United Kingdom tender market report, August 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,039 notices
- Notices published
- 1,039
- Still open
- 313
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 29 days
- middle half: 21–35 days
- With a stated value
- 764
- 74% of notices
Summary
In August 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,039 new procurement notices from buyers in United Kingdom. The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 171 notices (16% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 29 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (23% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure171 notices
- Healthcare & Pharma147 notices
- Transport & Logistics95 notices
- Financial & Professional Services92 notices
- Education & Training77 notices
- IT & Telecom56 notices
- Water & Environment50 notices
- Sports, Recreation & Events39 notices
- Manufacturing & Supply33 notices
- Energy & Power26 notices
- Real Estate & Facilities22 notices
- Facility Management & Cleaning20 notices
- Forestry & Wildlife16 notices
- Agriculture & Food16 notices
- Defence & Security13 notices
How buyers tendered
- Open tender533 notices
- rfi230 notices
- Grant / funding call40 notices
- Expression of interest10 notices
- Consultancy4 notices
- Standing arrangement4 notices
- Request for proposal2 notices
- Corrigendum1 notices
- Contract award1 notices
- Prequalification1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday189 notices
- Tuesday142 notices
- Wednesday235 notices
- Thursday233 notices
- Friday237 notices
- Saturday2 notices
- Sunday1 notices
Most active buyers in United Kingdom
- East Sussex County Council24 notices
- Ministry of Defence12 notices
- University of Strathclyde11 notices
- Natural England10 notices
- NHS England10 notices
- London Borough of Haringey9 notices
- Post Office Limited9 notices
- British Council7 notices
Stated values
764 of 1,039 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | 762 | 500 thousand | 105.1 billion | 152.6 billion |
| EUR | 1 | 58 thousand | 58 thousand | 58 thousand |
| PLN | 1 | 442 thousand | 442 thousand | 442 thousand |
Largest notices of the month
- National Collaborative Framework for the Provision of Services for Adult Mental Health Learning Disability / Child And Adolescent Mental Health Hospitals · GBP 105.1 billion · closed
- Network Services 4 · GBP 8.0 billion · closed
- SCAPE Construction Works and Services Framework · GBP 8.0 billion · closes —
- Maintenance and Response 2 Framework · GBP 8.0 billion · closes —
- Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources (MSTAR5) · GBP 3.3 billion · closes —
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.