European Union tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 47 notices
- Notices published
- 47
- +236% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 40
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 113 days
- middle half: 71–153 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 47 new procurement notices from buyers in European Union (+236% on August 2026). The largest sector was IT & Telecom with 6 notices (13% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 113 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (38% of notices).
Notices by sector
- IT & Telecom6 notices+500%
- Media, Printing & Advertising6 notices+500%
- Social Development & Inclusion6 notices+500%
- Defence & Security4 notices
- Financial & Professional Services3 notices+200%
- Education & Training2 notices
- Water & Environment2 notices
- Research, Studies & Evaluation2 notices
- Chemicals & Materials2 notices
- Energy & Power1 notices
- Healthcare & Pharma1 notices
- Forestry & Wildlife1 notices+0%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Grant / funding call44 notices
- Request for proposal2 notices
- Consultancy1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday2 notices
- Tuesday11 notices
- Wednesday18 notices
- Thursday11 notices
- Friday2 notices
- Saturday0 notices
- Sunday3 notices
Most active buyers in European Union
- European Commission34 notices
- European Union3 notices
- Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (NAPP)2 notices
- Fulbright Schuman1 notices
- FORESTPathways Joint Call1 notices
- European Union.1 notices
- Green Education Projects Call1 notices
- GRC1 notices
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.