In-tend: Login, Guide & Open Tenders
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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 long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
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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 2,346 lots from 1,834 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
How to bid on In-tend
Portal facts checked against the live portal in September 2026 · the notice always names the exact portal instance to use
In-tend is an electronic tendering system used by universities and colleges, city and county councils, emergency services, museums and hospices. Each buyer runs its own portal under a path on in-tendhost.co.uk (for example in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc), so suppliers register separately with every buyer they want to bid to.
Suppliers register once on the In-tend host portal or institution-specific sub-sites. You must express interest in the published tender to download specifications and submit responses before the deadline.
- Registration
- Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Access
- Login required to see documents
- Helpdesk
- Support is provided by each buyer organisation
- Time to respond
- The middle value is 30 days from notice to deadline on 2,806 tender notices, register before the notice you want, not after.
Who buys through In-tendi
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 naming this portal · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities for threshold purposes), 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 authorities39%(2,841 notices)
2,841 of 7,199 notices are Local authorities (39%).Education & universities25%(1,782 notices)
1,782 of 7,199 notices are Education & universities (25%).Other public bodies13%(939 notices)
939 of 7,199 notices are Other public bodies (13%).Central government10%(709 notices)
709 of 7,199 notices are Central government (10%).Police, fire & emergency5%(373 notices)
373 of 7,199 notices are Police, fire & emergency (5%).Not classified8%(555 notices)
555 of 7,199 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Birmingham City Council | Local authorities | 208 | 45 | 4 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | Central government | 201 | 49 | 2 |
| Norfolk County Council | Local authorities | 175 | 28 | 5 |
| Hampshire County Council | Local authorities | 163 | 27 | 1 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Education & universities | 128 | 26 | 0 |
| Science Museum Group | Central government | 127 | 72 | 8 |
| Milton Keynes Council | Local authorities | 119 | 52 | 6 |
| Coventry City Council | Local authorities | 114 | 40 | 4 |
| Cardiff University | Education & universities | 114 | 18 | 3 |
| Portsmouth City Council | Local authorities | 111 | 17 | 2 |
983 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Portal instances named in notices
298 distinct hosts in submission addresses · a multi-tenant portal runs one registration per instance, the notice names yours
sell2.in-tend.co.uk435 notices · 6% · 26 openin-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices250 notices · 3% · 4 openin-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc217 notices · 3% · 5 openin-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal204 notices · 3% · 3 openin-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc203 notices · 3% · 2 openin-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire171 notices · 2% · 1 openin-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire168 notices · 2% · 4 openin-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets150 notices · 2% · 10 openin-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast139 notices · 2%in-tendhost.co.uk/sciencemuseumgroup128 notices · 2% · 8 openin-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc126 notices · 2% · 4 opensupplier.in-tend.co.uk121 notices · 2% · 69 openWhat is procured on In-tendi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
CPV divisions on the notices naming this portal · a notice with several divisions counts in each · commercial tool and route as published, not a legal-regime claim
45 Construction work1,066 notices · 14%85 Health and social work services1,016 notices · 13%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting918 notices · 12%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental536 notices · 7%71 Architectural, construction, engineering473 notices · 6%50 Repair and maintenance services448 notices · 6%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet309 notices · 4%80 Education and training services293 notices · 4%i
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract83%(6,418 notices)
6,418 of 7,747 notices are Contract (83%).Framework15%(1,196 notices)
1,196 of 7,747 notices are Framework (15%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(133 notices)
133 of 7,747 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.
Open84%(6,481 notices)
6,481 of 7,747 notices are Open (84%).Selective15%(1,185 notices)
1,185 of 7,747 notices are Selective (15%).Route not published1%(71 notices)
71 of 7,747 notices are Route not published (1%).Limited / restricted0%(10 notices)
10 of 7,747 notices are Limited / restricted (0%).
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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 threshold52%(1,882 notices)
1,882 of 3,608 notices are Above threshold (52%).Below threshold48%(1,726 notices)
1,726 of 3,608 notices are Below threshold (48%).
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 6,145 of 7,747 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each
Competition and winners on In-tendi
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.
Bid counts as published per lot on contested contract notices of the last 36 months · winners ranked by distinct procedures won, award records shown alongside, single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier · SME scale as declared on the award
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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 2,346 lots from 1,834 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
419 of 2,346 lots, last 36 months.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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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.
8,434 SME bids out of 11,930, 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.
3,563 of 6,016 awards where the winner declared its size.
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What buyers on this portal usually estimate.
Middle value of the estimates published on notices, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Based on 4,963 notices with a usable estimate.
An estimate on the notice, not what was awarded.
| Supplier | Procedures | Single-supplier awards | Buyers |
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| Biffa Waste Services Ltd | 18 | 23 | 16 |
| Aspens Services Limited | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd | 12 | 17 | 12 |
| Cater Link Limited | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Purgo Supply Services Limited | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Atlas FM Limited | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Cleantec Services Limited | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| POhWER | 8 | 11 | 8 |
6,481 single-supplier awards to 4,338 suppliers on notices naming this portal · the most frequent winners shown.
Open tenders on In-tend
272 open now · soonest deadline first · every row links to the notice page with the portal reference and documents
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 as In-tend. A notice whose submission link points to this portal, including buyer-specific instances (298 addresses so far). Award notices rarely publish that link, so the awards side is undercounted. Notices from 6 Jan 2021 to 30 Oct 2026.
- Portal facts. Registration and login notes were checked on the live portal in September 2026. Portals change their sign-up steps; the notice’s own instructions take precedence.
- Independent. Portal and operator names belong to their owners and appear only to show where notices are published; Tenderline is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any portal.
- 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.