Malawi tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 156 notices
- Notices published
- 156
- -33% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 70
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 8 days
- middle half: 7–14 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 156 new procurement notices from buyers in Malawi (-33% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Manufacturing & Supply with 33 notices (21% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 8 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (21% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Manufacturing & Supply33 notices-39%
- Healthcare & Pharma23 notices-30%
- Agriculture & Food15 notices-6%
- Energy & Power13 notices+63%
- IT & Telecom10 notices-41%
- Education & Training9 notices-36%
- Construction & Infrastructure8 notices-71%
- Transport & Logistics8 notices-33%
- Water & Environment5 notices-67%
- Media, Printing & Advertising5 notices+0%
- Facility Management & Cleaning5 notices+67%
- Social Development & Inclusion3 notices+200%
- Financial & Professional Services3 notices-63%
- Defence & Security2 notices-50%
- Forestry & Wildlife2 notices-33%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender93 notices
- Contract award32 notices
- Request for quotation16 notices
- Request for proposal12 notices
- Expression of interest2 notices
- Grant / funding call1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday28 notices
- Tuesday32 notices
- Wednesday33 notices
- Thursday19 notices
- Friday16 notices
- Saturday8 notices
- Sunday20 notices
Most active buyers in Malawi
- World Bank project32 notices
- Malawi Prison Service14 notices
- National Food Reserve Agency-NFRA11 notices
- Zomba Central Hospital11 notices
- UNDP9 notices
- University of Malawi7 notices
- Mzuzu Central Hospital6 notices
- Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA)5 notices
- Ministry of Health5 notices
- Office of the Ombudsman5 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.