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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 8–21 Jul 2026

UK tender market report

255 notices published 8–21 Jul 2026 — up 21% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

255 new notices reached our database between 8–21 Jul 2026. That is 21% more than the previous fortnight (210). Architecture led by volume with 33 notices. The most active single buyer was BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED (13 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 Architecture 33 (13%)
2 Professional & Consultancy 32 (13%)
3 Medical & Healthcare 31 (12%)
4 Construction & Building 24 (9%)
5 Building Maintenance 19 (7%)
6 IT Equipment 15 (6%)
7 Waste Management 13 (5%)
8 Education & Training 11 (4%)
9 IT Services 10 (4%)
10 Electrical 7 (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 BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED 13
2 London Borough of Haringey 7
3 Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (Utility) 6
4 Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 6
5 Scottish Government 6
6 CalMac Ferries Limited 5
7 Fife Council 5
8 Bield Housing & Care 4
9 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 4
10 Orkney Islands Council 4

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 27
2 Edinburgh 22
3 Glasgow 15
4 Inverness 8
5 Aberdeen 6
6 Port Glasgow 6
7 Epsom 5
8 Gourock 5
9 Kirkwall 4
10 Newry 4

Still open from this fortnight

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

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.