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# The City of Edinburgh Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** The City of Edinburgh Council is a Local authority based in Scotland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 315 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** The City of Edinburgh Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** Scotland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-346` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 315
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £49m (median award: £400k) across 39 of 39 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** ons-geography (City of Edinburgh)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (median of 15 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 40% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 65 (76%), Framework: 21 (24%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 32 (37%), Limited / restricted: 29 (34%), Route not published: 19 (22%), Selective: 6 (7%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 28 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 14 notices, last 24 months (16% of this period)
3. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 10 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
4. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 10 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
5. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 7 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Cyrenians](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-cyrenians-ltd-trading-as-changing-lives-coh-00995799):** 8 procedures (10 awards)
2. **[Barnardo's](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/barnardo-s-coh-00061625):** 7 procedures (16 awards)
3. **[ACTION FOR CHILDREN](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/action-for-children-coh-04764232):** 5 procedures (7 awards)
4. **[Perfect Clean Edinburgh Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/perfect-clean-edinburgh-ltd-coh-sc451687):** 5 procedures
5. **[Action for Children Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/action-for-children-coh-02332388):** 5 procedures (6 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Apart Hotels Worldwide Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/apart-hotels-worldwide-ltd-coh-sc620493):** £7.2m · [CT1061_1a - Temporary Accommodation Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ct1061-1a-temporary-accommodation-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05179d)
2. **[Yunex Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/yunex-limited-coh-13199800):** £6.8m · [Traffic Equipment Maintenance and Ancillary Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/traffic-equipment-maintenance-and-ancillary-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-052aa2)
3. **[Simon Community Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/simon-community-scotland-coh-sc137419):** £6.7m · [Residential Intermediate Care for people with complex needs including physical healthcare needs and homelessness/ risk of homelessness](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/residential-intermediate-care-for-people-with-complex-needs-including-physical-healthcare--ocds-h6vhtk-0514c0)
4. **[Forth Resource Management Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/forth-resource-management-ltd-coh-sc229855):** £6.0m · [CT1573 - Receipt and Composting of Garden Waste](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ct1573-receipt-and-composting-of-garden-waste-ocds-h6vhtk-05062c)
5. **[Travelers Insurance Company Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/travelers-insurance-company-limited-coh-01034343):** £6.0m · [Property Insurance](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/property-insurance-ocds-h6vhtk-04d684)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 18
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 69
- **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 The City of Edinburgh Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt