The Co-operative Academy of Manchester

How to win their contracts

Measured from The Co-operative Academy of Manchester'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 10 of their tenders.
• They publish about 0.8 tenders a month, measured over 26 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £360k or less.
• Most of their buying falls in construction work, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services.
• Their most frequent suppliers are A S Sports Systems Limited (3), Dalkia Operations (2), RCCN LTD, Glen Cleaning Co Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.