European Union tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 338 notices
- Notices published
- 338
- +619% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 337
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 201 days
- middle half: 133–335 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 338 new procurement notices from buyers in European Union (+619% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Forestry & Wildlife with 42 notices (12% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 201 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (82% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Forestry & Wildlife42 notices+4100%
- Water & Environment41 notices+1950%
- IT & Telecom33 notices+450%
- Healthcare & Pharma32 notices+3100%
- Space satellite24 notices
- Defence & Security20 notices+400%
- Energy & Power16 notices+1500%
- Climate, Resilience & Disaster Risk16 notices
- Financial & Professional Services15 notices+400%
- Education & Training15 notices+650%
- Social Development & Inclusion15 notices+150%
- Transport & Logistics12 notices
- Construction & Infrastructure8 notices
- Governance & Public Institutions7 notices
- Media, Printing & Advertising6 notices+0%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Grant / funding call337 notices
- Request for proposal1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday4 notices
- Tuesday42 notices
- Wednesday9 notices
- Thursday277 notices
- Friday5 notices
- Saturday1 notices
- Sunday0 notices
Most active buyers in European Union
- European Commission327 notices
- European Union2 notices
- Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (NAPP)1 notices
- European Union Delegation1 notices
- European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation1 notices
- VALLEYS Project1 notices
- Climate Action Engagement Fund1 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.