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UK Tender Statistics

Right now we're tracking 2,107 live public tenders across the UK — here's how they break down by sector, value and region.

Last updated 12 October 2026

2,107
Live tenders right now
£56.9B
Advertised contract value
24
Sectors with live tenders
12
UK regions covered

By sector

Where the live tenders are

Construction462
Healthcare221
Consultancy213
Social Care184
Other138
IT137
Trades137
Education132
Logistics92
Cleaning73
Grounds58
Catering47

Trends

New tenders published per week

017835653371127 Jul10 Aug24 Aug7 Sept21 Sept5 Oct

New notices published per week (Monday–Sunday). Click a series to show or hide it.

By value

Contract values on offer

Under £100k294
£100k – £1M752
£1M – £10M473
Over £10M275
Value not published313

Based on published values where stated. Framework agreements can carry very large advertised values — see methodology.

By region

Where buyers are publishing

Scotland583
London310
Wales153
South East England150
North West England139
South West England132
Yorkshire and the Humber129
West Midlands110
East Midlands109
East of England98
North East England67
Northern Ireland53

74 notices don't publish a usable buyer region.

Methodology

How these numbers are built

  • Sources. Counts come from TenderHawk's monitored notices: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and a Sell2Wales fallback.
  • What counts as “live”. Only notices still open for bidding whose sector has been confirmed by our triage pipeline (rules plus AI classification). Expired, awarded and cancelled notices are excluded from live counts.
  • Sectors. Each notice is assigned one primary sector from our 23-sector taxonomy.
  • Values. “Advertised contract value” sums published values. Large multi-year frameworks can dominate the total — the value-band chart gives a better sense of typical opportunities.
  • Regions. Buyer regions use ITL1 statistical regions derived from published buyer locations.
  • Freshness. This snapshot was compiled on 12 October 2026 and refreshes every morning. Weekly trend data covers the trailing 12 weeks of publications.

Analysis

Monthly roundups

Each month we publish a short analysis of the biggest movers by sector and the most notable large contracts.

12 October 2026

UK Tender Statistics: October 2026 — Autumn Surge as Tender Volumes Double

2,107 UK tenders are live right now, worth £56.9B. Construction led September’s surge as weekly publications nearly doubled from the August lull.

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