Basic metals: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 14700000Supplies · classin Mining, basic metals and related products

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Central government 39% (7 notices)
  • Other public bodies 17% (3 notices)
  • Education & universities 11% (2 notices)
  • Local authorities 11% (2 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 6% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 17% (3 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITEDCentral government410
Belfast Metropolitan CollegeEducation & universities100
Defence Equipment and SupportCentral government110
Fife CollegeEducation & universities100
Leicestershire County CouncilLocal authorities110
Lisburn and Castlereagh City councilLocal authorities100
Ministry of DefenceCentral government110
NEUPC LtdOther public bodies100
Northern Ireland Water LimitedOther public bodies110
Police and Crime Commissioner for the West MidlandsPolice, fire & emergency100

15 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 8 of 18 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
Northern Ireland3 · 38%
South East England1 · 13%
Wales (Cymru)1 · 13%
Scotland1 · 13%
West Midlands1 · 13%
East Midlands1 · 13%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 72% (13 notices)
  • Framework 28% (5 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 61% (11 notices)
  • Route not published 28% (5 notices)
  • Selective 11% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 80% (4 notices)
  • Below threshold 20% (1 notices)

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 14 awards to 8 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 3 of 18 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

eTendersNI1 notices · 33%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution1 notices · 33%
Proactis / ProContract1 notices · 33%

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 1470. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 29 Jul 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 1470. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.