Tools: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 44510000·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 10 lots from 6 competitions run by 6 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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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 18 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
44511000 Hand tools29 notices · 52%44510000 Tools24 notices · 43%44512000 Miscellaneous hand tools16 notices · 29%44514000 Tool handles and tool parts6 notices · 11%44514200 Tool parts4 notices · 7%44512800 Screwdrivers3 notices · 5%44514100 Tool handles3 notices · 5%44512210 Crimping pliers2 notices · 4%- Construction materials 228 · 12m
- 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
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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 authorities30%(16 notices)
16 of 54 notices are Local authorities (30%).Central government26%(14 notices)
14 of 54 notices are Central government (26%).Other public bodies15%(8 notices)
8 of 54 notices are Other public bodies (15%).Education & universities9%(5 notices)
5 of 54 notices are Education & universities (9%).Police, fire & emergency4%(2 notices)
2 of 54 notices are Police, fire & emergency (4%).Not classified17%(9 notices)
9 of 54 notices are Not classified (17%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| East Ayrshire Council | Local authorities | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| AWE PLC | not classified | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service | Central government | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Local authorities | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Babcock Land Defence Limited | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nottingham City Council | Local authorities | 2 | 1 | 0 |
36 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 38 of 56 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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| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — |
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.
Contract61%(34 notices)
34 of 56 notices are Contract (61%).Framework39%(22 notices)
22 of 56 notices are Framework (39%).
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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.
Open41%(23 notices)
23 of 56 notices are Open (41%).Selective21%(12 notices)
12 of 56 notices are Selective (21%).Route not published18%(10 notices)
10 of 56 notices are Route not published (18%).Direct award11%(6 notices)
6 of 56 notices are Direct award (11%).Limited / restricted9%(5 notices)
5 of 56 notices are Limited / restricted (9%).
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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 threshold82%(9 notices)
9 of 11 notices are Above threshold (82%).Below threshold18%(2 notices)
2 of 11 notices are Below threshold (18%).
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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 (19) · 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 bid10%(1)
1 of 10 lots fall in 1 bid (10%).2–320%(2)
2 of 10 lots fall in 2–3 (20%).4–640%(4)
4 of 10 lots fall in 4–6 (40%).7 or more30%(3)
3 of 10 lots fall in 7 or more (30%).
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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 10 lots from 6 competitions run by 6 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 1 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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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.
11 of 19 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months.
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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.
43 SME bids out of 57, on 10 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.
8 of 12 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.
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 · 72 awards to 38 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Joseph Gleave & Son Ltd | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| City Electrical Factors Limited | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Corroy Products Limited | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical World Limited | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| TW Engineering Co. Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MSC Industrial Supply Co. UK | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Anixter Ltd | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Rexel UK Limited | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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 · 25 of 56 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
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 4451. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Sept 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.