Kenya tender market report, November 2026
Month to date, updated 14 Nov 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 2,553 notices
- Notices published
- 2,553
- -38% vs October 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 1,704
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 8 days
- middle half: 6–12 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
So far in November 2026, FreeTender recorded 2,553 new procurement notices from buyers in Kenya (-38% on October 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Manufacturing & Supply with 387 notices (15% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 8 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (26% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Manufacturing & Supply387 notices-17%
- Construction & Infrastructure323 notices-45%
- Education & Training245 notices-39%
- IT & Telecom233 notices-36%
- Sports, Recreation & Events207 notices-50%
- Transport & Logistics171 notices-39%
- Agriculture & Food167 notices-28%
- Financial & Professional Services129 notices-55%
- Facility Management & Cleaning114 notices+11%
- Media, Printing & Advertising93 notices-45%
- Healthcare & Pharma86 notices-60%
- Water & Environment77 notices-36%
- Energy & Power76 notices+13%
- Mining & Metals41 notices-31%
- Research, Studies & Evaluation37 notices-27%
Change is against October 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Request for quotation1,313 notices
- Open tender1,159 notices
- Request for proposal34 notices
- Contract award33 notices
- Expression of interest7 notices
- Grant / funding call3 notices
- Auction3 notices
- Invitation to bid1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday335 notices
- Tuesday608 notices
- Wednesday507 notices
- Thursday392 notices
- Friday672 notices
- Saturday25 notices
- Sunday14 notices
Most active buyers in Kenya
- Bungoma County Government182 notices
- UNIVERSITY OF EMBU66 notices
- STATE DEPARTMENT FOR ROADS65 notices
- Nakuru County Government54 notices
- MASENO UNIVERSITY35 notices
- NATIONAL IRRIGATION AUTHORITY34 notices
- Nairobi County Government34 notices
- STATE DEPARTMENT FOR MINING34 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.