Civic-amenity services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 98350000Services · classin Community & Cultural Services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 53% (197 notices)
  • Central government 12% (43 notices)
  • Other public bodies 10% (36 notices)
  • Education & universities 10% (36 notices)
  • NHS & health 4% (13 notices)
  • Not classified 12% (46 notices)

250 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 276 of 372 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Greater London67 · 24%39%55%
South East England46 · 17%225%38%
East of England35 · 13%
West Midlands34 · 12%
North West England34 · 12%2
Yorkshire and the Humber30 · 11%
East Midlands28 · 10%
South West England28 · 10%
North East England22 · 8%
Wales (Cymru)20 · 7%
Northern Ireland14 · 5%
Scotland8 · 3%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 84% (313 notices)
  • Framework 13% (48 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3% (11 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 43% (161 notices)
  • Route not published 26% (95 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 18% (66 notices)
  • Selective 13% (49 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 73% (52 notices)
  • Below threshold 27% (19 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=73median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (202) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=42
  • 1 bid 14% (6)
  • 2–3 52% (22)
  • 4–6 29% (12)
  • 7 or more 5% (2)
Contract value, net
p25 £550,000median £1,627,354p75 £8,000,000
interquartile range of 97 awards · p90 £24,841,761
Typical bids per lot3robust · n=40middle half 2–5
Competed74%robust · n=202open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs31%robust · n=108of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs29%robust · n=76single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally41%robust · n=70winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimateat the estimaterobust · n=213 below · 8 above
Abandoned4%robust · n=202cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=2245 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 275 awards to 158 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 30% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 93 of 372 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract30 notices · 32% · 2 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution15 notices · 16%
Sell2Wales5 notices · 5%
SAP Ariba2 notices · 2%

Open tenders in civic-amenity services

6 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 9835. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 9835. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.