Malawi tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 232 notices
- Notices published
- 232
- +268% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 57
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 8 days
- middle half: 6–11 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 232 new procurement notices from buyers in Malawi (+268% on August 2026). The largest sector was Manufacturing & Supply with 54 notices (23% of the total). The fastest growing was Manufacturing & Supply, up 315% to 54. Half of all notices gave bidders 8 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (25% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Manufacturing & Supply54 notices+315%
- Healthcare & Pharma33 notices+725%
- Construction & Infrastructure28 notices+250%
- IT & Telecom17 notices+183%
- Agriculture & Food16 notices+433%
- Water & Environment15 notices+650%
- Education & Training14 notices+367%
- Transport & Logistics12 notices+100%
- Energy & Power8 notices+167%
- Financial & Professional Services8 notices+100%
- Media, Printing & Advertising5 notices+150%
- Defence & Security4 notices
- Facility Management & Cleaning3 notices+50%
- Forestry & Wildlife3 notices
- Communications networks2 notices
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender153 notices
- Contract award53 notices
- Request for quotation13 notices
- Request for proposal8 notices
- Expression of interest2 notices
- Corrigendum2 notices
- Grant / funding call1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday40 notices
- Tuesday39 notices
- Wednesday59 notices
- Thursday43 notices
- Friday13 notices
- Saturday4 notices
- Sunday34 notices
Most active buyers in Malawi
- World Bank project52 notices
- Blantyre City Council28 notices
- Mwanza District Council17 notices
- Malawi Prison Service17 notices
- Mzuzu Central Hospital14 notices
- Zomba Central Hospital11 notices
- Ministry of Health10 notices
- Parliament6 notices
- UNDP6 notices
- Ntchisi District Council5 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.