Derby College Group

How to win their contracts

Measured from Derby College Group's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 29 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 10 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.7 tenders a month, measured over 6 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £1.3m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in construction work, education and training services, software package and information systems.
• Their most frequent suppliers are The Construction Skills People Limited, Momentum Recruitment Ltd, Skills College UK Limited, Tempus Training Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.