Watford Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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Official UK PPONPDGQ-4877-NMGQ
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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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 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
23 awarded tenders, 25 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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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.
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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
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Tree Allotments Expansion | 16 Oct 2026 | 16d | £400,000 |
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
98 Other community, social and personal services9 procedures · 20%45 Construction work8 procedures · 18% · 1 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting7 procedures · 16%75 Administration, defence and social security5 procedures · 11%48 Software package and information systems4 procedures · 9%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting4 procedures · 9%30 Office and computing machinery2 procedures · 4%50 Repair and maintenance services2 procedures · 4%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 · 45 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.
- Contract 96% (43 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 2% (1 notices)
- Framework 2% (1 notices)
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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 42% (19 notices)
- Limited / restricted 22% (10 notices)
- Direct award 20% (9 notices)
- Route not published 13% (6 notices)
- Selective 2% (1 notices)
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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 6 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 3 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 45 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 3 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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| Smidsy Ltd T/A Beryl | 2 | 8.7% | 2 | 2 | 20 Nov 2025 |
| HERTS HERITAGE BUILDING AND ROOFING LIMITED | 2 | 8.7% | 2 | 2 | 10 Apr 2026 |
| KJP UK LIMITED t/a ONE CONSULTING GROUP | 2 | 8.7% | 2 | 2 | 30 Jun 2026 |
| One YMCA | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 4 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Watford New Hope Trust | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 2 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Co-Space Group Ltd | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 1 | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Ansco Music Club Ltd | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 1 | 21 Oct 2024 |
| Canon UK Ltd | 1 | 4.3% | 1 | 1 | 7 Jul 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 26% of 23 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 25 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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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.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
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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| Sports and Leisure Management Limited Outsourced Services | Sports & Leisure Management Ltd | — | — | £63,000,000 † |
| Operator for the Colosseum | Ansco Music Club Ltd | — | — | £37,500,000 † |
| Innovation Hub, Watford Borough Council | Co-Space Group Ltd | 19 Feb 2026 | 15 yrs · up to 20 yrs | £4,500,000 ≈ £300k/yr |
| Lot 3 - Integrated Support & Step-Down Service | One YMCA | 3 Mar 2026 | 3.9 yrs | £1,000,000 ≈ £255k/yr |
| Lot 3 - Integrated Support & Step-Down Service | One YMCA | 3 Mar 2026 | 3.9 yrs | £1,000,000 ≈ £255k/yr |
Contracts endingi
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.
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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 · 5 of 21 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Herts & Beds Air Quality Data Management | Ricardo AEA Ltd | 25 Jan 2027 | £42,000 |
| Scriptwriter / Copy Editor for the Museum of Watford | Cooper Arts & Heritage Consulting | 28 Feb 2027 | £25,000 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 62 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Parks and Street Vehicles 2026 | Awarded / complete | 28 Sept 2026 | — |
| Personal Safety DevicesSafety equipment | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| M365 Renewal | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Hard Facilities Management Services (Updated Value)Facilities management services | Open | 12 Aug 2026 | £3,500,000 |
| Managed Service Desk & Infrastructure Management | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2026 | — |
| Watford Winter Night ShelterAccommodation services | Open | 3 Aug 2026 | £255,000 |
| Herts & Beds Air Quality Data Management | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | — |
| Scriptwriter / Copy Editor for the Museum of WatfordAdvertising campaign services | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2026 | £25,000 |
| Hard FM ServicesFacilities management services | Open | 24 Jul 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| Cherry Tree Allotments ExpansionConstruction work | Open | 21 Jul 2026 | £400,000 |
| AVIT Software - Museum of WatfordContent management software development services | Open | 8 Jul 2026 | £280,000 |
| Multifunctional Print Devices and Associated Digital Transformation SolutionsOffice and computing machinery | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | — |
| *UPDATED* FM Procurement Consultancy SupportProcurement consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 30 Jun 2026 | — |
| FM Procurement Consultancy SupportProcurement consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 30 Jun 2026 | — |
| Temporary Accommodation Management and MaintenanceAccommodation management services | Open | 4 Jun 2026 | £2,700,000 |
| Single Homelessness Services TenderCivic betterment and community facility support services | Awarded / complete | 20 Apr 2026 | £2,340,000 |
| Innovation Hub, Watford Borough CouncilCivic betterment and community facility support services | Awarded / complete | 20 Apr 2026 | £4,500,000 |
| Roof replacement at 29-35 High Street, Watford | Awarded / complete | 10 Apr 2026 | — |
| Roof replacement at 29-35 High Street, Watford | Awarded / complete | 10 Apr 2026 | — |
| Provision for Eros & Extra ModulesSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 8 Apr 2026 | — |
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 (£486m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 23 award records on 18 procedures (23 to a single canonical supplier, 0 multi-supplier). 13 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 1 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- 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: 5 of 21 published contracts carry a period end; 2 end within 18 months, 2 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (13 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
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