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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 29 Apr – 12 May 2026

UK tender market report

167 notices published 29 Apr – 12 May 2026 — down 6% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

167 new notices reached our database between 29 Apr – 12 May 2026. That is 6% fewer than the previous fortnight (177). Medical & Healthcare led by volume with 25 notices. The most active single buyer was Chemonics International, Inc. (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 Medical & Healthcare 25 (15%)
2 Architecture 15 (9%)
3 Construction & Building 15 (9%)
4 Transport & Logistics 12 (7%)
5 IT Equipment 9 (5%)
6 Professional & Consultancy 9 (5%)
7 Education & Training 7 (4%)
8 Laboratory & Scientific 7 (4%)
9 Road & Highway 6 (4%)
10 Vehicles & Transport 6 (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. 7
2 AUREOS HIGHWAYS LIMITED 6
3 East Sussex County Council 6
4 University of Glasgow 6
5 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 5
6 London Borough of Haringey 4
7 Costain Limited (H7-Heathrow) 3
8 Forestry and Land Scotland 3
9 UNITE PROCUREMENT UK LIMITED 3
10 Basildon Borough Council 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 29
2 Glasgow 13
3 Edinburgh 9
4 Lewes 6
5 Aberdeen 5
6 Newry 5
7 Birmingham 4
8 Inverness 4
9 Kyiv 4
10 Maidenhead 3

Still open from this fortnight

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

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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.