Kenya tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 2,422 notices
- Notices published
- 2,422
- +71% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 981
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 9 days
- middle half: 7–11 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 2,422 new procurement notices from buyers in Kenya (+71% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 348 notices (14% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 9 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (26% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure348 notices+44%
- Manufacturing & Supply271 notices+411%
- Sports, Recreation & Events228 notices+28%
- IT & Telecom222 notices+171%
- Education & Training218 notices-20%
- Transport & Logistics187 notices+253%
- Financial & Professional Services156 notices+46%
- Agriculture & Food125 notices+119%
- Healthcare & Pharma121 notices+92%
- Media, Printing & Advertising104 notices+512%
- Facility Management & Cleaning73 notices+248%
- Water & Environment70 notices-29%
- Energy & Power42 notices+91%
- Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals37 notices+236%
- Mining & Metals34 notices+17%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender1,242 notices
- Request for quotation1,094 notices
- Contract award44 notices
- Request for proposal31 notices
- Expression of interest7 notices
- Auction3 notices
- Grant / funding call1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday351 notices
- Tuesday389 notices
- Wednesday518 notices
- Thursday465 notices
- Friday623 notices
- Saturday56 notices
- Sunday20 notices
Most active buyers in Kenya
- Nakuru County Government205 notices
- ALUPE UNIVERSITY53 notices
- Nyandarua County Government47 notices
- PWANI UNIVERSITY46 notices
- World Bank project44 notices
- MASENO UNIVERSITY41 notices
- Kwale County Government34 notices
- KENYA INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH34 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.