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# Norfolk County Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Norfolk County Council is a Local authority based in East of England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 735 published procedures, with 7 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Norfolk County Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** East of England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PDYH-3246-XWTR` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 7
- **Total Published Procedures:** 735
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £667m (median award: £63k) across 417 of 417 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** nhs-ods (NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL), ons-geography (Norfolk), nhs-ods (NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 62 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 8% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 39 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 460 (92%), Framework: 38 (8%), Dynamic purchasing system: 4 (1%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Route not published: 374 (75%), Open: 78 (16%), Direct award: 26 (5%), Limited / restricted: 15 (3%), Selective: 9 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 60 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
2. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 13 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 12 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
4. **[Financial and insurance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/financial-and-insurance-services-66000000) (CPV 66):** 12 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
5. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 11 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Coastal Red Ltd T/A Lynx](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/coastal-red-ltd-t-a-lynx-coh-08711244):** 13 procedures (35 awards)
2. **[First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815):** 13 procedures (17 awards)
3. **[Sanders Coaches Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sanders-coaches-ltd-coh-04592984):** 7 procedures (16 awards)
4. **[Coach Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/coach-services-ltd-coh-00446317):** 7 procedures (10 awards)
5. **[Konectbus Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/konectbus-ltd-coh-03149258):** 7 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Change Grow Live Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/change-grow-live-services-limited-coh-06228752):** £71m · [Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/drug-and-alcohol-treatment-and-recovery-improvement-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-05e02c)
2. **[Change Grow Live Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/change-grow-live-services-limited-coh-06228752):** £71m · [Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/drug-and-alcohol-treatment-and-recovery-improvement-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-06ea6d)
3. **[Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cambridgeshire-community-services-nhs-trust-GB-NHS-RYV):** £61m · [Invitation to Participate in Dialogue for Sexual Related Health - Specialist Level 3 & Prevention Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-participate-in-dialogue-for-sexual-related-health-specialist-level-3-prevent-ocds-h6vhtk-05e538)
4. **[First Eastern Counties Buses Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/first-eastern-counties-buses-ltd-coh-00257815):** £60m · [Service 941  Kirstead and Brooke to Framingham Earl High School, Purchase of season Tickets](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-941-kirstead-and-brooke-to-framingham-earl-high-school-purchase-of-season-tickets-ocds-h6vhtk-0557c1)
5. **[GP Homecare Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/g-p-homecare-limited-coh-03587165):** £32m · [Lot 1 - Norwich](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/housing-with-care-transformation-norfolk-ocds-h6vhtk-05650d) · Awarded: 11 May 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 62
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 187
- **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 Norfolk County Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt