Global / multi-country tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 211 notices
- Notices published
- 211
- -44% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 45
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 15 days
- middle half: 9–25 days
- With a stated value
- 5
- 2% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 211 new procurement notices from buyers in Global / multi-country (-44% on August 2026). The largest sector was Financial & Professional Services with 51 notices (24% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 15 days or less to respond. Tuesday was the busiest publishing day (30% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Financial & Professional Services51 notices-19%
- Transport & Logistics19 notices+138%
- Construction & Infrastructure13 notices+8%
- Humanitarian & Emergency Relief11 notices+120%
- Healthcare & Pharma10 notices-66%
- IT & Telecom9 notices-80%
- Social Development & Inclusion8 notices-69%
- Education & Training7 notices-80%
- Sports, Recreation & Events6 notices-14%
- Research, Studies & Evaluation6 notices-33%
- Water & Environment6 notices-76%
- Media, Printing & Advertising5 notices-58%
- Energy & Power4 notices-43%
- Capacity Building & Technical Assistance4 notices-33%
- Manufacturing & Supply4 notices-50%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Request for proposal77 notices
- Request for quotation63 notices
- Expression of interest26 notices
- Grant / funding call25 notices
- Open tender18 notices
- Invitation to bid2 notices
Publishing day
- Monday23 notices
- Tuesday63 notices
- Wednesday55 notices
- Thursday38 notices
- Friday29 notices
- Saturday0 notices
- Sunday3 notices
Most active buyers in Global / multi-country
- ILO51 notices
- UNDP36 notices
- UN Secretariat12 notices
- UNICEF10 notices
- UNRWA9 notices
- UNHCR8 notices
- Welthungerhilfe7 notices
- IOM6 notices
- WFP5 notices
Stated values
5 of 211 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 4 | 158 thousand | 295 thousand | 690 thousand |
| CAD | 1 | 25.0 million | 25.0 million | 25.0 million |
Largest notices of the month
- Environmental and Social Management Training Program – Pilot Project at CID · USD 295 thousand · closed
- Consultancy to develop a toolkit for climate-resilient strategies for water and sanitation management in Latin America and the Caribbean · USD 215 thousand · closed
- PFMI self-assessment pilot for securities depositories Peru and Argentina · USD 100 thousand · closed
- Development of a regional digital infrastructure plan under the Conexión Sur Program · USD 80 thousand · closed
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.