Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation

How to win their contracts

Measured from Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation'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 46 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.2 tenders a month, measured over 68 months of history.
• Half of their 3 awarded contracts are worth £24bn or less — size your bid to that range.
• Most of their buying falls in software package and information systems, furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support.
• Their most frequent suppliers are MARMAX PRODUCTS LIMITED, PLASTIC FURNITURE COMPANY LTD, LEISUREBENCH LIMITED (4), ACTIFORM LIMITED, AIRPORT CAPACITY SOLUTIONS LIMITED, CLEVELAND SITESAFE LIMITED, ELITE SYSTEMS (GB) LIMITED, HEALTHMATIC LIMITED, IDEAL BUILDING SYSTEMS LIMITED, Instaspace Ltd, INTEGRA BUILDINGS LIMITED, JDC BUILDING WORKS LTD, MAC ZERO MODULAR BUILDINGS LTD, MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITED, MY FAB LIMITED, P MCVEY BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD, PORTABLE OFFICES (HIRE) LIMITED, Portakabin Limited, PREMIER MODULAR LIMITED, QUBE STRUCTURES LTD, SILWOOD FACILITIES LIMITED, SKW CONSTRUCTION LTD, THURSTON GR (3), UK ELECTRIC LIMITED, UPERGY LIMITED, VELORIS - THE BATTERY PARTNER UK LTD (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.