Chemical products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 24000000·Supplies · division·17 classes with notices
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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.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 34 lots from 23 competitions run by 20 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 23 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 105 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
3 of 20 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Gas Cylinders and Cylinder Management | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £750,000 ceiling |
| Highland Hydrogen | The Highland Council | 18 Nov 2026 | 23d | £30,000,000 ceiling |
| Supply of Salt | SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | not published | — | — |
Sub-sectors of chemical products
17 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 342 of 403 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Industrial gases24110000 | 5 open → | 71 | 2 | 16% | |
Specialised chemical products24950000 | 5 open → | 35 | 4 | 73% | |
Various chemical products24960000 | 1 open → | 26 | 3 | — | |
Gases24100000 | 2 open → | 17 | — | — | |
Basic inorganic chemicals24310000 | 0 | 14 | 1 | — | |
Basic organic chemicals24320000 | 3 open → | 14 | 2 | — | |
Prepared explosives24610000 | 1 open → | 9 | 2 | — | |
Fertilisers and nitrogen compounds24400000 | 1 open → | 1 | — | — | |
Basic inorganic and organic chemicals24300000 | 2 open → | 4 | — | — | |
Fine and various chemical products24900000 | 1 open → | 1 | — | — |
Show 7 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Glues24910000 | 0 | 7 | — | — | |
Agro-chemical products24450000 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — | |
Photographic chemicals24930000 | 0 | 9 | — | — | |
Explosives24600000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Primary-form of vinyl polymers24540000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Dyes and pigments24200000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Miscellaneous fertilisers24440000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
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 government41%(163 notices)
163 of 395 notices are Central government (41%).Other public bodies20%(78 notices)
78 of 395 notices are Other public bodies (20%).Local authorities15%(60 notices)
60 of 395 notices are Local authorities (15%).NHS & health7%(26 notices)
26 of 395 notices are NHS & health (7%).Education & universities6%(25 notices)
25 of 395 notices are Education & universities (6%).Not classified11%(43 notices)
43 of 395 notices are Not classified (11%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 27 | 17 | 0 |
| LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED | Central government | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | Other public bodies | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Health and Safety Executive | Central government | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Anglian Water Services | Other public bodies | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| YPO | Other public bodies | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| NHS Blood and Transplant | Central government | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Procurement and Logistics Service | not classified | 5 | 0 | 0 |
189 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 228 of 403 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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| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | 29% | 20% | |
| North West England | 2 | 27% | 38% | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 42% | 6% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | 38% | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | 17% | |
| Greater London | — | 50% | 0% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
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.
Contract71%(287 notices)
287 of 403 notices are Contract (71%).Framework28%(114 notices)
114 of 403 notices are Framework (28%).Dynamic purchasing system0%(2 notices)
2 of 403 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (0%).
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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.
Open42%(170 notices)
170 of 403 notices are Open (42%).Route not published21%(83 notices)
83 of 403 notices are Route not published (21%).Limited / restricted13%(52 notices)
52 of 403 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Selective12%(49 notices)
49 of 403 notices are Selective (12%).Direct award12%(49 notices)
49 of 403 notices are Direct award (12%).
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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 threshold55%(46 notices)
46 of 83 notices are Above threshold (55%).Below threshold45%(37 notices)
37 of 83 notices are Below threshold (45%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (155) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24%(8)
8 of 34 lots fall in 1 bid (24%).2–350%(17)
17 of 34 lots fall in 2–3 (50%).4–624%(8)
8 of 34 lots fall in 4–6 (24%).7 or more3%(1)
1 of 34 lots fall in 7 or more (3%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 34 lots from 23 competitions run by 20 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 23 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
71 of 143 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 12 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
49 SME bids out of 80, on 30 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
27 of 65 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
4 of 155 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 72 lots from 24 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
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 · 284 awards to 169 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 23% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| BOC Ltd | 33 | 52 | 16 | 24 |
| Air Products PLC | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| AIR PRODUCTS PLC | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Medical Gas Solutions Limited T/A Flogas Medical Gases | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| AIR LIQUIDE LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Air Liquide UK Ltd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Killgerm Chemicals Ltd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| HENKEL LIMITED | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
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 · 153 of 403 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in chemical products
20 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of Gas Cylinders and Cylinder Management | CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £750,000 ceiling |
| Highland Hydrogen | The Highland Council | 18 Nov 2026 | 23d | £30,000,000 ceiling |
| Supply of Food Service- (Multiple Lots) | Anchor Hanover Group | 27 Nov 2026 | 32d | £88,375,000 |
| Supply of Salt | SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | not published | — | — |
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 24, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 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.