Capital City College

How to win their contracts

Measured from Capital City College'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 9 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.8 tenders a month, measured over 8 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £1.1m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, software package and information systems.
• Their most frequent suppliers are AECOM Limited (2), BTU (Installation and Maintenance) Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.