What TenderHawk watches
Public buyers already publish trades work. TenderHawk makes it easier to spot.
Repairs and maintenance opportunities appear across council, school, housing and estate notices. TenderHawk watches for minor works, voids, kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, external works and planned maintenance. We look for official notices where the scope, buyer and deadline are clear enough to check quickly.
Roofing, kitchens, bathrooms and voids
External facades and planned works
Council, school and housing maintenance
Minor works, refurbishments, school projects and local authority repairs
Reactive repairs, voids, planned works and estates maintenance
Repairs, bathrooms, water systems and housing maintenance
Boiler servicing, heating repairs, plant maintenance and compliance checks
Testing, remedials, lighting, repairs and planned electrical works
Repairs, reroofing, flat roofs, schools and housing stock
Source-backed examples
Illustrative public notices that show what to look for
Public trades work is often valuable but mixed together with larger construction or framework language. A useful alert shows whether the job is a trade-sized opportunity or a principal-contractor package. These dated, source-backed examples show contract shapes from official sources; they are illustrative reference examples, not a live shortlist for your business.
MTC Small Works including Coastal Defence
- Buyer:
- North Norfolk District Council
- Value:
- Repairs and maintenance
Council repair and maintenance work covering public assets, with scope that needs checking by trade and site.
Official notice link included with Standard and Pro. See plans →Capital Planned Works
- Buyer:
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Value:
- Large planned works
A larger planned-works notice where lots or subcontracting routes would decide whether it is worth pursuing.
Official notice link included with Standard and Pro. See plans →Domestic Repair and Maintenance Framework Agreement
- Buyer:
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Value:
- £10m-£12.5m per annum
A repairs framework covering everyday housing-maintenance jobs, from small plumbing repairs to bathroom work.
Official notice link included with Standard and Pro. See plans →Fit filtering
Spot the opportunities worth your time.
Small trade firms need to see work type, site count, geography, response requirements and lot structure quickly. TenderHawk filters for those practical details.
Likely worth reading
Lot-based maintenance, minor works and local estate repairs where a trade firm can judge scope quickly.
Notices with named sites, clear work categories and realistic response times.
Needs caution
Principal-contractor packages and multi-year frameworks bundling many trades, sites and compliance obligations.
Major capital schemes where subcontracting is not source-backed
Large total-FM frameworks without trade-level lots
Mechanical frameworks where plumbing is only a small part
Large M&E frameworks with national cover or heavy plant requirements
National frameworks or complex high-voltage work beyond evidence
Major principal-contractor packages with no realistic small-supplier route
Usually skip
Major capital works clearly written for large contractors unless a subcontracting route is source-backed.
How the tiers fit
Start with Free Scout. Upgrade when you want daily contract intelligence.
Free Scout is the no-card way to test whether TenderHawk understands your trades profile. Standard saves time with daily monitoring, relevant alerts and weekly sector intelligence. Pro adds renewal watch, award and competitor analysis, and deeper review for strategic opportunities.
Free Scout
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A no-card way to test whether TenderHawk understands your business.
- AI-assisted checks against supported public notices
- First credible match or sample when TenderHawk finds one
- Limited detail so you can judge fit before paying
- Light market-watch updates without a paid plan
- No card needed
Standard
First month £9.99
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then £19/month
Daily monitoring, relevant contract alerts and weekly sector intelligence.
- Daily monitoring for relevant public contracts
- AI-assisted matching against your business profile
- Plain-English fit analysis when something looks worth your time
- Bid/no-bid context: value, deadline, source and practical red flags
- Weekly sector intelligence on useful awards, buyer patterns and market movement
- First-month launch discount applied at checkout
Pro
First month £24.99
£49 £24.99
then £49/month
Strategic contract intelligence for firms that want the bigger picture.
- Everything in Standard
- Daily monitoring plus renewal watch
- Award and competitor analysis: who is winning and what buyers are buying
- Deeper AI review for higher-value, borderline or strategic opportunities
- Strategic bid/no-bid context for opportunities worth closer judgement
- First-month launch discount applied at checkout
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Questions
Common questions
Will TenderHawk push huge construction jobs at small firms?
No. The email makes clear when a job looks principal-contractor scale, and when it may still be useful for subcontracting conversations.
What makes a trades notice useful?
Named work type, sensible geography, lot structure, buyer route, deadline and a plain-English note on paperwork barriers.
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