Midlothian Council: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Midlothian Council has published 56 tenders in United Kingdom.

1 is open for bids as of 1 August 2026.

Its buying spans 9 CPV divisions, most often health and social work services.

Across 14 awarded contracts the median value is £2.6m.

Its published awards total £83.6m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Midlothian Council'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 21 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.8 tenders a month, measured over 66 months of history.
Half of their 14 awarded contracts are worth £2.6m or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in health and social work services, construction work, transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation.
Their most frequent suppliers are BDW Trading Ltd (2), Dandara (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Managed Print Service	Xerox (UK) Limited	28 June 2023	£363.1k
Wheeled Excavator with Pothole Attachment	Scot JCB	16 November 2022	£191k
Supply and Installation of Street Lighting to Various Locati...	Lightways Contractors Limited	11 November 2022	£3.5m
Provision of Home to School Taxi Services	Morgan’s private hire	7 January 2022	£2m
Sale of ground with a requirement to enter into a contract f...	Dandara	13 December 2021	£2.3m
Sale of ground with a requirement to enter into a contract f...	Dandara	13 December 2021	£2.3m

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
BDW Trading Ltd	2	£16.5m
Dandara	2	£4.7m