TenderWinnow weekly market intelligence
UK Tender Market Radar
A practical weekly view of current UK public-sector notice volume, closing deadlines, contract-value coverage and the busiest procurement markets.
Week commencing 31 August 2026Data refreshed 2 September 2026 at 13:58 BST
This week at a glance
283 current official notices in the monitored feed
Notice volume shows where procurement activity is visible. It does not show that every opportunity is suitable, accessible or commercially attractive to a particular supplier.
- Published in 7 days
- 60
- Closing in 7 days
- 85
- Value stated
- 74.9%
- Median stated GBP value
- £661.0k
Market breakdown
Where current UK tender activity is concentrated
Construction & infrastructure is the largest named category this week with 61 notices, representing 21.6% of the monitored open corpus.
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| Market | Open | Share | Published 7d | Closing 7d | Median stated GBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction & infrastructure | 61 | 21.6% | 13 | 15 | £182.5k |
| Health & social care | 45 | 15.9% | 4 | 14 | £4.8m |
| Goods & equipment | 40 | 14.1% | 11 | 17 | £1.4m |
| Facilities, estates & maintenance | 32 | 11.3% | 8 | 9 | £500.0k |
| IT, software & telecoms | 22 | 7.8% | 5 | 6 | £3.5m |
| Education & training | 17 | 6% | 2 | 4 | £2.1m |
| Research, consultancy & advisory | 13 | 4.6% | 2 | 4 | £600.0k |
| Environment, energy & waste | 11 | 3.9% | 7 | 4 | £300.0k |
| Finance, legal & HR | 7 | 2.5% | 1 | 4 | £688.1k |
| Creative, marketing & communications | 4 | 1.4% | 2 | 1 | £50.0k |
How to use the radar
Use activity to prioritise review—not to justify a bid
Start with eligibility
Check mandatory experience, accreditations, insurance, financial thresholds, procurement access and submission rules before considering attractiveness.
Respect the deadline
A busy market can still contain poor prospects. Remove notices that leave insufficient time for clarification, partners, pricing, approvals and a compliant response.
Apply your boundaries
Compare services, sector evidence, geography, contract range, delivery capacity and exclusions. The largest category is not automatically your best market.
Methodology
A transparent view of the monitored corpus
The radar analyses current open notices ingested from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Each notice is assigned to one primary market using its procurement kind, title and official classifications. The same notice is not counted across multiple market rows.
“Published in 7 days” uses the official publication timestamp. “Closing in 7 days” uses the stated response deadline. Median values include positive stated GBP values only; missing values remain missing and are not estimated in this market report.
Counts describe notices visible in TenderWinnow at the refresh time. They are not measures of customer demand, addressable revenue, competition, supplier eligibility or likelihood of winning. Always verify the linked official notice and procurement documents.
Source mix: Find a Tender 171 · Contracts Finder 112
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