The Association of North East Councils Limited

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Association of North East Councils Limited's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

• Plan for about 40 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 8 of their tenders.
• They publish about 5.5 tenders a month, measured over 12 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £537.6m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in mining, basic metals and related products, construction work, office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies.
• Their most frequent suppliers are APPLEBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, DSD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, HANSON QUARRY PRODUCTS EUROPE LIMITED, HILLHOUSE QUARRY GROUP LIMITED, HOLCIM UK LIMITED, LANE RENTAL SERVICES LIMITED, NORTH EAST SITE SERVICES LIMITED, RAINTON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, TARMAC TRADING LIMITED, MILES MACADAM LIMITED, EUROVIA INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED, KIELY BROS. LIMITED, JACK COUPE & SONS LIMITED, JOINTLINE LIMITED, PREMIER ROADMARKINGS LIMITED, WJ NORTH LIMITED, COLAS LIMITED, JMS LINCOLN LIMITED, VELOCITY UK LIMITED (2), GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP, ERNST & YOUNG LLP (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.