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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 18 Feb – 3 Mar 2026

UK tender market report

88 notices published 18 Feb – 3 Mar 2026 — down 17% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

88 new notices reached our database between 18 Feb – 3 Mar 2026. That is 17% fewer than the previous fortnight (106). Construction & Building led by volume with 14 notices. The most active single buyer was UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED (7 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 14 (16%)
2 IT Equipment 7 (8%)
3 Professional & Consultancy 7 (8%)
4 Research & Development 6 (7%)
5 Architecture 4 (5%)
6 Education & Training 4 (5%)
7 Events & Media 4 (5%)
8 Waste Management 4 (5%)
9 Electrical 3 (3%)
10 HVAC 3 (3%)

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 UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED 7
2 KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 6
3 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 6
4 BALFOUR BEATTY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED 3
5 Calderdale College 2
6 Chemonics International, Inc. 2
7 KBS Maritime Ltd 2
8 Kier Transportation - CP7 NWC 2
9 Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle 2
10 Ministry of Defence 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 20
2 SALFORD 7
3 Newry 6
4 PORTSMOUTH 4
5 Cambourne 2
6 Clippers Quay 2
7 Derby 2
8 Halifax 2
9 Kyiv 2
10 Sale 2

Still open from this fortnight

Notices from this window that have not yet closed — the actionable end of the report.

Research & Development
RFI0064 - RN CONCEPT CARDS - UPDATED
Ministry of Defence
Closes 19 Feb

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.