Bristol City Council Procurement
Buyer summary
Over the past year, Bristol City Council* has publised 515 public procurement notices. Of these, 130 are tenders and 335 are awards. There are 355 unique titles.
The following chart shows contract value against the date of publication.
Operating locations
315 identifiable addresss were found. The main buyer location is Bristol in region South West. From published data, 46% of Bristol City Council's suppliers belong to the same region.
Buyer locations:
- Bristol - 515
Suppliers per region:
- South West - 142
- London - 54
- South East - 24
- West Midlands - 19
- North West - 15
- East of England - 15
- Yorkshire and The Humber - 11
- Wales - 10
- East Midlands - 10
- North East - 2
- Trøndelag - 1
- Scotland - 1
- None - 1
- Northern Ireland - 1
Popular suppliers
Below is a summary of contract awards per supplier. The table is restricted to suppliers who have also served other buyers.
Contract values
Bristol City Council provided financial information for 88% of its published procurement notices. The total maximum value excluding duplicates is £761M.
Notice types
The buyer publishes procurement notices in Contracts Finder and OJEU. There is a 11% duplication rate between the two portals. Below are 9 document types.
| Short type | Full type | Total published | Past 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| OJEU | |||
| award | Contract Award Notice | 41 | 4 |
| award | Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice | 1 | 1 |
| tender | Tender Notice | 35 | 5 |
| pin | Prior Information Notice | 15 | 0 |
| update | Contract Addendum Notice | 10 | 0 |
| Contracts Finder | |||
| award | Contract Award Notice | 293 | 32 |
| tender | Tender Notice | 95 | 9 |
| pin | Pre-Procuement Notice | 15 | 1 |
| pin | Pipeline Notice | 10 | 2 |
Top keywords
Keywords derive from published CPV codes.
- construction work
- health and social work
- software package
- social work
- education and training
- special education
- information technology
- demolition work
- repair and maintenance
- funeral services
- road transport
- recruitment services
- building construction
- research and development
- office and computing machinery
- district heating
Buyer names
This report covers buyer names that begin: BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL*.
Collaborative procurement
The buyer has worked in association with other buyers.
As lead buyer to:
- Bath & North East Somerset - 1
- Bath & North East Somerset Council - 2
- Devon County Council - 1
- HM Coroner Avon Covering the Four Unitary Authorities of Bath & North East Somerset Bristol City North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Councils - 1
- North Somerset Council - 1
- Plymouth City Council - 1
- Somerset County Council - 1
- South Gloucestershire Council - 2
- Torbay Council - 1
- Wiltshire County Council - 1
Included in contracts by:
- Bath & North East Somerset Council - 2
- North Somerset Council - 1
- West of England Combined Authority - 1
As a contracted supplier to:
Further information
The following websites have been found in published notices.
- www.bristol.gov.uk - 579
- procontract.due-north.com - 14
- www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk - 1
- bristol.gov.uk - 1
- www.mytenders.co.uk - 1