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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 5–18 Aug 2026

UK tender market report

11 notices published 5–18 Aug 2026 — down 97% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

11 new notices reached our database between 5–18 Aug 2026. That is 97% fewer than the previous fortnight (368) — a swing large enough to be worth watching rather than a normal fortnightly wobble. Construction & Building led by volume with 2 notices. The most active single buyer was Anglian Water Services (1 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 2 (18%)
2 IT Services 2 (18%)
3 Social Services 2 (18%)
4 Architecture 1 (9%)
5 Fire Fighting 1 (9%)
6 Graphic Design Services 1 (9%)
7 Renovation 1 (9%)
8 Waste Management 1 (9%)

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 Anglian Water Services 1
2 CADENT GAS LIMITED 1
3 Cheshire East Council 1
4 Cyngor Gwynedd 1
5 Department for Transport 1
6 Dereham Town Council 1
7 Home Office 1
8 London Borough of Waltham Forest 1
9 MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 1
10 National Museums Liverpool 1

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 Westminster 3
2 Breckland and South Norfolk 1
3 Cheshire East 1
4 Liverpool 1
5 Medway 1
6 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 1
7 Shropshire CC 1
8 UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC 1
9 Warwickshire 1

Still open from this fortnight

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

Waste Management
Waste Management Services
CADENT GAS LIMITED
Closes 11 Aug
Social Services
Health and social work services
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Closes 19 Aug
Fire Fighting
Oliver Fisher Fire Alarms
MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Closes 20 Aug
Construction & Building
Building construction work
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Closes 21 Aug
Social Services
Social work services without accommodation
Cheshire East Council
Closes 27 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.