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

UK tender market report

198 notices published 27 May – 9 Jun 2026 — up 5% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

198 new notices reached our database between 27 May – 9 Jun 2026. That is 5% more than the previous fortnight (188). Construction & Building led by volume with 28 notices. The most active single buyer was London Borough of Haringey (9 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 28 (14%)
2 Medical & Healthcare 28 (14%)
3 Professional & Consultancy 22 (11%)
4 Architecture 21 (11%)
5 IT Equipment 12 (6%)
6 Road & Highway 10 (5%)
7 Waste Management 10 (5%)
8 Building Maintenance 6 (3%)
9 Construction Materials 6 (3%)
10 Education & Training 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 London Borough of Haringey 9
2 Chemonics International, Inc. 8
3 Northumbria University at Newcastle 8
4 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 7
5 London Borough of Merton 5
6 KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 4
7 APUC Limited 3
8 Costain Limited (H7-Heathrow) 3
9 Falmouth Exeter Plus 3
10 KBS Maritime Ltd 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 30
2 Newcastle upon Tyne 11
3 Edinburgh 8
4 Glasgow 7
5 Newry 7
6 Kyiv 5
7 Morden 5
8 Salford 5
9 Birmingham 4
10 Portsmouth 4

Still open from this fortnight

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

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
Architecture
Building Consultancy Services Dynamic Purchasing System
Argyll and Bute Council
Closes 20 May

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.