Community & Cultural Services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 98000000·Services · division·17 classes with notices·Official label: Other community, social and personal services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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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 for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 413 lots from 327 competitions run by 222 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 207 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 206 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 1,114 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 205 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 101 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Assessment Venue and Invigilation Services - UK & EU | General Medical Council (GMC) | 18 Nov 2026 | 25d | £2,500,000 |
| Interim Accommodation S188 | Norwich City Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 17d | £2,500,000 |
| Funeral Services and Coroners Transportation for the Black Country | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 10 Nov 2026 | 17d | £1,588,446 |
What community & cultural services covers
Official CPV label: Other community, social and personal services · editorial summary
Operation of civic amenities, public swimming pools, community centres, museums, and library services contracted to social enterprises, trusts, and commercial operators.
Typical requirements: Leisure Centre Operations · Library & Cultural Services · Cemetery & Crematorium Management · Civic Community Engagement.
Sub-sectors of community & cultural services
17 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 1,990 of 3,038 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Other services98390000 | 10 open → | 158 | 3 | 62% | |
Accommodation and office services98340000 | 18 open → | 138 | 3 | 65% | |
Funeral and related services98370000 | 5 open → | 167 | 2 | 72% | |
Membership organisation services98100000 | 2 open → | 67 | 2 | 23% | |
Civic-amenity services98350000 | 5 open → | 170 | 3 | 22% | |
Dog kennel services98380000 | 0 | 103 | 1 | 89% | |
Washing and dry-cleaning services98310000 | 4 open → | 134 | 3 | 23% | |
Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations98110000 | 4 open → | 85 | 2 | 29% | |
Miscellaneous membership organisations services98130000 | 5 open → | 59 | 2 | 48% | |
Miscellaneous services98300000 | 5 open → | 84 | 4 | 38% | |
Physical well-being services98330000 | 2 open → | 41 | 3 | 74% | |
Marine services98360000 | 7 open → | 47 | 2 | 56% | |
Services of commercial and industrial workers98510000 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 43% | |
Equal opportunities consultancy services98200000 | 3 open → | 16 | 5 | — |
Show 3 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities52%(1,539 notices)
1,539 of 2,952 notices are Local authorities (52%).Central government24%(700 notices)
700 of 2,952 notices are Central government (24%).Other public bodies8%(223 notices)
223 of 2,952 notices are Other public bodies (8%).Police, fire & emergency5%(145 notices)
145 of 2,952 notices are Police, fire & emergency (5%).Education & universities4%(124 notices)
124 of 2,952 notices are Education & universities (4%).Not classified7%(221 notices)
221 of 2,952 notices are Not classified (7%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| CPD - Supplies and Services Division | Central government | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Health and Social Care Trust | Central government | 41 | 5 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 38 | 3 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 35 | 8 | 0 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC | Other public bodies | 29 | 21 | 0 |
| Newcastle City Council | Local authorities | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | Local authorities | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| Cornwall Council | Local authorities | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| Bristol City Council | Local authorities | 23 | 8 | 0 |
904 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 2,238 of 3,038 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 2 | 63% | 37% | |
| Greater London | 3 | 52% | 53% | |
| North West England | 3 | 48% | 48% | |
| South West England | 3 | 60% | 40% | |
| West Midlands | 3 | 43% | 33% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 61% | 30% | |
| East of England | 3 | 59% | 31% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 63% | 31% | |
| North East England | 2 | 51% | 31% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 74% | 83% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 44% | 60% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 82% | 85% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
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.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold 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.
Contract89%(2,711 notices)
2,711 of 3,038 notices are Contract (89%).Framework10%(290 notices)
290 of 3,038 notices are Framework (10%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(37 notices)
37 of 3,038 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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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.
Open47%(1,440 notices)
1,440 of 3,038 notices are Open (47%).Route not published22%(664 notices)
664 of 3,038 notices are Route not published (22%).Direct award16%(476 notices)
476 of 3,038 notices are Direct award (16%).Limited / restricted10%(293 notices)
293 of 3,038 notices are Limited / restricted (10%).Selective5%(165 notices)
165 of 3,038 notices are Selective (5%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold55%(345 notices)
345 of 622 notices are Above threshold (55%).Below threshold45%(277 notices)
277 of 622 notices are Below threshold (45%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (1,515) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid25%(105)
105 of 413 lots fall in 1 bid (25%).2–340%(165)
165 of 413 lots fall in 2–3 (40%).4–625%(103)
103 of 413 lots fall in 4–6 (25%).7 or more10%(40)
40 of 413 lots fall in 7 or more (10%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 413 lots from 327 competitions run by 222 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 207 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 206 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
719 of 1,383 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 132 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
860 SME bids out of 1,225, on 365 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
419 of 793 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 254 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
57 of 1,515 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 126 lots from 63 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
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.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 2,413 awards to 1,674 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 3% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Elis UK Ltd | 20 | 23 | 8 | 19 |
| MARSTON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 20 | 20 | 4 | 20 |
| Funeral Services Limited T/A Co-op Funeralcare | 16 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Apcoa Parking (UK) Limited | 14 | 20 | 2 | 14 |
| Dignity Funerals Ltd | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| BMBC | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Facultatieve Technologies Ltd | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Saba Park Services UK Limited | 8 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 1,145 of 3,038 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in community & cultural services
101 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 98, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.