Basic inorganic chemicals: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 24310000·Supplies · class·in Chemical products
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
24310000 Basic inorganic chemicals3 notices · 14%24311800 Carbon3 notices · 14%24313122 Ferric sulphate3 notices · 14%24311411 Sulphuric acid2 notices · 10%24311521 Caustic soda2 notices · 10%24311900 Chlorine2 notices · 10%24312120 Chlorides2 notices · 10%24313120 Sulphates2 notices · 10%- Industrial gases 38 · 12m
- Specialised chemical products 12 · 12m
- Various chemical products 10 · 12m
- Gases 10 · 12m
- Basic organic chemicals 7 · 12m
- Prepared explosives 6 · 12m
- Glues 4 · 12m
- Agro-chemical products 3 · 12m
- Photographic chemicals 3 · 12m
- Explosives 2 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government38%(8 notices)
8 of 21 notices are Central government (38%).Other public bodies33%(7 notices)
7 of 21 notices are Other public bodies (33%).Education & universities19%(4 notices)
4 of 21 notices are Education & universities (19%).Local authorities5%(1 notices)
1 of 21 notices are Local authorities (5%).Not classified5%(1 notices)
1 of 21 notices are Not classified (5%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Anglian Water Services | Other public bodies | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| United Utilities Water Limited | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Addenbrookes Hospital | not classified | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ipswich Borough Council | Local authorities | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Middlesbrough College | Education & universities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NHS Blood and Transplant | Central government | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sellafield Limited | Other public bodies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 15 of 21 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| East of England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract62%(13 notices)
13 of 21 notices are Contract (62%).Framework38%(8 notices)
8 of 21 notices are Framework (38%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open38%(8 notices)
8 of 21 notices are Open (38%).Limited / restricted19%(4 notices)
4 of 21 notices are Limited / restricted (19%).Direct award14%(3 notices)
3 of 21 notices are Direct award (14%).Selective14%(3 notices)
3 of 21 notices are Selective (14%).Route not published14%(3 notices)
3 of 21 notices are Route not published (14%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold86%(6 notices)
6 of 7 notices are Above threshold (86%).Below threshold14%(1 notices)
1 of 7 notices are Below threshold (14%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 9 awards to 9 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| BRITISH SALT LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beckman Coulter United Kingdom Limited | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CANNOCK CHEMICALS LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| INEOS ENTERPRISES GROUP LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ISOFLEX USA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JBA Engineering ltd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Optigraph GmbH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pi-kem | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 8 of 21 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 2431. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 6 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.