Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 09000000·Supplies · division·12 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 182 lots from 155 competitions run by 104 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 108 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 74 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 384 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 101 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 91 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Multi Academy Trust - Gas Flex Tender | Quantum Multi Academy Trust | 4 Nov 2026 | 9d | £403,298 |
| The Supply 3 kg of Lithium Metatitanate (Li₂TiO₃) Pebbles | UK Atomic Energy Authority | 4 Nov 2026 | 9d | £60,000 |
| FM2641 Installation of Soalr Panels on Narrow Boats | Wiltshire Council | 13 Nov 2026 | 18d | £150,000 |
Sub-sectors of petroleum products, fuel
12 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 1,155 of 1,466 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Electricity09310000 | 49 open → | 172 | 5 | 13% | |
Gaseous fuels09120000 | 31 open → | 136 | 3 | 2% | |
Solar energy09330000 | 20 open → | 133 | 8 | 84% | |
Petroleum and distillates09130000 | 1 open → | 80 | 2 | 0% | |
Fuels09100000 | 4 open → | 72 | 2 | 13% | |
Steam, hot water and associated products09320000 | 4 open → | 32 | — | — | |
Nuclear fuels09340000 | 0 | 23 | 3 | — | |
Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy09300000 | 9 open → | 51 | 4 | 10% | |
Solid fuels09110000 | 3 open → | 31 | 2 | — | |
Lubricating preparations09210000 | 0 | 16 | — | — |
Show 2 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Oil and coal-related products09240000 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | |
Petroleum, coal and oil products09200000 | 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 authorities26%(356 notices)
356 of 1,385 notices are Local authorities (26%).Other public bodies24%(335 notices)
335 of 1,385 notices are Other public bodies (24%).Central government23%(312 notices)
312 of 1,385 notices are Central government (23%).Education & universities10%(136 notices)
136 of 1,385 notices are Education & universities (10%).Housing associations4%(56 notices)
56 of 1,385 notices are Housing associations (4%).Not classified14%(190 notices)
190 of 1,385 notices are Not classified (14%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 57 | 14 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| Saffron Housing Trust | Charities | 22 | 9 | 0 |
| Westward Housing Group | Housing associations | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| Places for People on behalf of PfP & Anchor Hanover Group | Other public bodies | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Transport for London | Other public bodies | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Department of Finance | Central government | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | Central government | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Portsmouth City Council | Local authorities | 11 | 7 | 0 |
617 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 914 of 1,466 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 | 6 | 13% | 8% | |
| South East England | 10 | 19% | 25% | |
| South West England | 6 | 21% | 18% | |
| North West England | 4 | 16% | 38% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 29% | 31% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 20% | 24% | |
| West Midlands | 16 | 25% | 5% | |
| East Midlands | 6 | 19% | 19% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 38% | 62% | |
| North East England | 21 | 31% | 29% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 87% | 100% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 5 | 38% | 68% |
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.
Contract80%(1,180 notices)
1,180 of 1,466 notices are Contract (80%).Framework13%(195 notices)
195 of 1,466 notices are Framework (13%).Dynamic purchasing system6%(91 notices)
91 of 1,466 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (6%).
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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.
Open39%(566 notices)
566 of 1,466 notices are Open (39%).Selective23%(333 notices)
333 of 1,466 notices are Selective (23%).Route not published16%(235 notices)
235 of 1,466 notices are Route not published (16%).Limited / restricted16%(234 notices)
234 of 1,466 notices are Limited / restricted (16%).Direct award7%(98 notices)
98 of 1,466 notices are Direct award (7%).
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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 threshold73%(242 notices)
242 of 331 notices are Above threshold (73%).Below threshold27%(89 notices)
89 of 331 notices are Below threshold (27%).
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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 (624) · 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 bid6%(11)
11 of 182 lots fall in 1 bid (6%).2–337%(68)
68 of 182 lots fall in 2–3 (37%).4–643%(79)
79 of 182 lots fall in 4–6 (43%).7 or more13%(24)
24 of 182 lots fall in 7 or more (13%).
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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 182 lots from 155 competitions run by 104 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 108 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 74 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.
356 of 605 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 19 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.
355 SME bids out of 711, on 145 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.
73 of 350 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 124 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.
13 of 624 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 136 lots from 63 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 · 1,122 awards to 395 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| EDF Energy Customers Limited | 56 | 62 | 15 | 42 |
| SEFE Energy Limited | 37 | 38 | 18 | 32 |
| SSE Energy Supply Limited | 34 | 37 | 6 | 18 |
| Total Energies Gas & Power | 34 | 36 | 6 | 26 |
| Certas Energy UK Limited | 27 | 29 | 15 | 25 |
| Standard Fuel Oils Ltd | 26 | 28 | 15 | 21 |
| CORONA ENERGY LIMITED | 22 | 23 | 5 | 19 |
| BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED | 15 | 18 | 4 | 10 |
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 · 428 of 1,466 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in petroleum products, fuel
91 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 09, 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.