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# London Borough of Merton · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** London Borough of Merton is a Local authority based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 143 published procedures, with 3 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** London Borough of Merton
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PLZQ-1654-VNHW` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 3
- **Total Published Procedures:** 143
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £46m (median award: £1.1m) across 22 of 22 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON), ons-geography (Merton), rsh-social-housing (London Borough of Merton)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (median of 10 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 30% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 16% above the published estimate (median of 2 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 69 (99%), Framework: 1 (1%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 37 (53%), Route not published: 22 (31%), Limited / restricted: 10 (14%), Direct award: 1 (1%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 17 notices, last 24 months (24% of this period)
2. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 17 notices, last 24 months (24% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 6 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
4. **[Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90):** 5 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
5. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 4 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Cascade Cars](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cascade-cars-coh-04741186):** 11 procedures (207 awards)
2. **[Hestia Housing and Support](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hestia-housing-and-support-coh-02020165):** 3 procedures
3. **[The London Childrens Practice (2009) Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-london-childrens-practice-2009-limited-GB-FTS-90815):** 3 procedures (11 awards)
4. **[Rapid Improvement Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rapid-improvement-limited-coh-06129256):** 3 procedures (7 awards)
5. **[Abacus Mobility Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/abacus-mobility-ltd-coh-11736859):** 3 procedures (6 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Central London Community Healthcare](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/central-london-community-healthcare-GB-FTS-13555):** £21m · [0-19 Healthy Child Programme Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/0-19-healthy-child-programme-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04f89d)
2. **[Via Community Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/via-community-ltd-coh-02807934):** £7.7m · [Adult Integrated Substance Misuse Prevention and Treatment Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-integrated-substance-misuse-prevention-and-treatment-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04b58e)
3. **[YMCA St Paul's Group](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ymca-st-paul-s-group-coh-02971930):** £2.0m · [Multi Lots 1-4 Housing Related Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/multi-lots-1-4-housing-related-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04feb8)
4. **[YMCA St Paul's Group](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ymca-st-paul-s-group-coh-02971930):** £2.0m · [Multi Lots 1-4 Housing Related Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/multi-lots-1-4-housing-related-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-051f31)
5. **[Everyone Health Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/everyone-health-limited-coh-04215584):** £1.8m · [Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service ‘One You Merton’](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/integrated-healthy-lifestyle-service-one-you-merton-ocds-h6vhtk-04b4e9)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 7
- **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 London Borough of Merton intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt