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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 22 Jul – 4 Aug 2026

UK tender market report

368 notices published 22 Jul – 4 Aug 2026 — up 48% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

368 new notices reached our database between 22 Jul – 4 Aug 2026. That is 48% more than the previous fortnight (248) — a swing large enough to be worth watching rather than a normal fortnightly wobble. Medical & Healthcare led by volume with 62 notices. The most active single buyer was East Sussex County Council (24 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 62 (17%)
2 Transport & Logistics 34 (9%)
3 Construction & Building 32 (9%)
4 Architecture 30 (8%)
5 Professional & Consultancy 23 (6%)
6 IT Equipment 21 (6%)
7 Building Maintenance 19 (5%)
8 Education & Training 17 (5%)
9 Laboratory & Scientific 16 (4%)
10 Vehicles & Transport 15 (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 East Sussex County Council 24
2 London Borough of Haringey 14
3 University of Strathclyde 11
4 Ministry of Defence 8
5 London Borough of Hackney 7
6 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 7
7 CalMac Ferries Limited 5
8 Leicestershire County Council 4
9 London Borough of Waltham Forest 4
10 Post Office Limited 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 28
2 Lewes 24
3 Edinburgh 15
4 Glasgow 14
5 Aberdeen 6
6 Leicester 6
7 Newry 6
8 Thetford 6
9 Birmingham 5
10 Camden and City of London 5

Still open from this fortnight

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

Education & Training
Digital mapping services/Youth education services
Mayors Office For Policing And Crime
Closes 5 Aug
IT Equipment
ITSM Solution Preliminary Market Engagement
London Borough of Southwark
Closes 5 Aug
Transport & Logistics
Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats) - Taxi and MPV (1-8 seats)
East Sussex County Council
Closes 5 Aug
IT Equipment
Fertility EPR System
Barts Health NHS Trust
Closes 5 Aug
Closes 5 Aug
Road & Highway
A66 - Access and Haul roads
BALFOUR BEATTY CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Closes 5 Aug

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.