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Market report · By Alan Whitfield · 28 Oct – 10 Nov 2026

UK tender market report

213 notices published 28 Oct – 10 Nov 2026 — down 67% on the previous fortnight. Compiled from our own database of government, private sector, NGO and international tenders.

What moved this fortnight

213 new notices reached our database between 28 Oct – 10 Nov 2026. That is 67% fewer than the previous fortnight (644) — a swing large enough to be worth watching rather than a normal fortnightly wobble. Professional & Consultancy led by volume with 45 notices. The most active single buyer was Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) (5 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 Professional & Consultancy 45 (21%)
2 Construction & Building 42 (20%)
3 IT Services 22 (10%)
4 Medical & Healthcare 16 (8%)
5 General Work 12 (6%)
6 Architecture 11 (5%)
7 Waste Management 11 (5%)
8 Construction Materials 8 (4%)
9 Building Maintenance 6 (3%)
10 HVAC 6 (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 Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) 5
2 Georgia Relief and Recovery for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises 5
3 East Sussex County Council 4
4 Lebanon Green Agrifood Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) 4
5 Health Service Executive (HSE) 3
6 Kildare County Council_385 3
7 Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project 3
8 London Borough of Haringey 3
9 London Luton Airport Operations Limited 3
10 Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Bangladesh Phase 1 Project 2

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 12
2 London 10
3 Edinburgh 6
4 Lewes 4
5 Luton 3
6 Aberdeen 2
7 Ayr 2
8 Colchester 2
9 Dumbarton 2
10 Dundee 2

Still open from this fortnight

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

Transport & Logistics
Assistant for Administrative, Coordination and Translation Support
Advancing Preparation of Uzbekistan Health Sector Reform Program
Closes 4 Nov
Closes 4 Nov
Closes 5 Nov
Closes 5 Nov
Construction & Building
Construction of BRT BBMA – 2nd Phase Off Corridor
Indonesia Mass Transit Project
Closes 6 Nov
Closes 6 Nov

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.