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering9 procedures · 16%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental7 procedures · 13%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 11%80 Education and training services5 procedures · 9% · 1 open31 Electrical machinery5 procedures · 9%How 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 · 55 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 87% (48 notices)
- Framework 13% (7 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.
- Open 58% (32 notices)
- Route not published 25% (14 notices)
- Limited / restricted 11% (6 notices)
- Selective 5% (3 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 40 lots from this buyer’s competitions, 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 55 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 7 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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| Oakbank Waste Management Ltd. | 4 | 5.6% | 2 | 20 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Triage Central Limited | 3 | 4.2% | 2 | 20 | 10 Apr 2025 |
| Right Options Partners Limited | 3 | 4.2% | 2 | 15 | 28 Jan 2025 |
| Quarriers | 3 | 4.2% | 2 | 6 | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Dumfries and Galloway College | 3 | 4.2% | 1 | 15 | 28 Jan 2025 |
| Little Wren’s Montessori Childcare | 3 | 4.2% | 1 | 5 | 17 Sept 2026 |
| Turning Point Scotland | 3 | 4.2% | 0 | 4 | 12 Jul 2023 |
| McCalls Coaches Ltd | 2 | 2.8% | 2 | 4 | 20 Aug 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 71 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 328 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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| Whitesands Project (Flood Protection Scheme & Public Realm Improvements) – Early Contractor Involvement & Main Works Construction | McLaughlin and Harvey Limited | — | — | £45,446,059 † |
| Whitesands Project (Flood Protection Scheme & Public Realm Improvements) – Early Contractor Involvement & Main Works Construction | McLaughlin and Harvey Limited | — | — | £37,500,000 † |
| Dumfries Zero Waste Park - Phase 1 | Ashleigh (Scotland) Limited | — | — | £8,775,688 † |
| Homeless Temporary Accommodation with Support and Emergency Accommodation Provision (West) | S & A Homes | — | — | £3,027,223 † |
| Homeless Temporary Accommodation with Support and Emergency Accommodation Provision (East) | Wheatley Homes South | — | — | £2,969,024 † |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 144 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Supply and Delivery of MilkAssorted dairy products | Cancelled | 21 Sept 2026 | £759,385 |
| Measured Term Contract (MTC) for Fixed Electrical InpsectionsBuilding-inspection services | Open | 10 Sept 2026 | £800,000 |
| 501 Local Bus Service - Dumfries to Castle Douglas to KirkcudbrightHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver | Awarded / complete | 20 Aug 2026 | — |
| George Hotel, Stranraer – Operator OpportunityAccommodation and office services | Open | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of Accommodation with Support for Young People who are looked after and/or care leavers aged 16-24 years old in DumfriesSocial work services with accommodation | Awarded / complete | 22 Jul 2026 | — |
| MTC for Planned Preventive Maintenance of Fire & SecurityAlarm systems | Awarded / complete | 20 Jul 2026 | £806,000 |
| Outreach Housing Support Services for Homeless PeopleSocial work and related services | Planned | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Kerbside Food Waste TreatmentHousehold-refuse disposal services | Awarded / complete | 8 Jul 2026 | £240,000 |
| Planned Preventive Maintenance of Overhead Sectional Doors 2026-2029Repair and maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 29 Jun 2026 | £188,000 |
| Roofing Works FrameworkRepair and maintenance services | Planned | 18 Jun 2026 | £400,000 |
| PPM & Repair of Swimming Pool PlantConstruction work for swimming pool | Open | 16 Jun 2026 | £174,000 |
| Kerbside Fibres & Mixed Containers (Dumfries & Castle Douglas)Household-refuse disposal services | Open | 5 Jun 2026 | — |
| MBT RDF & Contingency ContractHousehold-refuse disposal services | Open | 18 May 2026 | £3,270,000 |
| DGCP-0212 School Catering Equipment Repair and MaintenanceCanteen and catering services | Cancelled | 7 May 2026 | £573,760 |
| DGCP-0212 School Catering Equipment Repair and MaintenanceCanteen and catering services | Open | 7 May 2026 | £286,880 |
| Local Bus Routes and School Bus RoutesHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver | Awarded / complete | 21 Apr 2026 | — |
| Housing First Flexible Support ServiceSocial work and related services | Awarded / complete | 20 Apr 2026 | £769,235 |
| Roads Civil Engineering FrameworkAccess road construction work | Awarded / complete | 15 Apr 2026 | £21,000,000 |
| Whitesands Project (Flood Protection Scheme & Public Realm Improvements) – Early Contractor Involvement & Main Works ConstructionConstruction consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 15 Apr 2026 | £37,500,000 |
| The Provision of Direct Support Services for Adults and Young CarersHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 24 Mar 2026 | — |
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 (£88m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 139 award records on 27 procedures (84 to a single canonical supplier, 55 multi-supplier). 53 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- 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: 7 of 254 published contracts carry a period end; 0 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (6 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
Canonical page id: GB-FTS-1510