Inverclyde Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Greenock·Central purchasing body on 10 of 20 notices
Official UK PPONPLMW-7749-VHNR
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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 14 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.
36 awarded tenders, 52 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of a Recovery Service (Alcohol and Drugs) | 14 Oct 2026 | 14d | £1,200,000 |
| Provision of a Mental Health Recovery Service | 21 Oct 2026 | 21d | — |
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
85 Health and social work services5 procedures · 25% · 2 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting3 procedures · 15%98 Other community, social and personal services3 procedures · 15%45 Construction work2 procedures · 10%50 Repair and maintenance services2 procedures · 10%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 10%80 Education and training services2 procedures · 10%34 Transport equipment and products1 procedures · 5%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 · 20 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 100% (20 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 70% (14 notices)
- Route not published 15% (3 notices)
- Limited / restricted 10% (2 notices)
- Selective 5% (1 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 14 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 20 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 4 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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| Inverclyde Community Development Trust | 3 | 8.3% | 1 | 4 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Stepwell Consultancy Ltd. | 3 | 8.3% | 1 | 3 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Business Development Advisers Ltd | 2 | 5.6% | 1 | 3 | 30 Sept 2025 |
| Financial Fitness | 2 | 5.6% | 1 | 2 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Critiqom Ltd | 2 | 5.6% | 1 | 2 | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Centregreat Ltd | 2 | 5.6% | 1 | 2 | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Scotia Homecare Solutions Limited | 2 | 5.6% | 0 | 3 | 29 May 2024 |
| Care1 Professional Services LTD | 2 | 5.6% | 0 | 3 | 29 May 2024 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 14% of 36 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 52 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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| Provision of an Intensive Fammily Support Service | Aberlour Child Care Trust | — | — | £1,440,000 † |
| Decriminalised Parking Enforcement Back Office Support | Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions Limited | — | — | £781,450 † |
| Provision of Road Lighting and Traffic Sign Lighting | Centregreat Ltd | — | — | £762,000 † |
| PPM of Gas Fired Boilers and Associated Plant, Including Provision of Call Out and Reactive Repairs | Valley Group Limited | — | — | £734,712 † |
| Replacement Financial Management System, Software as a Service (SaaS). | Technology One UK Limited | — | — | £710,041 † |
Contracts endingi
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.
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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 · 7 of 56 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Business Gateway Services in Inverclyde | Business Development Advisers Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £199,312 |
| Business Gateway Services in Inverclyde | Business Development Advisers Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £199,312 |
| Pathways to Employment and In-Work Support | ICDT/the Trust | 30 Jun 2027 | £368,331 |
| Provision of a Printing, Binding, Enveloping, Mailing & e-Billing Service | Critiqom Ltd | 31 Aug 2027 | £139,485 |
Recent procedures
Latest 48 of 48 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Provision of Road Lighting and Traffic Sign LightingElectrical installation work | Awarded / complete | 7 Sept 2026 | £1,220,000 |
| Utilities Spend Recovery Review | Awarded / complete | 22 Jul 2026 | — |
| Pathways to Employment and In-Work SupportCareer guidance services | Awarded / complete | 19 Jun 2026 | — |
| Provision of Annual Support & Maintenance for SWIFT and SAP Business Objects LicencesMaintenance of information technology software | Awarded / complete | 8 Jun 2026 | — |
| Delivery Partner for Nature Restoration Fund & Related Grounds ProjectsNature reserve services | Awarded / complete | 29 May 2026 | £300,000 |
| PPM of Gas Fired Boilers and Associated Plant, Including Provision of Call Out and Reactive RepairsRepair and maintenance services of boilers | Awarded / complete | 24 Apr 2026 | £810,000 |
| Provision of Employability Services in InverclydeAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 15 Apr 2026 | — |
| Gateway Recovery ServicesOther community | Planned | 19 Mar 2026 | £240,000 |
| Replacement Financial Management System, Software as a Service (SaaS).IT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 3 Mar 2026 | — |
| Provision of an Intensive Fammily Support ServiceHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 4 Nov 2025 | £1,444,000 |
| Provision of a Property Valuation ServiceProperty management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis | Open | 1 Oct 2025 | — |
| Business Gateway Services in InverclydeBusiness and management consultancy and related services | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2025 | — |
| Appointment of RSL or Development Partner for Development of Clune Park Site in Port GlasgowArchitectural | Planned | 10 Jul 2025 | — |
| Provision of a Printing, Binding, Enveloping, Mailing & e-Billing ServiceMailing services | Awarded / complete | 16 Jun 2025 | — |
| Tree Cutting and RemovalTree-cutting services | Cancelled | 5 Jun 2025 | — |
| Independent Advocacy Service for AdultsHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 5 Mar 2025 | — |
| Market Research - Provision of Printing, Binding, Enveloping, Mailing & e-billing ServicesPostal services | Planned | 17 Feb 2025 | — |
| Decriminalised Parking Enforcement Back Office SupportBusiness transaction and personal business software package | Awarded / complete | 27 Jan 2025 | — |
| Electronic Call Monitoring System for Care and Support at HomeIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2024 | — |
| Operation and Maintenance of Biomass Boiler at Port Glasgow Community CampusFuel wood | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2024 | — |
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 (£7.7m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 18 award records on 13 procedures (18 to a single canonical supplier, 0 multi-supplier). 18 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 56 published contracts carry a period end; 4 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.
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