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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 4–17 Feb 2026

UK tender market report

105 notices published 4–17 Feb 2026 — up 1650% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

105 new notices reached our database between 4–17 Feb 2026. That is 1650% more than the previous fortnight (6) — a swing large enough to be worth watching rather than a normal fortnightly wobble. Construction & Building led by volume with 17 notices. The most active single buyer was Chemonics International, Inc. (8 notices).

Categories by volume

Where the fortnight's opportunity actually sat. If your trade is near the top of this list, the market is currently active for you; if it is absent, a broader category selection will produce more matches.

1 Construction & Building 17 (16%)
2 Professional & Consultancy 10 (10%)
3 Construction Materials 7 (7%)
4 Electrical 7 (7%)
5 IT Equipment 7 (7%)
6 Architecture 6 (6%)
7 Events & Media 6 (6%)
8 Medical & Healthcare 6 (6%)
9 Road & Highway 6 (6%)
10 Education & Training 4 (4%)

Most active buyers

The organisations that published most in this window. Worth tracking directly — a buyer advertising repeatedly is usually working through a programme rather than a one-off.

1 Chemonics International, Inc. 8
2 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 8
3 KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 7
4 Littlehampton Town Council 7
5 Ministry of Defence 3
6 SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED 3
7 UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED 3
8 Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS trust 2
9 Balfour Beatty Vinci HS2 2
10 Cardinal Newman College 2

Where the work was

Concentration by town or authority area. Local presence still wins contracts, so a cluster here is a signal about where to be registered on a supplier list.

1 London 11
2 Newry 8
3 Salford 8
4 Birmingham 7
5 Littlehampton 7
6 Washington 4
7 Kyiv 3
8 watford 3
9 Bath 2
10 Bradford 2

Method

Figures are counted from notices in the Daily Tenders database with a publication date inside the window, across government, private sector, NGO and international sources. Counts reflect notices, not contract value, and a buyer that lots a single procurement into many notices will appear larger by volume than by spend — the school-transport and framework call-off patterns are the common examples. Nothing here is adjusted or estimated.