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# Harlow Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/harlow-council-ons-e07000073). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Harlow Council is a Local authority based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 22 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Harlow Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-168466` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 22
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £3.6m (median award: £875k) across 4 of 4 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (HARLOW DISTRICT COUNCIL), ons-geography (Harlow), rsh-social-housing (Harlow District Council), nhs-ods (HARLOW DISTRICT COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/harlow-council-ons-e07000073

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 10.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 18 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Selective: 10 (56%), Route not published: 7 (39%), Open: 1 (6%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 11 notices, last 24 months (61% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 8 notices, last 24 months (44% of this period)
3. **[Construction structures and materials](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-materials-prefab-44000000) (CPV 44):** 1 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[McBains Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mcbains-limited-coh-14205537):** 1 procedures
2. **[PUMPHAUL LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pumphaul-ltd-coh-ni642006):** 1 procedures
3. **[Airey Miller](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/airey-miller-coh-10228384):** 1 procedures
4. **[Trail Group Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/trail-group-ltd-coh-05057190):** 1 procedures
5. **[Sharpe Pritchard LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sharpe-pritchard-llp-coh-oc378650):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Trail Group Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/trail-group-ltd-coh-05057190):** £1.6m · [FRA Works Programme (Interim)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fra-works-programme-interim-ocds-h6vhtk-06f526)
2. **[PUMPHAUL LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pumphaul-ltd-coh-ni642006):** £1.4m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hdc-programme-principal-designer-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd36)
3. **[Airey Miller](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/airey-miller-coh-10228384):** £316k · [HDC Programme Building Surveyor Consultancy](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hdc-programme-building-surveyor-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd37)
4. **[McBains Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/mcbains-limited-coh-14205537):** £172k · [HDC Programme Principal Designer Consultancy](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hdc-programme-principal-designer-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04cd36)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 2
- **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 Harlow Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/harlow-council-ons-e07000073#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/harlow-council-ons-e07000073
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt