Spain tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 3,130 notices
- Notices published
- 3,130
- -6% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 2,602
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 25 days
- middle half: 16–32 days
- With a stated value
- 2,028
- 65% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 3,130 new procurement notices from buyers in Spain (-6% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 770 notices (25% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 25 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (24% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure770 notices+6%
- IT & Telecom328 notices-19%
- Facility Management & Cleaning320 notices-16%
- Financial & Professional Services303 notices-1%
- Healthcare & Pharma278 notices-10%
- Water & Environment269 notices-3%
- Transport & Logistics213 notices-15%
- Manufacturing & Supply207 notices+8%
- Agriculture & Food131 notices-16%
- Energy & Power84 notices-20%
- Sports, Recreation & Events61 notices-6%
- Education & Training59 notices+59%
- Defence & Security54 notices-16%
- Communications networks23 notices-4%
- Mining & Metals17 notices+89%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Invitation to bid1,588 notices
- Open tender1,530 notices
- Grant / funding call6 notices
- Contract award3 notices
- Request for quotation2 notices
- Standing arrangement1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday565 notices
- Tuesday512 notices
- Wednesday626 notices
- Thursday756 notices
- Friday668 notices
- Saturday1 notices
- Sunday2 notices
Most active buyers in Spain
- Diputació de Barcelona33 notices
- Transports de Barcelona, SA24 notices
- Ajuntament de Barcelona22 notices
- Ajuntament de Mataró19 notices
Stated values
2,028 of 3,130 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | 2,028 | 123 thousand | 1.0 billion | 4.5 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Sistema Dinàmic D’Adquisició del Subministrament de Principis Actius Autoritzats I Comercialitzats: Medicaments de Referència, Genèrics, Biosimilars I/o Híbrids · EUR 1.0 billion · closes 6 Oct 2028
- Fabricació i subministrament de 35 trens · EUR 330.0 million · closes 20 Nov 2026
- Spain – Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment – Servicios de mantenimiento, operación de red y renovación de los sistemas centrales Core de red GSM-R, gestión centralizada de tele · EUR 181.3 million · closed
- Spain – Vaccines – Acuerdo Marco para el suministro de vacunas frente a covid-19 para para varias Comunidades Autónomas y las ciudades autónomas de Ceuta y Melilla. · EUR 163.5 million · closes 30 Oct 2026
- Contracte del servei de recollida selectiva de residus, neteja viària i de platges del municipi de Mataró · EUR 135.6 million · closes 4 Nov 2026
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.