Construction & Civil Engineering: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 45000000·Works · division·25 classes with notices·Official label: Construction work
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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 1,730 lots from 1,480 competitions run by 652 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1,046 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 684 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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 6,382 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 1,231 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 481 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Roof replacement and heating works replacement Boiler House A | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust | 20 Nov 2026 | 25d | £1,100,000 |
| Provision of Structural Repairs and Planned Maintenance to Blackpool Tower Winter 2026/7 and Summer 2027 | BLACKPOOL COUNCIL | 13 Nov 2026 | 18d | £4,000,000 |
| Anton Road North & South Demolition and Development | Thurrock Council | 4 Dec 2026 | 39d | £3,614,628 |
What construction & civil engineering covers
Official CPV label: Construction work · editorial summary
Construction is one of the largest areas of UK public buying, from Tier-1 infrastructure contractors to local builders. Procurements range from national megaprojects (HS2, Lower Thames Crossing) to regional school building frameworks and social housing maintenance.
Typical requirements: Civil Engineering Works · Building Refurbishment · Highways & Paving · Roofing & Cladding · Mechanical & Electrical.
Sub-sectors of construction & civil engineering
25 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 15,713 of 22,503 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 2 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Hire of cranes with operator45510000 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | |
Hire of earthmoving equipment with operator45520000 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
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.
Local authorities50%(10,841 notices)
10,841 of 21,639 notices are Local authorities (50%).Other public bodies18%(3,956 notices)
3,956 of 21,639 notices are Other public bodies (18%).Central government15%(3,276 notices)
3,276 of 21,639 notices are Central government (15%).Education & universities4%(943 notices)
943 of 21,639 notices are Education & universities (4%).Housing associations3%(723 notices)
723 of 21,639 notices are Housing associations (3%).Not classified9%(1,900 notices)
1,900 of 21,639 notices are Not classified (9%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS Property Services Limited | NHS & health | 410 | 320 | 0 |
| London Borough of Haringey | Local authorities | 404 | 88 | 0 |
| National Highways Limited | Central government | 251 | 49 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 203 | 110 | 0 |
| Housing 21 | Other public bodies | 185 | 101 | 0 |
| Hampshire County Council | Local authorities | 182 | 165 | 0 |
| City & County of Swansea | Local authorities | 162 | 98 | 8 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 151 | 74 | 0 |
| Leeds City Council | Local authorities | 149 | 88 | 3 |
| Bristol City Council | Local authorities | 133 | 32 | 0 |
2,428 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 17,116 of 22,503 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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| South East England | 5 | 75% | 42% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 68% | 31% | |
| North West England | 5 | 79% | 44% | |
| South West England | 5 | 79% | 42% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 5 | 73% | 34% | |
| East of England | 5 | 72% | 34% | |
| East Midlands | 5 | 78% | 29% | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 72% | 28% | |
| North East England | 6 | 73% | 25% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 81% | 76% | |
| Scotland | 4 | 73% | 88% | |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 96% | 97% |
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.
Contract85%(19,218 notices)
19,218 of 22,503 notices are Contract (85%).Framework13%(2,856 notices)
2,856 of 22,503 notices are Framework (13%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(429 notices)
429 of 22,503 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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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.
Open36%(8,064 notices)
8,064 of 22,503 notices are Open (36%).Limited / restricted19%(4,175 notices)
4,175 of 22,503 notices are Limited / restricted (19%).Route not published18%(4,085 notices)
4,085 of 22,503 notices are Route not published (18%).Selective18%(3,946 notices)
3,946 of 22,503 notices are Selective (18%).Direct award10%(2,233 notices)
2,233 of 22,503 notices are Direct award (10%).
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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 threshold37%(2,250 notices)
2,250 of 6,025 notices are Above threshold (37%).Below threshold63%(3,775 notices)
3,775 of 6,025 notices are Below threshold (63%).
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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 (13,112) · 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 bid12%(205)
205 of 1,730 lots fall in 1 bid (12%).2–327%(472)
472 of 1,730 lots fall in 2–3 (27%).4–630%(523)
523 of 1,730 lots fall in 4–6 (30%).7 or more31%(530)
530 of 1,730 lots fall in 7 or more (31%).
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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 1,730 lots from 1,480 competitions run by 652 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 1,046 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 684 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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.
6,154 of 12,097 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 1,015 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.
6,229 SME bids out of 8,425, on 1,482 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.
3,379 of 4,628 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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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 1,389 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
358 of 13,112 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 1,414 lots from 487 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 · 20,926 awards to 7,311 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 2% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| DCK Construction Limited | 119 | 119 | 11 | 2 |
| BELL GROUP LTD | 84 | 162 | 27 | 62 |
| CLC Contractors Ltd | 75 | 160 | 37 | 41 |
| ICB GENERAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD | 69 | 69 | 0 | 5 |
| IAN WILLIAMS | 57 | 101 | 29 | 32 |
| JP Developers Ltd | 45 | 47 | 41 | 5 |
| Equans Regeneration Ltd | 43 | 92 | 13 | 34 |
| Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd | 39 | 46 | 10 | 32 |
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 · 6,791 of 22,503 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in construction & civil engineering
481 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
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 45, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 25 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.