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# Gloucester City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucester-city-council-ons-e07000081). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Gloucester City Council is a Local authority based in South West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 39 published procedures, with 1 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Gloucester City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** South West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PPNG-4413-GZXP` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 1
- **Total Published Procedures:** 39
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £4.3m (median award: £105k) across 15 of 15 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Gloucester), rsh-social-housing (Gloucester City Council), nhs-ods (GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucester-city-council-ons-e07000081

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 9 bids (median of 7 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 14% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 31% below the published estimate (median of 4 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 22 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 14 (64%), Limited / restricted: 4 (18%), Route not published: 3 (14%), Direct award: 1 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 4 notices, last 24 months (18% of this period)
2. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 3 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
3. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 3 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
4. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 2 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
5. **[Installation services (except software)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/installation-services-except-software-51000000) (CPV 51):** 1 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[E.G. Carter & Company Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/e-g-carter-company-limited-coh-00790763):** 2 procedures
2. **[MARKETING FORCE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/marketing-force-limited-coh-03744053):** 1 procedures
3. **[Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/gloucestershire-action-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-garas-coh-04026398):** 1 procedures
4. **[THE CLARKSON ALLIANCE LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-clarkson-alliance-ltd-coh-04667183):** 1 procedures
5. **[VENTURER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/venturer-construction-limited-coh-07488065):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Safe Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/safe-partnership-coh-02182441):** £1.3m · [Gloucestershire Sanctuary Scheme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gloucestershire-sanctuary-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e2) · Awarded: 10 Feb 2026
2. **[THE CLARKSON ALLIANCE LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-clarkson-alliance-ltd-coh-04667183):** £902k · [AM0012 - PM Services for Leisure Centre - Enhancements Works -](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pm-services-for-gl1-leisure-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-059fdc) · Awarded: 24 Oct 2025
3. **[Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS)](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/gloucestershire-action-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-garas-coh-04026398):** £789k · [Cheltenham & Gloucester Asylum Seeker Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cheltenham-and-gloucester-asylum-seeker-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-055625) · Awarded: 22 Oct 2025
4. **[Wye Valley Demolition](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wye-valley-demolition-coh-04293062):** £458k · [GROUNDWORKS, DEMOLITION AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT WESSEX HOUSE, GLOUCESTER](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/groundworks-demolition-and-archaeological-investigation-at-wessex-house-gloucester-ocds-h6vhtk-05a89e)
5. **[Quattro Design Architects Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/quattro-design-architects-ltd-coh-04767576):** £149k · [Provision of Architectural and Planning Services for Wessex House](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-architectural-and-planning-services-for-wessex-house-ocds-h6vhtk-06e607) · Awarded: 13 Oct 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 3
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 6
- **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 Gloucester City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucester-city-council-ons-e07000081#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucester-city-council-ons-e07000081
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt