Spain tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 3,325 notices
- Notices published
- 3,325
- +507% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 667
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 28 days
- middle half: 17–31 days
- With a stated value
- 1,828
- 55% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 3,325 new procurement notices from buyers in Spain (+507% on August 2026). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 729 notices (22% of the total). The fastest growing was Water & Environment, up 827% to 278. Half of all notices gave bidders 28 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (25% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure729 notices+594%
- IT & Telecom403 notices+530%
- Facility Management & Cleaning383 notices+609%
- Healthcare & Pharma308 notices+300%
- Financial & Professional Services305 notices+549%
- Water & Environment278 notices+827%
- Transport & Logistics252 notices+425%
- Manufacturing & Supply192 notices+347%
- Agriculture & Food156 notices+550%
- Energy & Power105 notices+400%
- Sports, Recreation & Events65 notices+3150%
- Defence & Security64 notices+327%
- Education & Training37 notices+640%
- Communications networks24 notices+500%
- Mining & Metals9 notices+350%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Invitation to bid2,192 notices
- Open tender1,116 notices
- Grant / funding call5 notices
- Contract award5 notices
- Standing arrangement3 notices
- Request for quotation1 notices
- Expression of interest1 notices
- Request for proposal1 notices
- Corrigendum1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday653 notices
- Tuesday558 notices
- Wednesday847 notices
- Thursday520 notices
- Friday525 notices
- Saturday105 notices
- Sunday117 notices
Most active buyers in Spain
- Ajuntament de Barcelona34 notices
- Transports de Barcelona, SA20 notices
- CANAL DE ISABEL II, S.A., M.P.16 notices
- Aena. Dirección de Contratación16 notices
Stated values
1,828 of 3,325 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | 1,828 | 190 thousand | 2.3 billion | 6.7 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Subministrament Agregat de Medicaments Exclusius I/o no Substituïbles · EUR 2.3 billion · closes 31 Dec 2030
- Acord Marc, amb Únic Adjudicatari, per a la Contractació dels Serveis de Recollida Selectiva de Residus, Neteja Viària, Neteja de Platges I Deixalleries de la Comarca del Maresme · EUR 582.1 million · closed
- Execució de les obres del projecte constructiu. Variant de les Preses i d’Olot. Des del PK 172+200 de la C-37 fins a la connexió amb l’A-26. La Vall d’en Bas - Les Preses – Olot. Clau: NG-02083 · EUR 369.6 million · closed
- Spain – Litter collection services – Servicio público de contenerización, recogida y transporte de los residuos de la fracción orgánica, residuos indiferenciados, envases ligeros, papel-cartón, envase · EUR 164.8 million · closed
- Spain – Litter collection services – Servicio público de contenerización, recogida y transporte de los residuos de la fracción orgánica, residuos indiferenciados, envases ligeros, papel-cartón, envase · EUR 164.8 million · 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.