Construction materials: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 44110000·Supplies · class·in Construction Materials & Prefab
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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 75 lots from 48 competitions run by 42 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 44 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2.5) and 31 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 200 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 33 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 38 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Supply of Asphalt | Via East Midlands LTD | 2 Nov 2026 | 7d | £7,200,000 |
| North Wooton Pump and Pre-Cast Concrete Units Supply | Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board | 3 Nov 2026 | 8d | £390,000 |
| Cirrus Consortium Materials Supply Framework | COASTLINE HOUSING LIMITED | 9 Nov 2026 | 14d | £1,200,000,000 ceiling |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
44111000 Building materials143 notices · 23%44115200 Plumbing and heating materials65 notices · 10%44115210 Plumbing materials56 notices · 9%44110000 Construction materials45 notices · 7%44112500 Roofing materials36 notices · 6%44114000 Concrete35 notices · 6%44113000 Road-construction materials34 notices · 5%44112200 Floor coverings32 notices · 5%- Structures and parts of structures 139 · 12m
- Builders' joinery 111 · 12m
- Wire products 70 · 12m
- Tanks, reservoirs, containers and pressure vessels 68 · 12m
- Central-heating radiators and boilers and parts 44 · 12m
- Pipeline, piping, pipes, casing, tubing and related items 44 · 12m
- Goods used in construction 35 · 12m
- Construction materials and associated items 17 · 12m
- Locks, keys and hinges 17 · 12m
- Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items 16 · 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.
Local authorities45%(278 notices)
278 of 622 notices are Local authorities (45%).Other public bodies24%(147 notices)
147 of 622 notices are Other public bodies (24%).Central government13%(78 notices)
78 of 622 notices are Central government (13%).Housing associations4%(22 notices)
22 of 622 notices are Housing associations (4%).Education & universities3%(16 notices)
16 of 622 notices are Education & universities (3%).Not classified13%(81 notices)
81 of 622 notices are Not classified (13%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| Aster Group Limited | not classified | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| Nottingham City Council | Local authorities | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Leeds City Council | Local authorities | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| City & County of Swansea | Local authorities | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| East Ayrshire Council | Local authorities | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Local authorities | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Local authorities | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Derbyshire County Council | Local authorities | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 8 | 2 | 0 |
310 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 477 of 633 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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| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 52% | 39% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 48% | 28% | |
| North West England | — | 56% | 28% | |
| East of England | 5 | 42% | 29% | |
| South East England | — | 64% | 24% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | 59% | 16% | |
| West Midlands | — | 43% | 25% | |
| South West England | — | 54% | 17% | |
| Greater London | — | 57% | 5% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 58% | 56% | |
| 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.
Contract67%(421 notices)
421 of 633 notices are Contract (67%).Framework30%(192 notices)
192 of 633 notices are Framework (30%).Dynamic purchasing system3%(20 notices)
20 of 633 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (3%).
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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.
Open53%(336 notices)
336 of 633 notices are Open (53%).Route not published18%(112 notices)
112 of 633 notices are Route not published (18%).Limited / restricted13%(83 notices)
83 of 633 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Direct award9%(54 notices)
54 of 633 notices are Direct award (9%).Selective8%(48 notices)
48 of 633 notices are Selective (8%).
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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 threshold63%(103 notices)
103 of 164 notices are Above threshold (63%).Below threshold37%(61 notices)
61 of 164 notices are Below threshold (37%).
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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 (280) · 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%(9)
9 of 75 lots fall in 1 bid (12%).2–341%(31)
31 of 75 lots fall in 2–3 (41%).4–640%(30)
30 of 75 lots fall in 4–6 (40%).7 or more7%(5)
5 of 75 lots fall in 7 or more (7%).
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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 75 lots from 48 competitions run by 42 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 44 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2.5) and 31 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.
123 of 256 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 24 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.
154 SME bids out of 282, on 71 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.
87 of 157 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 40 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.
9 of 280 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 138 lots from 46 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 · 643 awards to 324 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 10% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| STARK BUILDING MATERIALS UK LIMITED | 14 | 21 | 6 | 12 |
| Huws Gray Limited | 9 | 16 | 3 | 8 |
| Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited | 9 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
| Wolseley UK Limited | 8 | 13 | 3 | 8 |
| Tarmac Trading Limited | 7 | 16 | 1 | 5 |
| Jewson Ltd | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| UK Plumbing Supplies Limited | 6 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Stannah Lift Services Limited | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
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 · 252 of 633 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in construction materials
38 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 4411. 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.