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# Gloucestershire County Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council-ons-e10000013). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Gloucestershire County Council is a Local authority based in South West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 325 published procedures, with 3 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Gloucestershire County Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** South West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PZHT-7473-ZVPN` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 3
- **Total Published Procedures:** 325
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £584m (median award: £198k) across 132 of 148 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Gloucestershire), nhs-ods (GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council-ons-e10000013

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (median of 33 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 33% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 14 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 145 (79%), Framework: 38 (21%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 64 (35%), Route not published: 60 (33%), Limited / restricted: 50 (27%), Selective: 6 (3%), Direct award: 3 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 58 notices, last 24 months (32% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 25 notices, last 24 months (14% of this period)
3. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 19 notices, last 24 months (10% of this period)
4. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 14 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
5. **[Other community, social and personal services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/community-cultural-services-98000000) (CPV 98):** 13 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[caring for communities and people](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caring-for-communities-and-people-coh-03002869):** 8 procedures (17 awards)
2. **[Auriga Services Limited,](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/auriga-services-limited-coh-05093179):** 5 procedures
3. **[The Venture Community Hub](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-venture-community-hub-coh-06689116):** 4 procedures (6 awards)
4. **[Young Gloucestershire](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/young-gloucestershire-coh-01547097):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
5. **[Cheltenham YMCA](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cheltenham-ymca-coh-03930834):** 4 procedures (17 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Agincare Homes Holdings Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/agincare-homes-holdings-ltd-coh-07199693):** £234m · [Tender for Strategic Partner: Delivery of Residential and Nursing Care in Gloucestershire County Council Estate.](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-strategic-partner-delivery-of-residential-and-nursing-care-in-gloucestershire-c-ocds-h6vhtk-056532) · Awarded: 19 Sept 2025
2. **[Comensura limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/comensura-limited-coh-04085767):** £101m · [Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/temporary-staff-and-permanent-recruitment-for-hard-to-fill-posts-ocds-h6vhtk-05e2ed)
3. **[Comensura limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/comensura-limited-coh-04085767):** £101m · [Temporary staff and permanent recruitment for hard to fill posts](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/temporary-staff-and-permanent-recruitment-for-hard-to-fill-posts-ocds-h6vhtk-05e3e9)
4. **[Tarmac Trading Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tarmac-trading-limited-coh-00453791):** £24m · [Surfacing Works for Gloucestershire County Council 2022 to 2026 (2026 to 2027  )](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/surfacing-works-for-gloucestershire-county-council-2022-to-2026-2026-to-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-065ca1)
5. **[Telent Technology Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/telent-technology-services-limited-coh-00703317):** £19m · [Traffic Signals Maintenance](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/traffic-signals-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-0558b5)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 43
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 64
- **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 Gloucestershire County Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council-ons-e10000013#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council-ons-e10000013
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt