Cumbria County Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Cumbria County Council has published 2,467 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 15 CPV divisions, most often health and social work services.

Across 2,211 awarded contracts the median value is £671.

Its published awards total £8.8bn.

How to win their contracts

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

Plan for about 33 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 63 of their tenders.
They publish about 88.9 tenders a month, measured over 28 months of history.
Half of their 2,211 awarded contracts are worth £671 or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in health and social work services, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services.
Their most frequent suppliers are Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd (197), Cumbria View Care Services Ltd (187), Twilight Years LTD (173) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
65+ (Physical Disability)	Cumbria View Care Services Ltd	11 April 2023	£1,330
65+ (Physical Disability)	Brown Glass Healthcare Services	30 March 2023	£4,505
65+ (Physical Disability)	Lakeland Care	29 March 2023	£2,660
65+ (Physical Disability)	Cumbria View Care Services Ltd	29 March 2023	£3,325
65+ (Physical Disability)	M'kadesh Healthcare Ltd	29 March 2023	£499
65+ (Physical Disability)	Cumbria View Care Services Ltd	29 March 2023	£7,938

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

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd	197	£155.1k
Cumbria View Care Services Ltd	187	£220k
Twilight Years LTD	173	£127.1k
Reliacare Limited	118	£88.2k
St Gregorys Homecare Ltd	98	£103.7k
Jemcare Domicillary Care Agency	94	£161.9k
Eden Country Care Ltd	93	£116.8k
Lakeland Care	93	£72.3k