CDS Cooperatives: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

How to win their contracts

Measured from CDS Cooperatives's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 92 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 6 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.8 tenders a month, measured over 7 months of history.
Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £3bn or less.
Most of their buying falls in electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, construction work, software package and information systems.
Their most frequent suppliers are BELL DECORATING AND BUILDING LIMITED (2), Plentific Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Repairs & Maintenance and Planned Works Services Framework	BELL DECORATING AND BUILDING LIMITED	13 July 2026	£3bn
Open Framework - Repairs & Maintenance and Planned Works Ser...	BELL DECORATING AND BUILDING LIMITED	5 July 2026	£3bn

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.