Vale of Glamorgan Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtNHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITY - LEGACYLocal authorityWales (Cymru)BARRY

Official UK PPONPVJL-7881-XMJTWebsitevaleofglamorgan.gov.uk ↗

Open now4next deadline 1 Oct 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months41+37% vs prior 12 months (30)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot240% single-bid · 10 bid reports
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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 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share24%of 21 awarded procedures · 26 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

21 awarded tenders, 26 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months11 within 6 months
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published award value, 24m£11mnet · on 11 of 12 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 81%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

Open notices

4 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

What they buy
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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 work32 procedures · 45% · 1 open
85 Health and social work services19 procedures · 27% · 2 open
44 Construction structures and materials10 procedures · 14% · 1 open
51 Installation services (except software)4 procedures · 6% · 1 open

How they buy
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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 · 71 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 83% (59 notices)
  • Framework 14% (10 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (2 notices)
Procedure route
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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.

  • Open 82% (58 notices)
  • Route not published 15% (11 notices)
  • Direct award 1% (1 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 1% (1 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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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 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

2robust · n=1040% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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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 12 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

55 daysrobust · n=12
Notice amendments
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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 71 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

027 of 71 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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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 8 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

10.9% above estimaterobust · n=8

Who wins here
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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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
SYNERGY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LIMITED29.5%2227 Aug 2026
SMK Building & Maintenance Ltd29.5%2221 Jul 2026
Bauer Media Outdoor Limited UK14.8%1110 Sept 2025
R & M WILLIAMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDframework/DPS on 114.8%1120 Oct 2025
2D Building Contractorsframework/DPS on 114.8%1120 Oct 2025
KINGFISHER DEVELOPMENTS (WALES) LIMITEDframework/DPS on 114.8%1120 Oct 2025
ARC CONTRACTING LTD14.8%1115 Jan 2026
Lightning solutions (Wales) Ltdframework/DPS on 114.8%1121 Jul 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 24% of 21 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 26 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£11mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 11 of 12 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 81%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£653k middle valuerobust · n=11Middle half £321k–£1.3m.
Largest published awards
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The 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.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Kitchen, Bathroom, Wet room and electrical upgrades on various properties throughout the Vale of GlamorganSMK Building & Maintenance Ltd21 Jul 20264 mo£3,515,415
Young Persons ServicesLlamau10 Apr 20263 yrs · up to 5 yrs£1,989,085
≈ £663k/yr
Mental Health ServicesPlatfform for Change 10 Apr 20263 yrs · up to 5 yrs£1,436,380
≈ £479k/yr
The Provision, Installation, Cleaning & Maintenance of Bus Shelters with Rights to AdvertiseBauer Media Outdoor Limited UK10 Sept 202510 yrs · up to 15 yrs£1,081,755
≈ £108k/yr
Western Vale Community Day ServiceCartrefi Cymru Co-operative Ltd16 Dec 20254 yrs · up to 6 yrs£939,700
≈ £235k/yr

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 1 of 10 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 123 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
TESS 6 Floating Support Service: Substance misuse and Criminal justice issues & NewlandsHealth and social work servicesCancelled15 Sept 2026£1,015,000
Construction Management Company to lead the development 8no. new Council homes at Maes y Ffynnon, BonvilstonAwarded / complete27 Aug 2026—
Penarth Extra Care Domiciliary Care ServicesHealth and social work servicesPlanned20 Aug 2026£6,300,000
Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Sexual Violence & Tenancy Support Service (TESS 4) Health and social work servicesOpen12 Aug 2026£1,885,000
Mental Health Tenancy Support Service (TESS 5)Health and social work servicesOpen12 Aug 2026£1,302,500
Provision of Supported Local Bus Services3 lotsMotor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more personsOpen12 Aug 2026£2,000,000
School Cleaning Contract for Ysgol Y Deri, Derw Newydd and Ysgol Llyn Derw Cleaning servicesPlanning10 Aug 2026£984,000
Housing Electrical FrameworkFrameworkElectrical installation workAwarded / complete3 Aug 2026£2,500,000
Kitchen, bathroom, wet room, and electricals upgrades and associated works to various properties throughout the Vale of GlamorganConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Awarded / complete22 Jul 2026£2,416,667
Supply of Frozen Foods FrameworkDeep-frozen productsPlanned29 May 2026£3,138,059
Supply of Fresh and Prepared Fruit and VegetablesFrameworkVegetablesPlanned29 May 2026£4,000,000
External & Internal Refurbishment up to WHQS standards at 30 Dyfan Road, Barry, CF63 1DPAccommodation and restaurant buildingsOpen27 May 2026£163,333
Young Persons ServicesHealth and social work servicesAwarded / complete10 Apr 2026£1,633,600
Mental Health ServicesHealth and social work servicesAwarded / complete10 Apr 2026£1,150,800
Grass Cutting Services AgriculturalAwarded / complete27 Mar 2026£1,329,400
Division of 1st Floor Flat into Two Self-contained Units at Crawshaw Court Construction workOpen18 Feb 2026£157,837
Highway Weed ControlWeed-clearance servicesOpen3 Feb 2026£100,000
Internal Refurbishment Works at 2 Burley Place, St AthensConstruction workAwarded / complete19 Jan 2026£120,000
External Structural & Internal Refurbishment of an Airey Type Property at 6 Castle GreenAccess gatesAwarded / complete15 Jan 2026£294,000
The Provision of a Private Rented Sector Support Service for the Vale of Glamorgan CouncilSocial work servicesAwarded / complete12 Jan 2026£652,500

Search all 123 procedures for this authority →

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
  • Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
  • Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£201m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 14 award records on 14 procedures (12 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier). 1 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
  • Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
  • Contract end dates: 1 of 10 published contracts carry a period end; 1 end within 18 months, 1 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (3 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-138372GB-FTS-526GB-FTS-86738

Canonical page id: GB-PPON-PVJL-7881-XMJT