UK tender market report

What moved this fortnight

534 new notices reached our database between 19 Aug – 1 Sep 2026. That is 17% fewer than the previous fortnight (645). Construction & Building led by volume with 77 notices. The most active single buyer was The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) (8 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	77 (14%)
2	IT Services	59 (11%)
3	Architecture	56 (10%)
4	Professional & Consultancy	43 (8%)
5	Medical & Healthcare	29 (5%)
6	Waste Management	26 (5%)
7	Building Maintenance	21 (4%)
8	Renovation	20 (4%)
9	Education & Training	17 (3%)
10	Social Services	15 (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	The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)	8
2	Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage	7
3	Gloucestershire County Council	7
4	Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board	6
5	NHS Lanarkshire	6
6	Office of Public Works (OPW)	6
7	University of Dundee	6
8	Health Service Executive (HSE)	5
9	Scottish Prison Service	5
10	Atlantic Technological University	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	27
2	Glasgow	25
3	London	21
4	Westminster	10
5	Gloucester	7
6	Bothwell	6
7	Dundee	6
8	Swindon	5
9	Central Valleys	4
10	Kilmarnock	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.