Kenya tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,415 notices
- Notices published
- 1,415
- +194% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 107
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 14 days
- middle half: 9–17 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,415 new procurement notices from buyers in Kenya (+194% on August 2026). The largest sector was Education & Training with 273 notices (19% of the total). The fastest growing was Manufacturing & Supply, up 342% to 53. Half of all notices gave bidders 14 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (31% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Education & Training273 notices+110%
- Construction & Infrastructure241 notices+277%
- Sports, Recreation & Events178 notices+151%
- Financial & Professional Services107 notices+174%
- Water & Environment98 notices+1300%
- IT & Telecom82 notices+273%
- Healthcare & Pharma63 notices+271%
- Agriculture & Food57 notices+235%
- Manufacturing & Supply53 notices+342%
- Transport & Logistics53 notices+152%
- Social Development & Inclusion30 notices+329%
- Mining & Metals29 notices+2800%
- Energy & Power22 notices+120%
- Facility Management & Cleaning21 notices+163%
- Media, Printing & Advertising17 notices+183%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender1,150 notices
- Request for quotation129 notices
- Contract award69 notices
- Request for proposal25 notices
- Expression of interest22 notices
- Consultancy11 notices
- Grant / funding call8 notices
- Invitation to bid1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday142 notices
- Tuesday350 notices
- Wednesday274 notices
- Thursday202 notices
- Friday433 notices
- Saturday13 notices
- Sunday1 notices
Most active buyers in Kenya
- World Bank project69 notices
- NG-CDF TIGANIA WEST58 notices
- Nakuru County Government46 notices
- KERIO VALLEY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY31 notices
- County Commissioner Vihiga30 notices
- KURIA EAST NG-CDF25 notices
- ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION23 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.