Electric filament lamps: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 31510000Supplies · classin Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

Codes and neighbouring classes

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

Open tenders in electric filament lamps

9 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

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 30% (49 notices)
  • Other public bodies 23% (37 notices)
  • Education & universities 9% (15 notices)
  • Central government 9% (14 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 3% (5 notices)
  • Not classified 26% (43 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
ESPOnot classified700
Scotland Excelnot classified710
YPOnot classified432
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilLocal authorities310
Fusion21 Members ConsortiumOther public bodies300
London Borough of Tower HamletsLocal authorities320
NHS Supply ChainNHS & health300
Notting Hill GenesisOther public bodies320
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies300
University of EssexEducation & universities300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 111 of 173 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
South East England32 · 29%
Scotland25 · 23%
East of England24 · 22%
Greater London23 · 21%
East Midlands17 · 15%
Wales (Cymru)17 · 15%
Yorkshire and the Humber14 · 13%
West Midlands13 · 12%
North West England13 · 12%
South West England10 · 9%
North East England10 · 9%
Northern Ireland2 · 2%

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 53% (92 notices)
  • Framework 39% (67 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 8% (14 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 63% (109 notices)
  • Selective 20% (34 notices)
  • Route not published 16% (27 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 2% (3 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 76% (34 notices)
  • Below threshold 24% (11 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=51median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (52) · 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=20
  • 1 bid 15% (3)
  • 2–3 5% (1)
  • 4–6 45% (9)
  • 7 or more 35% (7)
Contract value, net
p25 £191,301median £966,591p75 £13,000,000
interquartile range of 36 awards · p90 £21,500,000
Typical bids per lot6robust · n=18middle half 4–7
Competed100%robust · n=52open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs77%robust · n=113of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs50%robust · n=18single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally67%robust · n=18winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned8%robust · n=52cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot9robust · n=1451 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 413 awards to 192 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 38% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 72 of 173 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract13 notices · 18% · 3 open
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)10 notices · 14% · 1 open
EU-Supply Complete Tender Management9 notices · 13% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing8 notices · 11% · 1 open
Sell2Wales5 notices · 7%

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 3151. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 17 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 3151. 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.