Public tenders in United Kingdom

How public tendering works in United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is the one country where we hold both the large and the small contracts, because it publishes both through open registers.

• Above-threshold notices come from Find a Tender; lower-value opportunities come from Contracts Finder. We take both, so the UK view here is unusually complete.
• A contract can legitimately appear on both registers. Where that happens you will see two entries, because they are genuinely two notices.
• Everything is published in English, and bidding happens on the buyer's own portal.

Open now

1,077

Closing this week

263

Typical time to bid

30 days

With a published value

97%

Figures are counted from the 1,077 open United Kingdom tenders we hold right now, and change as notices are published and close. "Typical time to bid" is the median gap between publication and deadline.

Most common right now: Construction work (216), Health and social work services (105), Architectural, construction and engineering services (81), Business services: law, marketing, consulting and recruitment (78), Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services (61)

Buyers publishing most often: Post Office Limited, City & County of Swansea, Natural England, Derry City and Strabane District Council, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.