Falkirk Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtLocal authorityScotlandLarbertCentral purchasing body on 23 of 40 notices

Find a Tender organisation id97675Websitefalkirk.gov.uk ↗

Open now5next deadline 16 Oct 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months22+22% vs prior 12 months (18)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot40% single-bid · 7 bid reports
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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 7 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share17%of 90 awarded procedures · 360 suppliers
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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.

90 awarded tenders, 360 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months2none within 6 months
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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 award value, 24m£1.7mnet · on 5 of 170 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 100%
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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

5 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Removal and Re-siting of Bus SheltersFramework16 Oct 202616d£1,250,000
Framework Agreement for Provision of Cleaning Services for Properties, Communal Areas and KitchensFrameworkcentral purchasing body5 lots29 Oct 202629d£3,840,000
Scaffolding Hire and InspectionsFramework2 lots30 Oct 202630d£4,220,000
Scaffolding Hire and InspectionsFramework2 lots30 Oct 202630d£4,220,000
Dynamic Procurement System for Local Bus and Education Bus Services 2022- 2032DPScentral purchasing body1 Jun 20322071d£80,000,000

What they buy
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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 work14 procedures · 35% · 3 open
44 Construction structures and materials8 procedures · 20% · 1 open
34 Transport equipment and products6 procedures · 15% · 1 open
50 Repair and maintenance services6 procedures · 15% · 1 open
71 Architectural, construction, engineering4 procedures · 10% · 2 open

How they buy
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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 · 40 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Framework 63% (25 notices)
  • Contract 33% (13 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 5% (2 notices)
Procedure route
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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 83% (33 notices)
  • Route not published 13% (5 notices)
  • Selective 5% (2 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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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 7 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

4robust · n=70% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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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 40 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

331 of 40 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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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 1 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

16.7% below estimateindicative · n=1

Who wins here
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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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Express Taxisframework/DPS on 455.6%26711 Nov 2024
Aberlour Child Care Trustframework/DPS on 555.6%162 Jul 2025
BELL GROUP LTDframework/DPS on 555.6%159 Oct 2025
Bruce Taxis Ltdframework/DPS on 444.4%217411 Nov 2024
BAIRD TAXIS LTDframework/DPS on 444.4%21611 Nov 2024
RL taxisframework/DPS on 444.4%2711 Nov 2024
Markon Limitedframework/DPS on 444.4%2615 Dec 2025
Sureserve Compliance North Limitedframework/DPS on 444.4%248 Apr 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 90 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 360 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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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.

£1.7mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 5 of 170 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 100%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£283k middle valuerobust · n=5Middle half £233k–£541k.
Largest published awards
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The 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.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Term Maintenance Contract for Electrical Repairs (Lot 1 - East)BMES (Scotland) Ltd——£554,699 †
Term Maintenance Contract for Electrical Repairs (Lot 2 - West)Valley Group Limited——£540,605 †
Term Maintenance Contract for Servicing of Sprinkler, Dry Riser and Kitchen Fire Suppression SystemsChurches Fire Safety Ltd——£283,022 †
Term Maintenance Contract for PAT Testing of Electrical AppliancesOCS M&E Services Ltd——£233,356 †
Provision of Accommodation Based - Housing Support for Care Experienced Young People in the Falkirk Council area.Blue Triangle——£113,000 †

Contracts ending
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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 · 32 of 533 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 128 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Provision of Homeless Supported Accommodation, Outreach Tenancy Support and Housing First Servicescentral purchasing body4 lotsSocial work and related servicesPlanned24 Aug 2026£6,600,000
Reopening of Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Children's Support at Home ServiceFramework2 lotsSocial servicesAwarded / complete4 Aug 2026£1,600,000
rm Maintenance Contract for Joinery Repairs to Falkirk Councils Non-Housing Properties (TMC-8883)central purchasing body2 lotsRepair and maintenance servicesOpen15 Jun 2026£1,500,000
Provision of Temporary Emergency AccommodationFrameworkHotel accommodation servicesAwarded / complete20 May 2026—
Timber Preservation and Dampness Remedial Works2 lotsBuilders' joineryAwarded / complete1 May 2026£9,360,000
Term Maintenance Contract for Electrical Repairs to Non-Housing Propertiescentral purchasing body2 lotsRepair and maintenance services of electrical building installationsAwarded / complete27 Apr 2026£1,400,000
Framework Agreement For Gas Heating Replacement To Council Housing Properties In The Falkirk AreaFrameworkConstruction workAwarded / complete8 Apr 2026£5,100,000
Window & Door Replacements, Phase 2, Falkirk Council Areacentral purchasing body3 lotsConstruction workOpen26 Feb 2026£60,000,000
Domestic Gas Boiler/Appliance Maintenance and Annual Servicing/Safety ChecksFrameworkcentral purchasing bodyGas appliance maintenance servicesAwarded / complete25 Feb 2026£5,300,000
Term Maintenance Contract for Servicing of Sprinkler, Dry Riser and Kitchen Fire Suppression Systemscentral purchasing bodyRepair and maintenance servicesAwarded / complete16 Feb 2026£150,000
Provision of Temporary Emergency AccommodationFrameworkHotel accommodation servicesOpen12 Feb 2026£300,000
Official Veterinarian Services at Border Control PostsFrameworkcentral purchasing bodyVeterinary servicesAwarded / complete30 Jan 2026£200,000
Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) and RepairsFrameworkElectrical installation workAwarded / complete23 Jan 2026£15,450,000
Flat Roofing WorksFrameworkBituminous roof-covering workAwarded / complete9 Jan 2026£1,040,600
Superimposed Road Markings & Associated ServicesFrameworkRoad markingsAwarded / complete15 Dec 2025£1,700,000
Provision of Temporary Emergency AccommodationHotel accommodation servicesPlanned26 Nov 2025£300,000
Multi Trade Void Property WorksFrameworkBathrooms construction workAwarded / complete9 Oct 2025£7,200,000
Roofing, Roughcasting and Sealant WorksFramework3 lotsApplication work of protective coatingsAwarded / complete9 Oct 2025£4,670,000
Short-Term Hire of Operated PlantFrameworkcentral purchasing body9 lotsBitumenAwarded / complete12 Sept 2025—
Provision of a Tenants Contents Insurance Schemecentral purchasing bodyInsurance servicesUnsuccessful8 Sept 2025£1,000,000

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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 (£255m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 207 award records on 27 procedures (170 to a single canonical supplier, 37 multi-supplier). 5 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: 32 of 533 published contracts carry a period end; 2 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (21 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-103378GB-FTS-111336GB-FTS-111781GB-FTS-116023GB-FTS-116376GB-FTS-130352GB-FTS-161511GB-FTS-1674GB-FTS-18037GB-FTS-31267GB-FTS-37848GB-FTS-41773GB-FTS-45484GB-FTS-63300GB-FTS-69531GB-FTS-83657GB-FTS-83909GB-FTS-89634GB-FTS-96496GB-FTS-97049GB-FTS-97764

Canonical page id: GB-FTS-97675