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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 2–15 Sep 2026

UK tender market report

508 notices published 2–15 Sep 2026 — down 5% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

508 new notices reached our database between 2–15 Sep 2026. That is 5% fewer than the previous fortnight (534). Construction & Building led by volume with 56 notices. The most active single buyer was East Sussex County Council (25 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 56 (11%)
2 IT Services 47 (9%)
3 Architecture 46 (9%)
4 Medical & Healthcare 42 (8%)
5 Professional & Consultancy 42 (8%)
6 Building Maintenance 36 (7%)
7 Transport & Logistics 36 (7%)
8 Vehicles & Transport 22 (4%)
9 Education & Training 21 (4%)
10 Research & Development 21 (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 25
2 Scottish Government 11
3 Health Service Executive (HSE) 10
4 London Borough Of Islington 10
5 Dublin City Council 9
6 Office of Public Works (OPW) 8
7 Tuath Housing Association Ltd 8
8 Dundee City Council 6
9 Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail 6
10 Irish Defence Forces_1144 6

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 Glasgow 29
2 Lewes 25
3 Dundee 16
4 Edinburgh 10
5 Islington 10
6 London 10
7 Birmingham 6
8 Greenock 6
9 Inverness 6
10 Stirling 6

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.