Blackpool Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Blackpool Council has published 154 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 28 CPV divisions, most often repair and maintenance services.

Across 29 awarded contracts the median value is £600k.

Its published awards total £54.7m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Blackpool Council's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 65 of their tenders.
They publish about 2.4 tenders a month, measured over 65 months of history.
Half of their 29 awarded contracts are worth £600k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in repair and maintenance services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, construction work.
Their most frequent suppliers are Merlin Attractions Operations Limited (2), EDF Energy Customers Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Blackpool Eco Coaching Project (Shared Prosperity Funded)	Ground Work Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside	1 June 2023	£264.7k
Provision of Framework Agreement for the Disabled Facilities...	Bambers Remedial Contractors	17 April 2023	£6.5m
Provision of HDRC Community Co-Researchers	Empowerment Charity	24 February 2023	£1.3m
Enforcement Agency Services	CDER Group	21 February 2023	£574k
Development and Collaboration Support Services to Blackpool’...	Business in the Community	23 January 2023	£200k
Provision of Infrastructure Support in the Voluntary, Commun...	Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde	23 January 2023	£295k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited	2	£3.3m
EDF Energy Customers Limited	2	£2.5m