UK tender market report

What moved this fortnight

419 new notices reached our database between 22 Jul – 4 Aug 2026. That is 64% more than the previous fortnight (255) — a swing large enough to be worth watching rather than a normal fortnightly wobble. Medical & Healthcare led by volume with 66 notices. The most active single buyer was London Borough of Haringey (12 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	66 (16%)
2	Architecture	43 (10%)
3	Construction & Building	39 (9%)
4	Professional & Consultancy	30 (7%)
5	Building Maintenance	24 (6%)
6	Education & Training	21 (5%)
7	IT Equipment	19 (5%)
8	Laboratory & Scientific	17 (4%)
9	Vehicles & Transport	17 (4%)
10	Waste Management	16 (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	London Borough of Haringey	12
2	University of Strathclyde	10
3	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)	8
4	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)	7
5	London Borough of Hackney	6
6	CalMac Ferries Limited	5
7	Ministry of Defence	5
8	Office of Public Works (OPW)	5
9	Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage	4
10	Leicestershire County 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	Edinburgh	31
2	London	23
3	Glasgow	17
4	Aberdeen	10
5	Leicester	6
6	Newry	6
7	Birmingham	5
8	Hackney	4
9	Westminster	4
10	Camden and City of London	3

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.