United Kingdom tender market report, November 2026
Month to date, updated 14 Nov 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,417 notices
- Notices published
- 1,417
- -49% vs October 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 1,373
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 29 days
- middle half: 22–33 days
- With a stated value
- 1,114
- 79% of notices
Summary
So far in November 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,417 new procurement notices from buyers in United Kingdom (-49% on October 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 199 notices (14% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 29 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (24% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure199 notices-41%
- Healthcare & Pharma155 notices-53%
- Education & Training129 notices-46%
- Financial & Professional Services126 notices-51%
- Transport & Logistics104 notices-56%
- Water & Environment89 notices-54%
- IT & Telecom81 notices-46%
- Sports, Recreation & Events47 notices-54%
- Real Estate & Facilities46 notices-28%
- Facility Management & Cleaning39 notices-42%
- Manufacturing & Supply37 notices-42%
- Energy & Power35 notices-48%
- Agriculture & Food33 notices-40%
- Defence & Security26 notices-54%
- Forestry & Wildlife24 notices-40%
Change is against October 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender878 notices
- rfi396 notices
- Grant / funding call51 notices
- Standing arrangement18 notices
- Request for proposal4 notices
- Request for quotation3 notices
- Contract award2 notices
- Expression of interest1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday264 notices
- Tuesday258 notices
- Wednesday263 notices
- Thursday284 notices
- Friday346 notices
- Saturday0 notices
- Sunday2 notices
Most active buyers in United Kingdom
- NHS England19 notices
- Ministry of Defence13 notices
- Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime11 notices
- Wokingham Borough Council11 notices
- British Council11 notices
- Natural England10 notices
- City & County of Swansea10 notices
- East Sussex County Council9 notices
Stated values
1,114 of 1,417 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | 1,112 | 624 thousand | 36.3 billion | 96.0 billion |
| EUR | 1 | 50 thousand | 50 thousand | 50 thousand |
| THB | 1 | 22.3 million | 22.3 million | 22.3 million |
Largest notices of the month
- Global Travel, Accommodation and Venue Management Services · GBP 36.3 billion · closes 8 Dec 2026
- Integrated Partnerships Framework · GBP 10.5 billion · closes 19 Nov 2026
- Diagnostic and Capital Equipment and Related Accessories and Services · GBP 4.3 billion · closes 21 Dec 2026
- Learning and Development 2 · GBP 4.0 billion · closes —
- Public Sector Construction Consultancy · GBP 2.3 billion · closes 1 Mar 2027
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.