The Association of North East Councils Limited (NEPO)

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Association of North East Councils Limited (NEPO)'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 8 of their tenders.
• They publish about 6.1 tenders a month, measured over 2 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £960m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).
• Their most frequent suppliers are CONSTELLIA PUBLIC LTD (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.