Lowestoft Town Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Local authority·East of England·Lowestoft
Official UK PPONPLRB-8148-CZHYWebsitelowestofttowncouncil.gov.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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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 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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
45 Construction work4 procedures · 44%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental2 procedures · 22%37 Musical instruments, sport, games1 procedures · 11%55 Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services1 procedures · 11%66 Financial and insurance services1 procedures · 11%71 Architectural, construction, engineering1 procedures · 11%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting1 procedures · 11%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 · 9 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.
Contract100%(9 notices)
9 of 9 notices are Contract (100%).
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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.
Open89%(8 notices)
8 of 9 notices are Open (89%).Route not published11%(1 notices)
1 of 9 notices are Route not published (11%).
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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 5 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 5 decided tenders across all categories, 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 9 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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| Focus Washrooms Ltd | 2 | 33.3% | 2 | 2 | 6 May 2026 |
| Groundwork East | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 28 Apr 2026 |
| A1 Clearance and Recycling Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 Jul 2025 |
| HAGS SMP Ltd | 1 | 16.7% | 1 | 1 | 24 Jun 2025 |
| The Barnes Group Limited | 1 | 16.7% | 0 | 1 | — |
6 awarded procedures across 5 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
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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| Sparrows Nest Public Toilet Refurbishment | Focus Washrooms Ltd | 6 May 2026 | 2 mo | £75,989 |
| Thirlmere Walk Play Area | HAGS SMP Ltd | 24 Jun 2025 | 1 mo | £60,000 |
| Normanston Park Public Toilet Refurbishment | Focus Washrooms Ltd | 6 May 2026 | 2 mo | £44,362 |
| Carbon Report | Groundwork East | 28 Apr 2026 | 9 mo · up to 0.8 yrs | £17,522 |
Recent procedures
Latest 10 of 10 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Expressions of interest for forming and entering into a Joint Venture to deliver a profitable Café and Catering Operation within the Town HallBeverage-serving services | Planning | 27 May 2026 | — |
| Carbon ReportEnergy-efficiency consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 6 May 2026 | £0 |
| Sparrows Nest Public Toilet RefurbishmentPublic conveniences | Awarded / complete | 6 May 2026 | £96,000 |
| Normanston Park Public Toilet RefurbishmentPublic conveniences | Awarded / complete | 6 May 2026 | £54,000 |
| Pump TrackConstruction work for sports facilities | Open | 25 Mar 2026 | £200,000 |
| InsuranceInsurance services | Open | 16 Jan 2026 | £0 |
| Options Appraisal for Marina TheatreBusiness and management consultancy services | Open | 26 Sept 2025 | £10,000 |
| Bulky Waste Collection and DisposalRefuse and waste related services | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2025 | £27,000 |
| Thirlmere Walk Play AreaFlatwork for children's play area | Awarded / complete | 27 Jun 2025 | £0 |
| Lowestoft Town Hall - Refurbishment and Construction of ExtensionsBuilding construction work | Awarded / complete | 3 Apr 2025 | £7,000,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 0 of 1 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.