Wire products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 44310000·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 14 lots from 11 competitions run by 9 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 11 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 82 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Newest open tenders
3 of 9 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| QNAP NAS Device (New) | British Film Institute | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £80,000 |
| CPU 8630 Supply of Ironmongery & Fixings | Nottingham City Council | 23 Nov 2026 | 28d | £2,083,333 ceiling |
| Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) | Cantium Business Solutions Limited | 17 Nov 2026 | 22d | £16,000,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
44316400 Hardware81 notices · 51%44316000 Ironmongery18 notices · 11%44310000 Wire products2 notices · 1%44311000 Stranded wire1 notices · 1%44312000 Fencing wire1 notices · 1%44313100 Wire-mesh fencing1 notices · 1%44315100 Welding accessories1 notices · 1%44318000 Conductors1 notices · 1%- Construction materials 228 · 12m
- Structures and parts of structures 139 · 12m
- Builders' joinery 111 · 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 authorities27%(39 notices)
39 of 147 notices are Local authorities (27%).Central government27%(39 notices)
39 of 147 notices are Central government (27%).Police, fire & emergency18%(27 notices)
27 of 147 notices are Police, fire & emergency (18%).Other public bodies12%(17 notices)
17 of 147 notices are Other public bodies (12%).Education & universities10%(14 notices)
14 of 147 notices are Education & universities (10%).Not classified7%(11 notices)
11 of 147 notices are Not classified (7%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 13 | 10 | 0 |
| Financial Conduct Authority | Other public bodies | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) | Central government | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | Other public bodies | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham | Police, fire & emergency | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire | Police, fire & emergency | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST | Housing associations | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| British Film Institute | Charities | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Nottingham City Council | Local authorities | 3 | 2 | 1 |
105 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 97 of 159 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 Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| 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.
Contract82%(130 notices)
130 of 159 notices are Contract (82%).Framework16%(26 notices)
26 of 159 notices are Framework (16%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(3 notices)
3 of 159 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.
Limited / restricted36%(57 notices)
57 of 159 notices are Limited / restricted (36%).Open25%(39 notices)
39 of 159 notices are Open (25%).Route not published18%(28 notices)
28 of 159 notices are Route not published (18%).Direct award13%(21 notices)
21 of 159 notices are Direct award (13%).Selective9%(14 notices)
14 of 159 notices are Selective (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 threshold68%(15 notices)
15 of 22 notices are Above threshold (68%).Below threshold32%(7 notices)
7 of 22 notices are Below threshold (32%).
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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 (95) · 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 bid29%(4)
4 of 14 lots fall in 1 bid (29%).2–321%(3)
3 of 14 lots fall in 2–3 (21%).4–629%(4)
4 of 14 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).7 or more21%(3)
3 of 14 lots fall in 7 or more (21%).
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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 14 lots from 11 competitions run by 9 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 11 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.
23 of 86 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 9 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.
11 SME bids out of 29, on 8 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.
16 of 63 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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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 95 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 17 lots from 8 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 · 123 awards to 79 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 26% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Specialist Computer Centres Plc | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Insight Direct | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Dell Corporation Ltd | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| CDW Limited | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Softcat Plc | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| BLUE SKY SYSTEMS LIMITED | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kodak Alaris | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Multitone Electronics Plc | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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 · 34 of 159 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in wire products
9 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| QNAP NAS Device (New) | British Film Institute | 27 Oct 2026 | 1d | £80,000 |
| Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) | Cantium Business Solutions Limited | 17 Nov 2026 | 22d | £16,000,000 |
| CPU 8630 Supply of Ironmongery & Fixings | Nottingham City Council | 23 Nov 2026 | 28d | £2,083,333 ceiling |
| London and Quadrant Housing Trust - Supply/Distribution of Ironmongery Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST | 19 May 2027 | 205d | — |
| London and Quadrant Housing Trust - Small Tools Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | LONDON & QUADRANT HOUSING TRUST | 19 Feb 2029 | 847d | — |
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 4431. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 22 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.