Miscellaneous business-related services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 79990000Services · classin Business Services & Consultancy

Open now26open for bids now · see them in the search
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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.

Notices, last 12 months388200 contracting authorities · 1,281 in the catalogue
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot414% single-bid · 118 procedures, 36 months
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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 138 lots from 118 competitions run by 101 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 53 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 85 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Last 36 months.

Typical contract value£87,899middle value of 426 contract awards, net · not frameworks
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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 426 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.

Published values, not actual spend.

Last 36 months.

Deadline to award68 daysmiddle value · 58 awarded procedures
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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 58 decided competitions, last 36 months.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Newest open tenders

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Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys
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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

Buyer type
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Central government40%(493 notices)
    493 of 1,241 notices are Central government (40%).
  • Local authorities22%(268 notices)
    268 of 1,241 notices are Local authorities (22%).
  • Other public bodies11%(133 notices)
    133 of 1,241 notices are Other public bodies (11%).
  • Education & universities10%(120 notices)
    120 of 1,241 notices are Education & universities (10%).
  • NHS & health3%(35 notices)
    35 of 1,241 notices are NHS & health (3%).
  • Not classified15%(192 notices)
    192 of 1,241 notices are Not classified (15%).
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeCentral government42122
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation TrustCentral government34290
UK Research and InnovationCentral government32240
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustCentral government21200
Ministry of DefenceCentral government1820
Ministry of JusticeCentral government1880
Department for Work & PensionsCentral government1210
Education Scotlandnot classified1200
British CouncilLocal authorities1140
Department for Business & TradeCentral government1180

620 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered
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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 771 of 1,281 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Greater London169 · 22%453%39%
Scotland139 · 18%961%87%
East of England127 · 16%538%27%
South East England114 · 15%557%26%
West Midlands110 · 14%647%19%
North West England108 · 14%531%36%
South West England88 · 11%548%28%
East Midlands72 · 9%540%12%
Yorkshire and the Humber70 · 9%538%8%
North East England68 · 9%548%26%
Wales (Cymru)57 · 7%———
Northern Ireland40 · 5%———

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought
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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

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract89%(1,145 notices)
    1,145 of 1,281 notices are Contract (89%).
  • Framework9%(110 notices)
    110 of 1,281 notices are Framework (9%).
  • Dynamic purchasing system2%(26 notices)
    26 of 1,281 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
Procedure route
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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.

  • Open33%(426 notices)
    426 of 1,281 notices are Open (33%).
  • Route not published21%(275 notices)
    275 of 1,281 notices are Route not published (21%).
  • Selective18%(235 notices)
    235 of 1,281 notices are Selective (18%).
  • Direct award15%(193 notices)
    193 of 1,281 notices are Direct award (15%).
  • Limited / restricted12%(152 notices)
    152 of 1,281 notices are Limited / restricted (12%).
Threshold
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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 threshold76%(176 notices)
    176 of 231 notices are Above threshold (76%).
  • Below threshold24%(55 notices)
    55 of 231 notices are Below threshold (24%).
Typical tender window
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How long bidders get to respond.

Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.

All notices we hold, not just recent ones.

31 daysrobust · n=242middle value, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (606) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=138
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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.

Last 36 months.

  • 1 bid14%(20)
    20 of 138 lots fall in 1 bid (14%).
  • 2–327%(37)
    37 of 138 lots fall in 2–3 (27%).
  • 4–629%(40)
    40 of 138 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).
  • 7 or more30%(41)
    41 of 138 lots fall in 7 or more (30%).
Contract value, net
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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.

p25 £29,993middle value £87,899p75 £618,750
interquartile range of 426 awards · p90 £8,893,000
Typical bids per lot
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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 138 lots from 118 competitions run by 101 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 53 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 85 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Last 36 months.

4robust · n=118middle half 2–8
Competed
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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.

278 of 571 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 35 more give no procedure and are left out.

Last 36 months.

49%robust · n=571
Bids from SMEs
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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.

478 SME bids out of 676, on 111 lots where the buyer published the split.

Last 36 months.

71%robust · n=676
Awards won by SMEs
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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.

142 of 321 awards where the winner declared its size.

Last 36 months.

44%robust · n=321
Won locally
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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.

Last 36 months.

53%robust · n=184winner registered in the delivery region
Winning award vs estimate
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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 85 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 36 months.

at the estimaterobust · n=8536 below · 19 above
Abandoned
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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.

19 of 606 notices, last 36 months.

Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.

Last 36 months.

3%robust · n=606
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot
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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 92 lots from 29 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.

Last 36 months.

8robust · n=2956 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins
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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 · 1,476 awards to 887 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 7% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit
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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 · 432 of 1,281 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract69 notices · 16%
In-tend Electronic Procurement60 notices · 14% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution54 notices · 13% · 2 open
Atamis Health Family Portal49 notices · 11% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing43 notices · 10%
Sell2Wales18 notices · 4%

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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 7999. 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.