Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

How to win their contracts

Measured from Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 35 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 49 of their tenders.
• They publish about 7.2 tenders a month, measured over 46 months of history.
• Half of their 108 awarded contracts are worth £385.6k or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, research and development services and related consultancy services, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are CARBON TRUST ADVISORY LIMITED (5), NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (4), MENTERA (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.