The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 4 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summarySheffield City Council is carrying out a soft market engagement exercise concerning a Christmas Market. The purpose is to find out whether there are suppliers interested in working with the Council to provide this service. This exercise is not a formal tender and will not lead to the award of a contract. It is solely a market testing activity to gather information and determine the level of supplier interest in the Christmas Market service. Businesses with relevant experience or interest are invited to take part in the engagement, respond to the Council's questions and share their views, which will help the Council understand the market before any future procurement decisions.
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Source: Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office)
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What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,732 awards for Business services in United Kingdom.
- Median award
- €58,522
- Middle half of past awards
- €8,577 to €180,892
Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileSheffield City Council
- notices in the register
- 74
- awards
- 57
- awarded in total
- €14.8M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 44
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 12%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 89%
Based on 50 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultancy Plus | 1 | €206,154 | Jul 2026 |
| Barnsley MBC | 1 | Jun 2026 | |
| DALS | 1 | Jun 2026 | |
| Faerfield Ltd | 1 | Aug 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
5 open tenders right now
Market context
Contracts Finder (UK Cabinet Office) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.
- open now in Business services
- 7,201
- median open notice
- €350,000
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersUnited Kingdom · Business services
- different companies won awards here
- 902
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 416
Based on 1,892 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
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