London Borough of Waltham Forest

How to win their contracts

Measured from London Borough of Waltham Forest's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 30 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 70 of their tenders.
• They publish about 13.2 tenders a month, measured over 69 months of history.
• Half of their 792 awarded contracts are worth £16 or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in health and social work services, transport services (excl. waste transport), business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Leyton Midland Cars (263), livingstone health care services (69), Supreme Home care (36) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.