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# Inverclyde Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/inverclyde-council-ons-s12000018). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Inverclyde Council is a Local authority based in Scotland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 48 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Inverclyde Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** Scotland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PLMW-7749-VHNR` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 48
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £6.0m (median award: £220k) across 16 of 16 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** ons-geography (Inverclyde)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/inverclyde-council-ons-s12000018

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 13 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 8% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 19 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 13 (68%), Route not published: 3 (16%), Limited / restricted: 2 (11%), Selective: 1 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 5 notices, last 24 months (26% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 3 notices, last 24 months (16% of this period)
3. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 2 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
4. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 2 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
5. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 2 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Inverclyde Community Development Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/inverclyde-community-development-trust-coh-sc116334):** 3 procedures (4 awards)
2. **[Stepwell Consultancy Ltd.](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/stepwell-consultancy-ltd-coh-sc338404):** 3 procedures
3. **[Business Development Advisers Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/business-development-advisers-ltd-coh-sc173394):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
4. **[Financial Fitness](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/financial-fitness-coh-14867434):** 2 procedures
5. **[Critiqom Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/critiqom-ltd-coh-sc160484):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Aberlour Child Care Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/aberlour-child-care-trust-coh-sc312912):** £1.4m · [Provision of an Intensive Fammily Support Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-an-intensive-fammily-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05542c)
2. **[Centregreat Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/centregreat-ltd-coh-01169341):** £762k · [Provision of Road Lighting and Traffic Sign Lighting](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-road-lighting-and-traffic-sign-lighting-ocds-h6vhtk-06b70c)
3. **[Valley Group Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/valley-group-limited-coh-sc486700):** £735k · [PPM of Gas Fired Boilers and Associated Plant, Including Provision of Call Out and Reactive Repairs](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ppm-of-gas-fired-boilers-and-associated-plant-including-provision-of-call-out-and-reactive-ocds-h6vhtk-0654b7)
4. **[Technology One UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/technology-one-uk-limited-coh-05234413):** £710k · [Replacement Financial Management System, Software as a Service (SaaS).](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/replacement-financial-management-system-software-as-a-service-saas-ocds-h6vhtk-066141)
5. **[Inverclyde Community Development Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/inverclyde-community-development-trust-coh-sc116334):** £388k · [Environmental Employment Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-employability-services-in-inverclyde-ocds-h6vhtk-05e412)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 9
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 20
- **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 Inverclyde Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/inverclyde-council-ons-s12000018#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/inverclyde-council-ons-s12000018
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt