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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 27 May – 9 Jun 2026

UK tender market report

224 notices published 27 May – 9 Jun 2026 — up 4% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

224 new notices reached our database between 27 May – 9 Jun 2026. That is 4% more than the previous fortnight (215). Medical & Healthcare led by volume with 30 notices. The most active single buyer was East Sussex County Council (16 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 30 (13%)
2 Construction & Building 23 (10%)
3 Professional & Consultancy 22 (10%)
4 Architecture 21 (9%)
5 Transport & Logistics 20 (9%)
6 IT Equipment 13 (6%)
7 Building Maintenance 10 (4%)
8 Road & Highway 10 (4%)
9 Waste Management 10 (4%)
10 Construction Materials 6 (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 East Sussex County Council 16
2 London Borough of Haringey 9
3 Chemonics International, Inc. 8
4 Northumbria University at Newcastle 8
5 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 7
6 Falmouth Exeter Plus 6
7 London Borough of Merton 5
8 KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 4
9 APUC Limited 3
10 Costain Limited (H7-Heathrow) 3

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 31
2 Lewes 16
3 Newcastle upon Tyne 11
4 Edinburgh 8
5 Glasgow 7
6 Newry 7
7 Penryn, Cornwall 6
8 Birmingham 5
9 Kyiv 5
10 Morden 5

Still open from this fortnight

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

Transport & Logistics
Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4)
Transport Scotland
Closes 10 Aug
Closes 11 Aug
Closes 11 Sep
Closes 25 Sep
Education & Training
Employability Services Procured Service Arrangement - Phase 4
South Lanarkshire Council
Closes 3 Dec
Education & Training
Learning and Training Services DPS
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Closes 27 Oct

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.